Connecting High-Leverage Practices to Student Success

Melissa C. Jenkins, PhD, is an assistant professor of Special Education at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. She brings over 18 years of public school experience to her role as a teacher educator, having worked in Virginia public schools as a special education teacher, instructional coach, and central office administrator. Melissa is dedicated to helping educators bring high-quality, inclusive practices to schools. She loves speaking and writing about collaborative practices, early mathematics intervention, and positive behavioral support. When not working, Melissa enjoys practicing yoga to find literal and figurative balance in life. She also takes great joy in big and small adventures with her family. Wendy W. Murawski, Ph.D., MBA, MEd, EdS, is the Executive Director and Eisner Endowed Chair for the Center for Teaching and Learning at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where she is also a Full Professor in the Department of Special Education and the Director of SIMPACT Immersive Learning. Dr. Murawski is the national Past President of the Teacher Education Division (TED) of CEC and an internationally known speaker and author, presenting in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. Her research focuses on co-teaching and inclusive practices nationally and internationally. She has published extensively around inclusive education, co-teaching, collaboration, and Universal Design for Learning, to include 18 books and numerous chapters, blogs, and peer-reviewed articles. She is the CEO of 2TeachO Global (www.2TeachLLC.com), an educational consulting company dedicated to promoting inclusive education around the world. In her personal life, Wendy enjoys traveling with her husband, learning languages, reading, drinking merlot, seeing movies, going to Book Club, visiting her college-bound son Kiernan, and pretending she is going to work out.

Section I: Foundations of Co-Teaching and Collaborative Teaming Introduction to Section I Chapter 1: Collaborative Teaming Chapter 2: Co-Teaching Models Chapter 3: Relationships, Roles, and Responsibilities Section II: Collaborating for Academic Success Introduction to Section II Chapter 4: Co-Assessment of Group and Individual Academic Needs Chapter 5: Co-Instruction to Meet All Learners' Academic Needs Chapter 6: Providing Specially Designed Instruction in Inclusive Settings Chapter 7: Co-Assessment: Evaluating and Reporting Academic Progress Section III: Collaborating for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Growth Introduction to Section III Chapter 8: Co-Assessment to Create a Positive Classroom Climate for All Learners Chapter 9: Co-Instruction for Social Emotional Learning Chapter 10: Collaborating for Individual Behavioral Support and Intervention Chapter 11: Co-Assessing and Sharing Social Emotional Learning Outcomes Section IV: Synthesis and Analysis Chapter 12: Co-reflecting and Co-planning for Improvement Appendix A: High-Leverage Practices for General Education Appendix B: High-Leverage Practices for Special Education References Index