EDU 666 - Special Education Collaboration and Co-Teaching in Secondary Classrooms

This course will focus on collaborative education at the adolescent level and is based on the belief that inclusive educational settings are dependent on effective communication, co-planning, and co-teaching. Each week’s class session is co-taught so that students will experience collaborative team teaching models first-hand. Students will learn and apply content area (mathematics, English language arts, science, and social studies) methods within a co-taught setting. The benefits, potential challenges, and strategies for successful collaboration will be explored through class experiences, reading of relevant literature, and through a field experience in a co-taught setting. Students will study approaches to co-teaching as well as ways to create a collaborative classroom environment for all participants – the students, subject area teachers, service providers, ESL teachers, and special educators.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Offered When Needed
Department Consent Required