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Preparing Secondary Special Educators: Four Collaborative Initiatives
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Simmons, Kate D.; Carpenter, Laura Bowden; Dyal, Allen; Austin, Sheila; Shumack, Kellie – Education, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to share the results of multiphase initiatives funded by four separate grants. The projects were designed to improve and enhance collaborative teaching at the secondary level. Each project provided opportunities for increased collaboration between special education faculty, secondary education faculty, and…
Descriptors: Faculty, Cooperation, Program Development, Team Teaching
Co-Teaching: An Educational Promise for Children with Disabilities or a Quick Fix to Meet the Mandates of No Child Left Behind?
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Nichols, Joe; Dowdy, Alana; Nichols, Cindy – Education, 2010
As educational leaders continue to struggle with the "Highly Qualified Teacher" mandate of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, many are turning to co-teaching models that are designed to incorporate regular education and special education teachers into the same classroom to deliver instruction. This model appears to address the…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Teaching Models, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
Co-Teaching: How to Make This Marriage Work in Front of the Kids
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Kohler-Evans, Patty A. – Education, 2006
The practice of co-teaching has the potential to be a wonderful strategy for meeting the needs of all students. Working in partnership with another teacher, bouncing ideas off of one another, planning and orchestrating the perfect lesson, having two pair of eyes and four hands, creating something that is better than that which each partner brings…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Academic Achievement, Team Teaching, Secondary School Teachers