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

178 pages, Kindle Edition

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