This book demystifies the concept of collective efficacy and empowers teacher teams with the necessary tools to ignite collaborative processes, pool energy and resources, and foster mutual accountability at a schoolwide level.
"This book reveals how powerful learning could be if students and educators shared more of the teaching responsibilities! Involving students in the teaching experience helps them learn more academically and do more socially." -Peggy King-Sears, Professor George Mason University "In this easy-to-read resource, the authors help educators understand that inclusion isn't something that we do to and for students, but rather, something we must do with students. The powerful anecdotes of educators and students planning, tutoring, and teaching side by side give us new hope and further direction for the creation of inclusive schools." -Cathy L. Taschner, Assistant Superintendent Oxford Area School District, PA Take advantage of a resource that's right in your classroom-your students! How can you meet the needs of a diverse student population in mixed-ability classrooms and maintain a cooperative, caring, and active learning environment? Students are the perfect resource! Research shows that when students collaborate with teachers, they take responsibility for what happens in the classroom, care about their classmates, and become more engaged in learning. This comprehensive book offers practical strategies for empowering students as co-teachers, decision makers, and advocates in the classroom. Ideal for K-12 general and special education teachers, this guide describes how to Involve students in instruction through collaborative learning groups, co-teaching, and peer tutoring that foster self-discipline and responsible behavior Make students a part of decision making by utilizing personal learning plans, peer mediation, and other methods Put collaboration with students into practice using the assessment tools, user-friendly lesson plans, case studies, and checklists included Collaborating With Students in Instruction and Decision Making is packed with all the information, strategies, and tools teachers need to tap their students' potential as a resource for making a difference in the classroom.
Truly inclusive education means not only including students with diverse abilities in the general classroom, but making sure every learner has the opportunity to contribute in meaningful ways. Students can be a teacher's number one resource for creating a learning environment that values all members of the classroom community. This comprehensive professional development kit enables staff developers to lead training on how to tap into students' potential as helpers, advocates, and decision makers in an inclusive classroom. Participants will learn how to: - Collaborate with students to build a cooperative, caring, and active classroom - Use collaborative learning groups, co-teaching methods, and peer tutoring to foster acceptance and cooperation - Give students a voice in instruction and learning through personal learning plans, peer mediation, and other methods The multimedia kit provides: - The companion book Collaborating With Students in Instruction and Decision Making, offering research-based strategies for empowering students in the classroom - A 72-minute, content-rich DVD, with an easy stop-and-search navigation menu; interviews with the authors; interviews with students, teachers, and administrators; and in-classroom examples of best practices - A chapter-by-chapter facilitator's guide connecting the book to the DVD and providing chapter summaries, discussion questions, application activities, and handouts - A companion CD-ROM with a printable version of the facilitator's guide An ideal resource to use with large or small groups, this multimedia kit is essential for anyone leading professional development focused on making students active partners in the teaching and learning process. Other Professional Development Multimedia Kits From Corwin: 1. Villa, A Guide to Co-Teaching 2e MMK, ISBN: 978-1-4129-5484-6 2. Thousand, Differentiating Instruction MMK, ISBN: 978-1-4129-5322-1 3. Richardson, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools MMK 978-1-4129-7751-7 4. Tate, Reading and Language Arts Worksheets Won't Grow Dendrites MMK 978-1-4129-7562-9 5. Downey, 50 Ways to Close the Achievement Gap MMK 978-1-4129-7746-3
Transforming Programs for Multilingualism and Equity
This practical guide features a dual-language adaptation of a widely used, evidence-based framework, seven proven co-teaching models, and tools for collaborative curriculum alignment and implementation.
The recognized authorities on collaboration and co-teaching for English language learner (ELL) achievement provide an integrated, collaborative service delivery for ensuring ELL success across language barriers.
Discover models, strategies, and real-life stories to strengthen your collaborative practices. Cooperation, coordination of services, and impactful collaboration are critical to the success of multilingual learners with exceptional needs. Written by experts in the fields of language and literacy development, equity, and special education, this ......
Enhance your assessment practices and deepen collaboration Join bestselling authors Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld on an engaging journey to showcase collaborative assessment within assets-driven instructional practices. Integrating instructional and assessment cycles, explore how multilingual learners can interact with each other and their teachers to form lasting partnerships. Using evidence-based, research-informed strategies, Gottlieb and Honigsfeld invite educators to form partnerships to fortify linguistically and culturally sustainable assessment within their classroom routines. Throughout the learning journey, Collaborative Assessment for Multilingual Learners and Teachers offers: Practical tips and adaptable templates to reinforce assessment during instruction Vignettes that bring practical application of key concepts to life Protocols and tools for teachers and multilingual learners to engage in reflective conversations about their learning Recurring colorful icons that capture the travel theme and much more... Collaborative assessment approaches AS, FOR, and OF learning encourages relationship building to foster multilingual learners' academic, linguistic, cultural, and social-emotional development. This practical guide supports educators in enacting collaborative assessment and welcomes multilingual learners to be partners in the process.
Move teams toward impactful collaborative work, improved instruction, and increased student achievement using this guide's scaffolded, step-by-step activities and real-world examples.
What type of leadership do you practice? Many of us rely on transformational and instructional leadership. But there are advantages in applying a holistic angle including all stakeholders - an approach known as collaborative leadership. This book inspires you to transform your leadership practice, identify where you can make changes and more.
