How to be a Successful Co-Teacher
8 Things Successful Co-Teachers Do – Tips from the We Are Teachers website
Co-Teaching Handbook: Utah Guidelines – Utah State Office of Education
Co-Teaching: Moving Beyond One Teaching, One Assisting by Tina Spencer, M.S.- The William & Mary School of Education Training and Technical Assistance Center
Co-Teaching Considerations Packet – The William & Mary School of Education Training and Technical Assistance Center ****This resource includes questions to think about and discuss when entering a co-teaching partnership and a co-teaching contract
Co-Teaching Webinar – Free webinar on co-teaching presented by ASCD Webinars
Checklists and Templates
Blank Lesson Plan Template – California State University Northridge
Sample Lesson Plan and Blank Lesson Plan Template – Adapted from St. Cloud State University, Teacher Quality Enhancement Center
Co-Teaching Roles and Responsibilities Checklist
EdPro Development, Inc. website has excellent checklists and templates including a blank lesson plan template, guiding questions for co-teachers, roles and responsibilities checklist, and are we really co-teaching checklist (credited to Villa, Thousand, and Nevin, 2004)
Research
Bouck, E. C. (2007). Co-teaching … not just a textbook term: Implications for practice. Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth, 51(2), 46–51. https://doi.org/10.3200/psfl.51.2.46-51
Friend, M. (2008). Co-teaching: A simple solution that isn’t simple after all. Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.3776/joci.2008.v2n2p9-19
Friend, M., Cook, L., Hurley-Chamberlain, D., & Shamberger, C. (2010). Co-teaching: An illustration of the complexity of collaboration in special education. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consulation, 20(1), 9-27. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ785948.pdf
Mastropieri, M. A., Scruggs, T. E., Graetz, J., Norland, J., Gardizi, W., & McDuffie, K. (2005). Case studies in co-teaching in the content areas. Intervention in School and Clinic, 40(5), 260–270. https://doi.org/10.1177/10534512050400050201
Zigmond, N. (2003). Where should students with disabilities receive special education services? The Journal of Special Education, 37(3), 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224669030370030901