{"product_id":"9781412968096","title":"Collaborative Teaching in Elementary Schools: Making the Co-Teaching Marriage Work!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A comprehensive resource for co-teaching teams and their administrators!  It is fully ready-to-use teacher-friendly forms, checklists, and charts.  The co-teaching lesson plan forms are phenimenal!  The number of practical ideas included is astounding.\"\u003c\/i\u003e —Michele S. Dalton, School Psychologist Poudre School District, Ft. Collins, CO\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"While the analogy of a marriage is cute, it also works as a metaphor for co-teaching at all levels.  The process of getting to know each other, deciding to co-teach, making it work, and possibly having to end the co-teaching relationship becomes easier to understand using the metaphors of dating, engagement, and counseling.\"\u003c\/i\u003e —Claire E. Hughes, Associate Professor of Special Education College of Coastal Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUsing the metaphor of marriage, this lighthearted, highly practical, and teacher-friendly resource from the author of \u003ci\u003eCollaborative Teaching in Secondary Schools\u003c\/i\u003e provides readers with the tools to successfully set up, conduct, and maintain co-teaching partnership in elementary classrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBased on Wendy W. Murawski's extensive experience, this book blends solid educational research and literature with humor to help readers nurture co-teaching partnerships through the stages of co-planning, co-instructing, and co-assessing.  Divided into four relationship stages each section offers\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e• Case studies and scenarios of co-teachers in action\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e• Field-tested instructional and behavioral strategies with authentic examples\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e• Self-assessment to determine teachers' readiness to proceed to the next step in the co-teaching relationship\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e• Information on the role of the administrator and how to communicate with parents\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e• Numerous reproducibles, helpful Web site recommendations, and a list of teacher resources\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollaborative Teaching in Elementary Schools\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is an easy-to-access, one-stop guide for schools getting started with co-teaching or looking to refine their existing programs.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064789942512,"sku":"9781412968096","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781412968096_p0.jpg?v=1763772709","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781412968096","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}