A Guide to Co-Teaching: New Lessons and Strategies to Facilitate Student Learning, 3rd Edition, Jan/2013

Written by experts in the field, this third edition of the best-selling A Guide to Co-Teaching highlights the benefits and challenges of co-teaching, addressing the No Child Left Behind requirement that all students have access to highly qualified teachers and the IDEA requirement that students with disabilities have access to the general education curriculum.

Practitioners embarking on a collaborative teaching approach will find information on four types of co-teaching models (supportive, parallel, complementary, and team teaching), updated references throughout the text, expanded coverage of RTI, and a discussion of the role of paraprofessionals and administrators as partners in co-teaching.

This unique road map leads teachers through the planning, implementation, and reflection phases with the help of these practical features:

1. Quotes and advice about successes and failures from teachers and students
2. Self-assessments to ensure that goals are met
3. Answers to frequently asked questions
4. Tips for organization and mutual cooperation
5. A glossary of terms

A Guide to Co-Teaching enables teachers to build successful, enjoyable co-teaching relationships and create more effective outcomes for their students.

New to this edition:

1. New information on co-teaching for ELLs
2. Integrated information about RTI and the Common Core State Standards
3. Updated research
4. New case studies and vignettes

About The Author:

Richard A. Villa is president of Bayridge Consortium, Inc. His primary field of expertise is the development of administrative and instructional support systems for educating all students within general education settings. Villa is recognized as an educational leader who inspires and works collaboratively with others to implement current and emerging exemplary educational practices. His work has resulted in the inclusion of children with intensive cognitive, physical, and emotional challenges as full members of the general education community in the school districts where he has worked and consulted. Villa has been a classroom teacher, special education administrator, pupil personnel services director, and director of instructional services and has authored 4 books and over 70 articles and chapters. Known for his enthusiastic, humorous style, Villa has presented at international, national, and state educational conferences and has provided technical assistance to departments of education in the United States, Canada, Vietnam, and Honduras and to university personnel, public school systems, and parent and advocacy organizations.