Collaboration and Co-Teaching: Strategies for English Learners

By Maria G. Dove, Andrea M. Honigsfeld, Honigsfeld

"Honigsfeld and Dove highlight the importance of a whole-school approach to the teaching of English language learners, where the collective expertise of teachers is harnessed through collaboration and co-teaching. This approach ensures that all teachers gain access to instructional strategies that promote student engagement and accelerated academic development."
--Jim Cummins, Professor
University of Toronto, Canada

"This new resource is exceptionally timely. The book provides educators with a much-needed road map for making true collaboration and co-teaching a reality. At a time when schools are facing limited resources and more demand for improved student performance, the effective instructional approaches in this book are essential for educators and English language learners alike."
--Jana Echevarria, Professor Emerita
California State University, Long Beach

Help ELLs achieve success with an integrated, collaborative program

Teacher collaboration and co-teaching are proven strategies for helping students with diverse needs achieve academically. Now this practical resource provides a step-by-step guide to making collaboration and co-teaching work for general education teachers and English as a second language (ESL) specialists to better serve the needs of English language learners (ELLs).

The authors address the fundamental questions of collaboration and co-teaching, examine how a collaborative program helps ELLs learn content while meeting English language development goals, and offer information on school leaders′ roles in facilitating collaboration schoolwide. Featuring six in-depth case studies, this guide helps educators:

Understand the benefits and challenges of collaborative service deliveryChoose from a range of strategies and configurations, from informal planning and collaboration to a fully developed co-teaching partnershipUse templates, planning guides, and other practical tools to put collaboration into practiceEvaluate the strategies′ success using the guidelines, self-assessments, and questionnaires included

Collaboration and Co-Teaching helps ESL, ELL, and general education teachers combine their expertise to provide better support for their ELLs

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412976502
• ISBN13: 9781412976503
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.9"