Collaborative Teaching in Elementary Schools: Making the Co-Teaching Marriage Work! - Hardcover

Murawski, Wendy W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412968089 ISBN 13: 9781412968089

Verlag: Corwin, 2009

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Say “I do!” to greater learning success for students at all levels!

Based on the author’s extensive experience, this lighthearted, highly practical, and teacher-friendly resource uses the metaphor of marriage to help general education teachers and special service providers successfully set up, conduct, and maintain co-teaching partnerships. Chapters include: 

• Field-tested instructional and behavioral strategies
• Case studies and scenarios of co-teachers in action 
• Self-assessments to determine teachers’ readiness for the next step
• Information on the administrator’s role and how to communicate with parents
• Numerous reproducibles, helpful Web sites, and a list of teacher resources

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Wendy Murawski is an associate professor and graduate coordinator at California State University, Northridge, in the Department of Special Education. She is an experienced co-teacher (for K-12 and university, general and special education) and an accomplished presenter. She is often requested to work with state departments, districts, and schools; present keynote addresses at conferences; and provide training seminars. Murawski has won prestigious awards including the Dissertation Award from the Division of Learning Disabilities and a Publication Award from the Division of Research for the Council for Exceptional Children, and she was the 2004 California Teacher Educator of the Year. Murawski's research in the area of co-teaching has been widely disseminated through her numerous publications. Murawski is the author of Co-Teaching in the Inclusive Classroom: Working Together to Help ALL Your Students Find Success, an extensive resource handbook on co-teaching, as well as the co-creator of the CTSS (Co-Teach Solutions System) software. Her educational consulting company, 2 TEACH LLC, was created to provide professional development specifically in the areas of inclusive education, collaboration, and co-teaching. Murawski is a dynamic speaker who utilizes humor, personal experience, and research-based methods in her seminars while keeping them in the context of practical, ready-to-use strategies for general and special educators to implement in their inclusive classrooms. Murawski holds a master's degree in special education, an EdS in educational administration, and a PhD in special education with an emphasis in research, collaboration, and co-teaching.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Corwin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1412968089
• ISBN 13: 9781412968089
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 292
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland