Elevating Co-Teaching through UDL

by Elizabeth Stein

Co-teaching—the practice of having special education and regular education teachers work together in inclusive classrooms—is one way to ensure that all students have equal access to challenging academic content. But the practice is a challenging one, requiring thoughtful planning and execution by cooperative classroom professionals. Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework for designing inclusive learning environments, offers co-teachers structure and guidance in pursuing their goal to create successful learning environments for all students. In this book, veteran co-teacher and UDL expert Elizabeth Stein shows how to apply the UDL principles and guidelines to the practice of co-teaching. How does UDL inform the lesson-planning process? What does UDL look like in the classroom? What role does formative assessment play? How do you get buy-in for the UDL approach from administrators, parents, and students themselves? These and other questions are answered in this must-have book for anyone interested in co-teaching.

Genres: Education

208 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2016

Reviews

[Jonathan Peto · Rating 3 out of 5]

A worthwhile read. There is some filler though, such as a chapter with lists of strategies that were interesting and good but fleshed out with largely useless analysis I ended up skipping...

[Jake Cotto · Rating 5 out of 5]

CAST puts out amazing work. Elizabeth Stein's perspective on coteaching is exactly what I needed as a young special educator. This book is helpful for any teacher, but especially those with the privilege of having a coteacher.

[Heather Otto · Rating 2 out of 5]

Much much more about UDL than co-teaching, and doesn’t give much regarding how to elevate the actual co-teaching