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Co-Teaching Evolved
A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships, Third Edition
With technology and artificial intelligence playing a growing role in education, traditional co-teaching strategies require an update. The authors offer a revived approach to co-teaching that accounts for pressing topics in today’s classroom. PreK–12 teachers will learn to create collaborative co-teaching partnerships and navigate key co-teaching components—such as lesson design, conflict resolution, and communication with stakeholders—with research-backed tools and strategies.
Benefits
Incorporate digital technology tools such as ed tech and artificial intelligence into lessons.
Plan and design co-taught lessons based on research-backed instructional strategies.
Understand how to involve specialists in co-teaching planning and decisions.
Learn and adopt the mindset and communication skills behind thriving co-teaching partnerships.
Establish and cultivate a culture of collaboration with co-teachers and stakeholders.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Navigating Co-Teaching Partnerships
Chapter 2: Introducing Co-Teaching Strategies
Chapter 3: Building and Maintaining Co-Teaching Relationships
Chapter 4: Synthesizing Efficacy, Attitude, and Essential Agreements
Chapter 5: Planning and Designing Lessons
Chapter 6: Integrating Instructional Strategies With Co-Teaching Strategies
Chapter 7: Co-Teaching in Classrooms Without Boundaries
Chapter 8: Integrating Specialists Into Co-Teaching
Chapter 9: Co-Teaching in PreK and Early Childhood Settings
Chapter 10: Cultivating a Culture of Co-Teaching
Epilogue: Moving Forward as a Co-Teacher
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 1: Navigating Co-Teaching Partnerships
Chapter 2: Introducing Co-Teaching Strategies
- Table 2.1: Co-Teaching Strategy Quick-Reference Guide
- Figure 2.3: Supportive Co-Teaching Planning Template
- Reflection and Action: I Noticed, I Wondered
Chapter 3: Building and Maintaining Co-Teaching Relationships
Chapter 4: Synthesizing Efficacy, Attitude, and Essential Agreements
- Figure 4.2: Essential Agreements—Individual Co-Teacher Brainstorming Template
- Figure 4.3: Essential Agreements to Identify Shared Strengths and Areas of Growth
- Figure 4.4: Essential Agreement Template Part 1
- Reflection and Action: Agree, Argue, and Inspired
Chapter 5: Planning and Designing Lessons
- Figure 5.1: Weekly Backward Planner
- Figure 5.2: Planning Role Breakdown for Co-Teachers
- Figure 5.4: Breaking Down Teaching Philosophies to Create a Shared Philosophy
- Figure 5.5: Division of Labor and Responsibilities
- Figure 5.7: Backward Planner and Strategy Tool Kit
- Reflection and Action: 3-2-1 Format
Chapter 6: Integrating Instructional Strategies With Co-Teaching Strategies
Chapter 7: Co-Teaching in Classrooms Without Boundaries
Chapter 8: Integrating Specialists Into Co-Teaching
- Figure 8.1: Co–Teaching Lesson Planning Form With Accommodation and Modification Considerations
- Figure 8.2: Pyramid Lesson Planning—Some, Most, All
- Figure 8.4: A Quick Look at the IEP
- Figure 8.5: Simple Co-Teaching Lesson Plan Outline
- Figure 8.7: Questions for Preplanning Day
- Reflection and Action: Reflection and Goal Setting
Chapter 9: Co-Teaching in PreK and Early Childhood Settings
Chapter 10: Cultivating a Culture of Co-Teaching
- Figure 10.3: Data Sheet Template for Co-Teaching SMART Goals
- Reflection and Action: Develop an Action Plan
Epilogue
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Websites
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
- One Teach, One Support
- Parallel Co-Teaching
- Station Co-Teaching
- Alternative Co-Teaching
- Conversation Co-Teaching
- 2Teach Global
- What Is Co-Teaching? An Introduction to Co-Teaching and Inclusion
Chapter 3
- The Typefinder® Personality Test
- Free Personality Test: NERIS Type Explorer®
- Co–Teaching 101: Working With Your Co-Teacher
- Co–Teaching: How to Make It Work
- Turning Around a Co-Teaching Relationship
- Building Relationships With Empathy Maps
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
- Co-Teaching Planning Using AI Tools
- The Learner Variability Navigator
- Project Zero’s Thinking Routine Toolbox
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
- ChatGPT
- Google Gemini
- Claude
- Khanmigo
- Canvas
- Schoology
- Google Classroom
- Pear Deck
- Curipod
- Nearpod
- Edpuzzle
- Formative
- Quizizz
- iReady
- Quizalize
- MobyMax
- ReadTheory
- Canva
- Padlet
- Google Workspace
- The Technology Integration Matrix
- Amplify Learning: A Global Series
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
- Co-Teaching Kindergarten
- Preschool Co-Teaching
- Head Start Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
- Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
- American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Children With Disabilities
- Division for Early Childhood
- Help Me Grow National Center
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
Epilogue
