Wendy W. Murawski, Ph.D., MBA, MEd, EdS, is the Executive Director and Eisner Endowed Chair for the Center for Teaching and Learning at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where she is also a Full Professor in the Department of Special Education and the Director of SIMPACT Immersive Learning. Dr. Murawski is the national Past President of the Teacher Education Division (TED) of CEC and an internationally known speaker and author, presenting in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. Her research focuses on co-teaching and inclusive practices nationally and internationally. She has published extensively around inclusive education, co-teaching, collaboration, and Universal Design for Learning, to include 18 books and numerous chapters, blogs, and peer-reviewed articles. She is the CEO of 2TeachÒ Global (www.2TeachLLC.com), an educational consulting company dedicated to promoting inclusive education around the world. In her personal life, Wendy enjoys traveling with her husband, learning languages, reading, drinking merlot, seeing movies, going to Book Club, visiting her college-bound son Kiernan, and pretending she is going to work out.

"Based on both up-to-date research and a wealth of practical experience, Murawski′s easy-to-use text is a tremendous contribution to the field, as more and more elementary school teachers are entering into a collaborative partnership that demands careful and playful approaches. This text is for anyone who is thinking about being in, or who is already in, the challenging yet potentially rewarding co-teaching relationship. Murawski′s keen insights about the day-to-day realities of teachers working together in classrooms are invaluable."

• About the AuthorIntroduction: Why This Book?Part I. The Dating Scene1. Understanding What It Means to Be in a RelationshipDefining the TermsChanging the Mids of the Commitment-Phobic2. Dating, Living Together, and MarriageRecognizing the Continuum of OptionsGoing in With Eyes Wide OpenDo′s and Don′ts of Co-Teaching3. General Educators Are From Jupiter, Special Educators Are From SaturnRecognizing Different Frames of ReferenceThe Second Time Around: Getting Over Bad ExperiencesSelf-Assessment 1: Are We Ready to Date?4. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorTo Marry Them or Not to Marry Them: Determining Whether to Use Co-TeachingPart II. The Engagement5. Getting to Know Your PartnerDrinking Out of the Carton (and Other Pet Peeves)Ensuring ParityWho′ll Do the Laundry? Setting Roles and Responsibilities6. Registering for the WeddingIdentifying Our NeedsCommunicating With Stakeholders7. Discussing the FutureEstablishing Schoolwide Improvement GoalsEstablishing Individual Team Improvement GoalsSelf-Assessment 2: Are We Ready to Get Engaged?8. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorAvoiding Arranged Marriages: The Search for Soul MatesPart III. The Wedding9. For Better or Worse: Establishing Norms for Behavior and AcademicsPhysical IssuesClassroom Management IssuesInstructional and Assessment Issues10. For Richer or Poorer: Sharing Space and MaterialsSharing SpaceSharing Materials11. Planning Quality Time Together: Why, When, and How to PlanWhy Should We Co-Plan?When Shuold We Co-Plan?How Should We Co-Plan?Self-Assessment 3: Are We Ready to Marry?12. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorAvoiding Polygamy: Too Many Is SImply Too Many (When Scheduling)Part IV. The Marriage13. Working Together to Wrangle the Li′l RascalsFive Practical Approaches for Co-InstructionApproach 1: One Teach, One SupportApproach 2: Parallel TeachingApproach 3: Station TeachingApproach 4: Alternative TeachingApproach 5: Team Teaching14. Teaching the Seven DwarvesUnderstanding DifferentiationPractical Strategies for Differentiation15. Are We Successful Yet?Co-Assessing Us and Them16. Playing Nicely With the Other ParentsCo-Teaching′s Role With Other School-Improvement InitiativesReading FirstCooperative LearningTwenty-First-Century TechnologyUniversal Design for LearningResponse to InterventionSelf-Assessment 4: Will We Be Able to Celebrate Our Anniversary?17. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorIs It Time for a Divorce?Building an Effective Program: Making More MatchesAppendix: Keeping the Honeymoon GoingReferencesIndex

