With technology and artificial intelligence playing a growing role in education, traditional co-teaching strategies require an update. The authors offer a revived approach to co-teaching that accounts for pressing topics in today’s classroom. PreK–12 teachers will learn to create collaborative co-teaching partnerships and navigate key co-teaching components—such as lesson design, conflict resolution, and communication with stakeholders—with research-backed tools and strategies.
PreK–12 teachers as well as school and district leaders can use this book to: - Incorporate digital technology tools such as ed tech and artificial intelligence into lessons
- Plan and design co-taught lessons based on research-backed instructional strategies
- Understand how to involve specialists in co-teaching planning and decisions
- Learn and adopt the mindset and communication skills behind thriving co-teaching partnerships
- Establish and cultivate a culture of collaboration with co-teachers and stakeholders
Contents: Introduction
Chapter 1: Navigating Co-Teaching Partnerships
Chapter 2: Introducing Co-Teaching Strategies
Chapter 3: Building and Maintaining Co-Teaching Relationships
Chapter 4: Synthesizing Efficacy, Attitude, and Essential Agreements
Chapter 5: Planning and Designing Lessons
Chapter 6: Integrating Instructional Strategies With Co-Teaching Strategies
Chapter 7: Co-Teaching in Classrooms Without Boundaries
Chapter 8: Integrating Specialists Into Co-Teaching
Chapter 9: Co-Teaching in PreK and Early Childhood Settings
Chapter 10: Cultivating a Culture of Co-Teaching
Epilogue: Moving Forward as a Co-Teacher
References and Resources
Index
Matthew Rhoads, EdD, is an expert and innovator in educational technology and instructional strategy integration within online, blended, and traditional in-person classroom settings. With a special education background, Dr. Rhoads co-taught for many years at the high school level in the areas of English, mathematics, and social sciences. He continues to co-teach regularly while coaching teachers and presenting professional development.
As a practicing technology and instructional leader, trainer, integrationist, and coach in adult education, K–12, and higher education, he develops instructional integrations of ed tech tools with research-based strategies to drive instruction. He is a coach and professional learning specialist for new and experienced teachers for the Education to Career Network of North San Diego County, San Diego State University, and Concordia University, Irvine. Dr. Rhoads is also a doctoral dissertation chair who coaches doctoral students to conduct their research, write, and defend their dissertations. Dr. Rhoads’s eight books focus on integrating instructional strategies with ed tech and AI tools to amplify student learning within in-person, online, and blended learning classrooms. His latest books include Crush It From the Start: 50 Tips for New Teachers, Instruction Without Boundaries: Enhance Your Teaching Strategies With Technology Tools in Any Setting, Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative series, and Navigating the Toggled Term: A Guide for K–12 Classroom and School Leaders. He also has his podcast, Navigating Education, which discusses all topics related to education and instruction.
Visit matthewrhoads.com for more information on Dr. Rhoads and his work.
Belinda Dunnick Karge, PhD, is a professor in the doctoral studies program at Concordia University, Irvine and a professor emeritus at California State University, Fullerton. She taught both general education and special education and served in administrative roles in elementary and high school prior to teaching in higher education.
Dr. Karge’s professional record demonstrates a consistent pattern of research publications, including four textbooks, five curriculum texts, four book chapters, and several educational tools. Additionally, she has penned over 135 articles for a variety of publications and has made numerous presentations to international, state, and local groups of school district employees. She serves as an advisor for the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Overseas Schools and travels extensively around the world, offering guidance on research-based instructional strategies, schoolwide change, and inclusive practices.
Dr. Karge received the Council for Exceptional Children’s Susan Phillips Gorin Award. She was also honored with the Council for Learning Disabilities’ Floyd G. Hudson Outstanding Service Award and the Association for Childhood Education International’s Service Award.
Dr. Karge received her PhD in quantitative methods, special education, and educational psychology and her master’s degree in special education and reading from the University of California, Riverside.
