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"Honigsfeld and Dove highlight the importance of a whole-school approach to the teaching of English language learners, where the collective expertise of teachers is harnessed through collaboration and co-teaching. This approach ensures that all teachers gain access to instructional strategies that promote student engagement and accelerated academic development."
—Jim Cummins, Professor
University of Toronto, Canada

"This new resource is exceptionally timely. The book provides educators with a much-needed road map for making true collaboration and co-teaching a reality. At a time when schools are facing limited resources and more demand for improved student performance, the effective instructional approaches in this book are essential for educators and English language learners alike."
—Jana Echevarria, Professor Emerita
California State University, Long Beach

Help ELLs achieve success with an integrated, collaborative program!

Teacher collaboration and co-teaching are proven strategies for helping students with diverse needs achieve academically. Now this practical resource provides a step-by-step guide to making collaboration and co-teaching work for general education teachers and English as a second language (ESL) specialists to better serve the needs of English language learners (ELLs).

The authors address the fundamental questions of collaboration and co-teaching, examine how a collaborative program helps ELLs learn content while meeting English language development goals, and offer information on school leaders' roles in facilitating collaboration schoolwide. Featuring six in-depth case studies, this guide helps educators:

• Understand the benefits and challenges of collaborative service delivery
• Choose from a range of strategies and configurations, from informal planning and collaboration to a fully developed co-teaching partnership
• Use templates, planning guides, and other practical tools to put collaboration into practice
• Evaluate the strategies’ success using the guidelines, self-assessments, and questionnaires included

Collaboration and Co-Teaching helps ESL, ELL, and general education teachers combine their expertise to provide better support for their ELLs!