Corwin Author Events - Richard A. Villa

Richard A. Villa

Richard A. Villa is president of Bayridge Consortium, Inc., and specializes in the development of administrative and instructional support systems for educating all students in general education settings. Recognized as an educational leader with deep commitment, he uses his conceptual, technical, and interpersonal skills to inspire and work collaboratively with others toward implementing current and emerging exemplary educational practices. This has meant inclusion for children with intensive cognitive, physical, and emotional challenges as full members of the general education community in the school districts where Villa has worked and with which he has consulted.

Villa has served as a classroom teacher, special education administrator, pupil personnel services director, and director of instructional services. Known for his enthusiastic, humorous style, he has presented at international, national, and state educational conferences and has provided technical assistance to departments of education in the United States, Canada, Vietnam, and Honduras, and to university personnel, public school systems, and parent and advocacy organizations.

Villa is author of the best-selling A Guide to Co-Teaching: Practical Tips for Facilitating Student Learning, Second Edition (Corwin, 2008) and A Guide to Co-Teaching: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development (Corwin, 2008).

He is the coauthor of the best-selling Differentiating Instruction: Collaborative Planning and Teaching for Universally Designed Learning (Corwin, 2008), as well as Differentiating Instruction: A Multimedia Kit for Professional Development (Corwin, 2008) and A Guide to Co-Teaching With Paraeducators (Corwin, 2009).

Villa, who earned a doctorate in education degree from the University of Vermont, is the author of more than 100 articles and book chapters.