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Collaborating for English Learners
A Foundational Guide to Integrated Practices

Second Edition


January 2019 | 288 pages | Corwin
Looking for a silver bullet to accelerate EL achievement? There is none. 

But this, we promise: when EL specialists and general ed teachers pool their expertise, your ELs’ language development and content mastery will improve exponentially. Just ask the tens of thousands of Collaboration and Co-Teaching users and now, a new generation of educators, thanks to this all-new second edition: Collaborating for English Learners.

Why this new edition? Because more than a decade of implementation has generated for Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove new insight into what exemplary teacher collaboration looks like, which essential frameworks must be established, and how integrated approaches to ELD services benefit all stakeholders. Essentially a roadmap to the many different ways we can all work together, this second edition of Collaborating for English Learners features: 
  • All-new examples, case studies, illustrative video, and policy updates 
  • In-depth coverage of the full range of strategies and configurations for determining the best model to adopt
  • Templates, planning guides, and other practical tools to put collaboration into practice
  • Guidelines, self-assessments, and questionnaires for evaluating the strategies’ effectiveness
By this time, the big benefits of teacher collaboration are well documented. Where teachers and schools struggle still is determining the best way to do so, especially when working with our ELs. That’s where Andrea Honigsfeld, Maria Dove, and their second edition of Collaborating for English Learners will prove absolutely indispensable. After all, there are no two better authorities.
 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors
 
1. What Is This Book About?
Overview

 
What Guided Us When We Wrote This Book?

 
The Purpose

 
Structure and Organization of the Book

 
The English Learner Population

 
Collaboration

 
Program Models Serving English Learners

 
What Can We Learn From the History and Research on Collaborative Practices?

 
Teacher Collaboration in Today’s Schools 17

 
Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Online Resources

 
 
2. Why Is Collaboration Needed?
Overview

 
Understanding English Learners

 
Challenges School Administrators Face

 
Why Collaboration Is the Answer to the Challenges Teachers and Administrators Face

 
Why Co-Teaching Is a Possible Answer to Challenges Teachers and Administrators Face

 
Administrators’ Role: Creating a School Community to Support Effective Instruction for ELs

 
Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Online Resources

 
 
3. Who Does Teacher Collaboration and Co-Teaching for ELs Concern?
Overview

 
All Stakeholders

 
Administrators’ Role: Developing and Sustaining a Collaborative School Culture

 
Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Online Resources

 
 
4. What Are the Essential Components of an Integrated, Collaborative Service Delivery for ELs?
Overview

 
Informal Collaborative Practices

 
Formal Collaborative Practices

 
Administrators’ Role: Creating Collaborative Opportunities and Supporting Collaborative Efforts

 
What Administrators Need to Consider

 
Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Online Resources

 
 
5. How Do Teachers Plan, Instruct, Assess, and Reflect Collaboratively?
Overview

 
Making a Case for Collaborative Efforts

 
Launching the Collaboration Team: Top Down or Bottom Up?

 
Collaborative Teams in Action

 
A Framework for Effective Collaborative Instruction

 
Technology and Collaboration

 
Co-Teaching for Powerful Instruction

 
Collaborative Student Assessment

 
Administrators’ Role: Effective Management of Resources

 
Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Online Resources

 
 
6. When Do Teachers Collaborate and Co-Teach?
Overview

 
Time and Structure for Teamwork

 
Setting a Purpose for Collaboration

 
Two Observations of Ongoing Collaboration

 
A Remedy for Time Limitations: Conversation Protocols

 
When Do Collaborative Teams Meet?

 
Expectations for Teacher Collaboration

 
Time frames for Co-teaching

 
Administrators’ Role: Scheduling and Supporting Collaborative and Co-Teaching Practices

 
Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Online Resources

 
 
7. Where Do Teachers Collaborate and Co-Teach?
Overview

 
Reexamining the Importance of Positive School Culture

 
Spaces and Places for Teacher Collaboration

 
Collaboration Inside the Classroom

 
Classroom Design for Co-Taught Lessons

 
The Impact of Classroom Design

 
Administrators’ Role: School Organization and Logistics

 
Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Online Resources

 
 
8. What Next? Reviewing and Evaluating Integrated, Collaborative Service Delivery for ELs
Overview

 
Reflective Practices

 
Self-Assessment Tools

 
Ongoing (Formative) Collaborative Program Assessment

 
Program Evaluation

 
Administrators’ Role: Leading Effective Assessment Practices

 
Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
Key Online Resources

 
 
9. Portraits of Collaboration
Overview

 
Districtwide Case Study

 
Elementary School Case Study #1

 
Elementary School Case Study #2

 
Middle School Case Study #1

 
Middle School Case Study #2

 
High School Case Study #1

 
High School Case Study #2

 
Summary

 
Discussion Questions

 
 
References
 
Name Index
 
Subject Index

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ISBN: 9781544340036
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