30 Days to the Co-taught Classroom: How to Create an Amazing, Nearly Miraculous & Frankly Earth-Shattering Partnership in One Month or Less

One of the biggest challenges with educational literature is it is often entirely practical (pages and pages to copy and print out) or entirely theoretical (chapters on research and the evolution of an idea). There's a place for both theory as well as practice, but for new inclusive teams eager to get started with the work of building their partnership, neither really fits the bill. This book is the perfect combo! It includes a straightforward series of exercises and conversations co-teachers can utilize to help discuss the "big idea" concepts they need to sort out together but also the smaller, more delicate topics that will make their partnership stronger. On top of that, the authors are writing from a place of real-world experience and infuse it with the type of humor teachers can relate to. We are using this book as part of building our inclusive program within our district and have found it to be a helpful resource for all.

While many schools over the past ten years have embraced co-teaching (a general education and a special education teacher sharing responsibility for a classroom), teachers and administrators are swamped with demands on their time for professional development. This book seems to have been written to address the needs of busy professionals from those beginning their journeys together to seasoned pairs and those who support them. I work with teachers and administrators and have found 30 Days a fun, flexible guide. The book is divided into 30 topics that include essentials such as vision building, time management, lesson planning, establishing parity, differentiating, co-teaching structures and relationship-strengthening ideas. Users can pick and choose or work through the entire book. The illustrations and examples reflect 21st century classrooms. The authors describe themselves as passionate cheerleaders of inclusion. Their delivery of ideas and advice reflect their humorous enthusiasm and broad understanding of the needs of co-teachers.

When you are sick of reading the philosophy of co-teaching and want the how to do it and make it work, this is the book for you. It takes a lot to blend two peoples styles and personalities, this book helped do that.

I was fortunate enough to use this book during a coteacher course with one of the authors, Dr. Causton. There are so many strategies to strengthen your coteaching practice that you can implement easily and immediately. Highly recommend for all coteaching teams!!

This book is FABULOUS! As an Inclusive Programming Specialist, this resource gives me strategies for working with teachers to create more inclusive opportunities on a DAILY basis! There are tools that can be used immediately to help improve parity and communication between teaching partners as well as easy-to-implement strategies for meeting the needs of very diverse learners. It's very easy to read as there are some hilarious parts that will catch you by surprise and it doesn't need to be read in sequence or all at once in order to be put into practice.

Great book for teachers who are planning co-teaching. Amazing step-by-step help. Recommended!!All our teachers who used this book absolutely recommend it!!

If you run out of new ideas of working with another teacher to make all students successful after you think you have tried everything, if you are looking for ways to improve your teaching skills, how to better collaborate with your team or how to have a better relationship, this is a must-read book for you, and most important of all, walk the talk, then you will change what you think about teaching, collaboration and relationship.

This is really helpful and useful guide for both general and special education teachers. It helped you to understand the process and how can we work best of this tons of fascinating methods. Loved it!