Collaboration and Co-Teaching for English Learners: A Leader′s Guide - Paperback

by Andrea Honigsfeld (Author), Maria G. Dove (Author)

Your English Language Learners are counting on you to collaborate effectively.

The Common Core State Standards have increased the pressure on English Language Learners. And with the EL population increasing every day, schools need proven systems for ensuring that the students of the future are able to thrive.

In practice, this is a challenge for educational leaders. The most promising solution is the collaborative approach pioneered by this book's authors--America's leading authorities on collaboration and co-teaching for EL achievement.

Honigsfeld and Dove's resources for collaboration and co-teaching include

• Templates for creating EL profiles that will enable you to address their unique needs
• Prompts for Professional Learning activities (for teams or individuals) and further reading
• The latest research findings on best instructional practices that benefit ELs

This is your concise, comprehensive guide to creating a powerful collaborative program to benefit your ELs. Start implementing it today and watch the outcomes improve.

"We have used Collaboration and Co-Teaching to strengthen the types of support that ELL Specialists offer classroom teachers. Having a systematic, collaborative process to create a school-wide success model for ELL students benefits everyone in education with the reward of student achievement. Our district is looking forward to using A Leader's Guide as a way of strengthening our professional development and collaborative efforts towards quality instruction for English Learners."
--Heidi LaMare, Supervisor of Programs for ELL Students
Bellevue School District, WA

"Collaboration and Co-Teaching for English Learners: A Leaders Guide is a critical addition to every new and experienced educational leader's bookshelf. Schools that succeed with increasingly diverse populations are able to leverage every asset through collaborations and partnerships. This is a guidebook by trusted experts that will help any preK-12 program follow that path to success.
--Karen N. Nemeth, Author/Consultant
Language Castle LLC

Author Biography

Andrea Honigsfeld is Associate Dean in the division of education at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY. She teaches graduate education courses related to cultural and linguistic diversity, linguistics, ESL methodology and action research. Before entering the field of teacher education, she was an English as a Foreign Language teacher in Hungary (Grades 5-8 and adult), an English as a Second Language teacher in New York City (Grades K-3 and adult), and taught Hungarian at New York University. Honigsfeld was the recipient of a Doctoral Fellowship at St. John′s University, where she conducted research on individualized instruction and learning styles. She has published extensively on working with English Language Learners and/or providing individualized instruction based on learning-style preferences. She received a Fulbright Award to lecture in Iceland in the Fall of 2002. In the past eight years, she has been presenting at conferences across the United States, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates. She frequently offers staff development primarily focusing on effective differentiated strategies and collaborative practices for English as a second Language and general education teachers.

Maria G. Dove is Assistant Professor in the division of education at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY where she teaches courses to preservice and inservice teachers in the graduate education TESOL program. Having worked as an English as a Second Language teacher for over thirty years, she has provided instruction to English language learners in public school settings (Grades K-12) and in adult English Language programs in Nassau County, NY. During her years as an ESL specialist, she established co-teaching partnerships, planned instruction through collaborative practices, and conducted ESL co-taught lessons in mainstream classrooms with her fellow K-6 teachers. She has served as a mentor for new ESL teachers, and coaches both ESL and mainstream teachers on co-teaching strategies. She has published several articles and book chapters on her experiences with co-teaching, differentiated instruction, and the education of English language learners. She regularly offers professional development workshops regarding the instruction of English language learners to local school districts as well as at state and national conferences.