Wendy W. Murawski, Ph.D., MBA, MEd, EdS, is the Executive Director and Eisner Endowed Chair for the Center for Teaching and Learning at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where she is also a Full Professor in the Department of Special Education and the Director of SIMPACT Immersive Learning. Dr. Murawski is the national Past President of the Teacher Education Division (TED) of CEC and an internationally known speaker and author, presenting in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. Her research focuses on co-teaching and inclusive practices nationally and internationally. She has published extensively around inclusive education, co-teaching, collaboration, and Universal Design for Learning, to include 18 books and numerous chapters, blogs, and peer-reviewed articles. She is the CEO of 2TeachÒ Global (www.2TeachLLC.com), an educational consulting company dedicated to promoting inclusive education around the world. In her personal life, Wendy enjoys traveling with her husband, learning languages, reading, drinking merlot, seeing movies, going to Book Club, visiting her college-bound son Kiernan, and pretending she is going to work out.

"Based on both up-to-date research and a wealth of practical experience, Murawski′s easy-to-use text is a tremendous contribution to the field, as more and more elementary school teachers are entering into a collaborative partnership that demands careful and playful approaches. This text is for anyone who is thinking about being in, or who is already in, the challenging yet potentially rewarding co-teaching relationship. Murawski′s keen insights about the day-to-day realities of teachers working together in classrooms are invaluable."

• About the AuthorIntroduction: Why This Book?Part I. The Dating Scene1. Understanding What It Means to Be in a RelationshipDefining the TermsChanging the Mids of the Commitment-Phobic2. Dating, Living Together, and MarriageRecognizing the Continuum of OptionsGoing in With Eyes Wide OpenDo′s and Don′ts of Co-Teaching3. General Educators Are From Jupiter, Special Educators Are From SaturnRecognizing Different Frames of ReferenceThe Second Time Around: Getting Over Bad ExperiencesSelf-Assessment 1: Are We Ready to Date?4. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorTo Marry Them or Not to Marry Them: Determining Whether to Use Co-TeachingPart II. The Engagement5. Getting to Know Your PartnerDrinking Out of the Carton (and Other Pet Peeves)Ensuring ParityWho′ll Do the Laundry? Setting Roles and Responsibilities6. Registering for the WeddingIdentifying Our NeedsCommunicating With Stakeholders7. Discussing the FutureEstablishing Schoolwide Improvement GoalsEstablishing Individual Team Improvement GoalsSelf-Assessment 2: Are We Ready to Get Engaged?8. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorAvoiding Arranged Marriages: The Search for Soul MatesPart III. The Wedding9. For Better or Worse: Establishing Norms for Behavior and AcademicsPhysical IssuesClassroom Management IssuesInstructional and Assessment Issues10. For Richer or Poorer: Sharing Space and MaterialsSharing SpaceSharing Materials11. Planning Quality Time Together: Why, When, and How to PlanWhy Should We Co-Plan?When Shuold We Co-Plan?How Should We Co-Plan?Self-Assessment 3: Are We Ready to Marry?12. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorAvoiding Polygamy: Too Many Is SImply Too Many (When Scheduling)Part IV. The Marriage13. Working Together to Wrangle the Li′l RascalsFive Practical Approaches for Co-InstructionApproach 1: One Teach, One SupportApproach 2: Parallel TeachingApproach 3: Station TeachingApproach 4: Alternative TeachingApproach 5: Team Teaching14. Teaching the Seven DwarvesUnderstanding DifferentiationPractical Strategies for Differentiation15. Are We Successful Yet?Co-Assessing Us and Them16. Playing Nicely With the Other ParentsCo-Teaching′s Role With Other School-Improvement InitiativesReading FirstCooperative LearningTwenty-First-Century TechnologyUniversal Design for LearningResponse to InterventionSelf-Assessment 4: Will We Be Able to Celebrate Our Anniversary?17. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorIs It Time for a Divorce?Building an Effective Program: Making More MatchesAppendix: Keeping the Honeymoon GoingReferencesIndex

