Collaboration and Co-Teaching : Strategies for English Learners

Use collaboration or co-teaching to help English learners succeed!Changing demographics and accountability pressures in our nation's schools have heightened the need for effective strategies for teaching English language learners. This practical guide focuses on an especially promising instructional model: co-teaching and collaboration between mainstream teachers and ESL (English as a Second Language) specialists. The authors introduce a range of co-teaching configurations adapted for use with ELLs and provide guidelines for planning, implementing, and evaluating collaborative strategies to benefit ELLs. Written in a very accessible style, the book:Provides a step-by-step guide to co-teaching and collaboration between ESL specialists and mainstream classroom teachers to better serve the needs of ELLsIncludes authentic chapter-opening scenarios that depict the benefits as well as the challenges of collaborative teachingOffers two in-depth, chapter-length case studies of collaboration and co-teaching appear at the end of the bookIncludes a range of practical tools, such as templates, planning guides, and questionnaires, that can be easily adapted for classroom useAddresses the fundamental questions of co-teaching and collaborationùwho? what? when? where? how? why?ùas well as the question of evaluation or what next? Both experienced and novice teachers, as well as mainstream and ESL specialists, will be able to apply the information to their own practice.