Collaborative Teaming, Third Edition

Collaborative Teaming, Third Edition

Authors: Margaret E. King-Sears, Ph.D., Rachel Janney, Ph.D., Martha E. Snell, Ph.D.

Higher Education, K-12

Packed with practical tips, tools, and vignettes, the third edition of this popular book shows your staff how to work together effectively to support students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms. Perfect for independent study, inservice training, or preservice study.

Contains Companion Materials

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LEARN HOW TO:

• Master multiple types of teaming, from co-teaching to collaborative consultation
• Clearly define a team's purpose and focus
• Establish trust and consistent communication among team members
• Schedule and facilitate productive team meetings
• Make sound decisions by consensus
• Solve problems and create action plans as a team
• Use teamwork to increase the participation and learning of all students
• Ensure positive interactions with families

PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Activities that help teachers reflect on and apply the strategies; vignettes that show strategies in action; reproducible forms and checklists for conducting meetings, co-teaching effectively, and more. (For easy printing, full-size forms will now be available for download when you purchase the book.)

WHAT'S NEW:

• How teaming relates to schoolwide initiatives like PBIS and RTI
• Expanded chapter on co-teaching
• New chapter on collaborative consultation
• More strategies for effective communication and conflict resolution
• Insights on using today's technology to collaborate
• New vignettes featuring diverse students with a wide range of disabilities
• Helpful "focusing questions" in each chapter—perfect for use in courses and book clubs

Reviews

Dona Bauman, University of Scranton - November 21, 2014

“A worthy addition to the knowledge base of collaborative relationships and practices … should be required reading.”

Diana Abbott, Roberts Wesleyan College - November 21, 2014

“A wealth of practical information for twenty-first century educators … offers strategies and tools for teachers to gain the skills needed to effectively collaborate in today’s schools.”

Elizabeth Erwin, Montclair State University - November 20, 2014

“A significant and comprehensive text about cutting-edge collaborative teaming practices grounded firmly in the latest research.”

Dr. Ann Nevin, Professor Emerita, Arizona State University - November 13, 2014

“It's a professional and personal privilege to endorse Collaborative Teaming, Third Edition by Rachel Janney, Ph.D., Margaret E. King-Sears, Ph.D., and Martha E. Snell, Ph.D. These outstanding researcher-teachers have added many features that readers will appreciate: focus questions to guide reading, student snapshots to emphasize the child-centered nature of the reason educators collaborate, checklists and other devices to monitor our progress, diagrams to help remember key elements, and voices from the classroom to signal the viability of teachers' use of the strategies. The authors have been careful to document their knowledge claims with up-to-date research, a valuable asset in this era of evidence-based accountability.”

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE:

• Blank reproducible planning forms
• Sample completed planning forms and checklists

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• 18 Things Authentically Inclusive Schools Do
• We Stopped Using “I” and Began Using “We”: A Co-Teaching Success Story
• 5 Steps to Reaching Consensus in IEP Meetings