Wendy W. Murawski, Ph.D., MBA, MEd, EdS, is the Executive Director and Eisner Endowed Chair for the Center for Teaching and Learning at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where she is also a Full Professor in the Department of Special Education and the Director of SIMPACT Immersive Learning. Dr. Murawski is the national Past President of the Teacher Education Division (TED) of CEC and an internationally known speaker and author, presenting in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. Her research focuses on co-teaching and inclusive practices nationally and internationally. She has published extensively around inclusive education, co-teaching, collaboration, and Universal Design for Learning, to include 18 books and numerous chapters, blogs, and peer-reviewed articles. She is the CEO of 2TeachÒ Global (www.2TeachLLC.com), an educational consulting company dedicated to promoting inclusive education around the world. In her personal life, Wendy enjoys traveling with her husband, learning languages, reading, drinking merlot, seeing movies, going to Book Club, visiting her college-bound son Kiernan, and pretending she is going to work out.

"Based on both up-to-date research and a wealth of practical experience, Murawski′s easy-to-use text is a tremendous contribution to the field, as more and more elementary school teachers are entering into a collaborative partnership that demands careful and playful approaches. This text is for anyone who is thinking about being in, or who is already in, the challenging yet potentially rewarding co-teaching relationship. Murawski′s keen insights about the day-to-day realities of teachers working together in classrooms are invaluable."

• About the AuthorIntroduction: Why This Book?Part I. The Dating Scene1. Understanding What It Means to Be in a RelationshipDefining the TermsChanging the Mids of the Commitment-Phobic2. Dating, Living Together, and MarriageRecognizing the Continuum of OptionsGoing in With Eyes Wide OpenDo′s and Don′ts of Co-Teaching3. General Educators Are From Jupiter, Special Educators Are From SaturnRecognizing Different Frames of ReferenceThe Second Time Around: Getting Over Bad ExperiencesSelf-Assessment 1: Are We Ready to Date?4. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorTo Marry Them or Not to Marry Them: Determining Whether to Use Co-TeachingPart II. The Engagement5. Getting to Know Your PartnerDrinking Out of the Carton (and Other Pet Peeves)Ensuring ParityWho′ll Do the Laundry? Setting Roles and Responsibilities6. Registering for the WeddingIdentifying Our NeedsCommunicating With Stakeholders7. Discussing the FutureEstablishing Schoolwide Improvement GoalsEstablishing Individual Team Improvement GoalsSelf-Assessment 2: Are We Ready to Get Engaged?8. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorAvoiding Arranged Marriages: The Search for Soul MatesPart III. The Wedding9. For Better or Worse: Establishing Norms for Behavior and AcademicsPhysical IssuesClassroom Management IssuesInstructional and Assessment Issues10. For Richer or Poorer: Sharing Space and MaterialsSharing SpaceSharing Materials11. Planning Quality Time Together: Why, When, and How to PlanWhy Should We Co-Plan?When Shuold We Co-Plan?How Should We Co-Plan?Self-Assessment 3: Are We Ready to Marry?12. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorAvoiding Polygamy: Too Many Is SImply Too Many (When Scheduling)Part IV. The Marriage13. Working Together to Wrangle the Li′l RascalsFive Practical Approaches for Co-InstructionApproach 1: One Teach, One SupportApproach 2: Parallel TeachingApproach 3: Station TeachingApproach 4: Alternative TeachingApproach 5: Team Teaching14. Teaching the Seven DwarvesUnderstanding DifferentiationPractical Strategies for Differentiation15. Are We Successful Yet?Co-Assessing Us and Them16. Playing Nicely With the Other ParentsCo-Teaching′s Role With Other School-Improvement InitiativesReading FirstCooperative LearningTwenty-First-Century TechnologyUniversal Design for LearningResponse to InterventionSelf-Assessment 4: Will We Be Able to Celebrate Our Anniversary?17. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the AdministratorIs It Time for a Divorce?Building an Effective Program: Making More MatchesAppendix: Keeping the Honeymoon GoingReferencesIndex