FOR TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS
Co-Teaching Evolved for Teacher Preparation Programs
For: teacher preparation faculty, program directors, and residency programs that pair pre-service teachers with guide (cooperating) teachers in general education and special education.
From the authors of Co-Teaching Evolved: Partnership Strategies for an Equitable, Inclusive, and Tech-Powered Classroom (Solution Tree), Dr. Matthew Rhoads and Dr. Belinda Dunnick Karge.
“I will definitely use this book’s information in my teacher candidates’ coursework and during my mentor teacher training sessions.”
Rosalba Ponce, lecturer and site coordinator, Dual Language and English Learner Department, San Diego State University, California (endorsement published on the Solution Tree book page)
Why it fits pre-service programs
A student teacher and a guide teacher already share a classroom. Co-Teaching Evolved gives that pair a shared language and structure: essential agreements, eleven co-teaching strategies across supportive, team, and advanced stages, and planning routines that name who does what. The same framework works in general education placements and in special education placements.
Three formats
1. Faculty workshop
For methods and special education faculty and supervisors. Walk through the framework and the free reproducibles, and plan where they fit in existing coursework and supervision.
2. Student teacher and guide teacher pairing session
For candidates and their guide teachers together, early in the placement. Pairs draft essential agreements, clarify roles, and choose strategies for upcoming lessons.
3. Program-wide support across a placement term
A sequence across one placement term for faculty, supervisors, guide teachers, and candidates, built around the program’s calendar and goals.
Formats, length, and scope are set with each program. No pricing is listed here.
Free tools programs can use now
- 30 reproducibles from the book, free with no email needed: coteachingevolved.com/resources
- Free 18-page white paper, From Placement to Partnership, by Matthew Rhoads and Belinda Dunnick Karge: coteachingevolved.com
- The book: Co-Teaching Evolved on Solution Tree
About the authors
Matthew Rhoads, EdD, has a special education background and co-taught for many years at the high school level in English, mathematics, and social sciences. He continues to co-teach while coaching teachers and presenting professional development.
Belinda Dunnick Karge, PhD, is a professor in the doctoral studies program at Concordia University Irvine and professor emeritus at California State University, Fullerton. She has co-taught at several levels and produced five textbooks and more than 150 articles.
(Bios as published on coteachingevolved.com/book.)
How to inquire
- Through Solution Tree (first choice): solutiontree.com/presenters/booking-process
- Directly with Matt: matthewrhoads.com/plan-an-engagement or matt@matthewrhoads.com
