Intentional Co-teaching for Multilingual Learners: An Equitable Approach to Integrating Content and Language

Developed and tested by the author in a diverse Colorado school district, this proven co-teaching model will help educators and multilingual learner specialists work collaboratively to support multilingual learners and promote their academic achievement and English language proficiency at the same time. You’ll get immediately useful guidance focused on these key goals: meaningful access to grade-level content for multilingual learners, English proficiency through content instruction, and job-embedded co-teaching professional learning opportunities. Tips, tools, examples, and resources—including engaging online videos and an extensive rubric that helps you evaluate the quality of your co-teaching program and practices—help you take the foundational information in this book and transform it into action in your own school or district.

A timely and innovative guide for co-teachers, coaches, teacher leaders, and school and district administrators, this book helps co-teachers develop strong partnerships and unlock equitable, inclusive learning opportunities for multilingual learners.

READERS WILL:

• Master 4 systemic components of the framework: setting up the structures for co-teaching, supporting staff with co-teaching, growing and evaluating the program, and supporting and evaluating co-teachers
• Implement 5 instructional components: planning for integrated language and content, sharing the classroom, assessing and communicating, building relationships and reflecting, and instructing for integrated language and content
• Use an expertly organized rubric to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate co-teaching in schools and across districts
• Get the tools needed for success, including videos demonstrating key co-teaching interactions and reproducible forms and templates

Holly J. Porter, Ed.D., is the director of the Language Supports and Services department in the Cherry Creek School District, located in Greenwood Village, Colorado. She has more than 27 years of specialized experience in the field of education and recently received recognition as the Language Culture and Equity Director of the Year for the State of Colorado.