This article describes components of co-teaching and gives examples of what the teacher interactions of that component may resemble at each developmental stage of co-teaching: the beginning stage, the compromise stage, and the collaborative stage. The Coteaching Rating Scale is presented for examining the effectiveness of co-teaching classrooms.…

Steps for effective coteaching by special education and regular education teachers are identified. Examples of coteaching in elementary and junior high schools are given. The need for communication between teachers is emphasized as the key ingredient to successful coteaching. (CR)

A study explored variables associated with engagement in seven inclusive community-based preschool classrooms. Results found disability status did not predict engagement, but activity characteristics were significantly related to engagement. Another variable, coteacher team characteristics, was also found to be a significant predictor of…

Focuses on the rationale for collaborative teacher training and the following themes found in the literature on collaborative personnel preparation: (1) training and extensive practice in collaborative skills; (2) provision of models of the collaborative process; (3) university/local school partnerships; and (4) information-sharing of areas of…

Meeting the needs of students with disabilities in general education classrooms requires collaboration between general and special education teachers. In this article, the challenges of co-teaching at the secondary level are explored through the voices of general and special education teachers who co-taught in inclusive classrooms at a large…

This information packet for special education administrators addresses the team concept as a means of providing special education services at the local school level to mainstreamed students with mild handicaps and provides examples of such programs. In the first three sections, major purposes and goals of teams are reviewed, including provision of…

This manual is a guide to Project MESH (Making Effective Schools Happen), a project which blends the "effective schools" research and change process with the values of the movement to include all students with disabilities in general education programs. The manual is based on the experience of two elementary schools in Washington State.…

Describes an assistant professor's experience teaching two eighth-grade classes: a self-contained group of students with learning and emotional disabilities and an English/social studies class that mainstreamed disabled students and used a team-teaching approach. Advocates "pull-ins," or putting children into special programs and…

This commentary on a previous article (Odom 1999) that investigated 16 inclusive programs in 4 regional U.S. locations notes the omission of environments other than classrooms in the study, such as home settings and family day care settings. The absence of specific characteristics of the programs described is also criticized. (Contains seven…

This commentary on a previous article (Odom 1999) that investigated 16 inclusive programs in 4 regional U.S. locations notes the omission of information about the quality of services, providers' perspectives, the extent to which what practitioners say corresponds with classroom practice, and range of special services delivered. (CR)

A survey of special education (n=95) and general education (n=73) co-teachers found they had little scheduled mutual planning time. Teachers agreed about who takes responsibility for evaluation, but each group believed itself more responsible for instruction and behavior management. Few teachers experienced the teacher preparations rated most…

This booklet contains four articles, from the perspective of both parents and teachers, concerned with learning in the early grades. "From Kindergarten to Grade One: Making the Transition" (J. Ward), is a teacher's narrative on the importance of creating a child-centered classroom and an integrated, play-based curriculum. This article…

To help strengthen programs for developing and introducing methods and materials in the teaching of the disadvantaged and the handicapped as well as disseminating occupational information to teachers attempting to work with these groups, Tufts University conducted two team teaching seminars during the fall and spring semesters of the 1971-72…

After being paired with regular educators (N=25), special education resource teachers (N=25) attempted to predict regular education responses to an opinionnaire regarding mainstreaming. Special educators underestimated regular education willingness to teach the handicapped, but correctly predicted attitudes involving resources, feelings of…

This study investigated the efficacy of collaborative teaching in serving students with disabilities at all educational levels. Interviews were conducted with 14 building administrators, 103 general and special education teachers, 32 parents of general education students, 37 parents of special education students, and 53 general and 70 special…