Wendy Murawski is an associate professor and graduate coordinator at California State University, Northridge, in the Department of Special Education. She is an experienced co-teacher (for K-12 and university, general and special education) and an accomplished presenter. She is often requested to work with state departments, districts, and schools; present keynote addresses at conferences; and provide training seminars. Murawski has won prestigious awards including the Dissertation Award from the Division of Learning Disabilities and a Publication Award from the Division of Research for the Council for Exceptional Children, and she was the 2004 California Teacher Educator of the Year. Murawski's research in the area of co-teaching has been widely disseminated through her numerous publications. Murawski is the author of Co-Teaching in the Inclusive Classroom: Working Together to Help ALL Your Students Find Success, an extensive resource handbook on co-teaching, as well as the co-creator of the CTSS (Co-Teach Solutions System) software. Her educational consulting company, 2 TEACH LLC, was created to provide professional development specifically in the areas of inclusive education, collaboration, and co-teaching. Murawski is a dynamic speaker who utilizes humor, personal experience, and research-based methods in her seminars while keeping them in the context of practical, ready-to-use strategies for general and special educators to implement in their inclusive classrooms. Murawski holds a master's degree in special education, an EdS in educational administration, and a PhD in special education with an emphasis in research, collaboration, and co-teaching.

About the Author
Introduction: Why This Book?
Part I. The Dating Scene
1. Understanding What It Means to Be in a Relationship
Defining the Terms
Changing the Mids of the Commitment-Phobic
2. Dating, Living Together, and Marriage
Recognizing the Continuum of Options
Going in With Eyes Wide Open
Dös and Don¿ts of Co-Teaching
3. General Educators Are From Jupiter, Special Educators Are From Saturn
Recognizing Different Frames of Reference
The Second Time Around: Getting Over Bad Experiences
Self-Assessment 1: Are We Ready to Date?
4. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
To Marry Them or Not to Marry Them: Determining Whether to Use Co-Teaching
Part II. The Engagement
5. Getting to Know Your Partner
Drinking Out of the Carton (and Other Pet Peeves)
Ensuring Parity
Whöll Do the Laundry? Setting Roles and Responsibilities
6. Registering for the Wedding
Identifying Our Needs
Communicating With Stakeholders
7. Discussing the Future
Establishing Schoolwide Improvement Goals
Establishing Individual Team Improvement Goals
Self-Assessment 2: Are We Ready to Get Engaged?
8. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
Avoiding Arranged Marriages: The Search for Soul Mates
Part III. The Wedding
9. For Better or Worse: Establishing Norms for Behavior and Academics
Physical Issues
Classroom Management Issues
Instructional and Assessment Issues
10. For Richer or Poorer: Sharing Space and Materials
Sharing Space
Sharing Materials
11. Planning Quality Time Together: Why, When, and How to Plan
Why Should We Co-Plan?
When Shuold We Co-Plan?
How Should We Co-Plan?
Self-Assessment 3: Are We Ready to Marry?
12. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
Avoiding Polygamy: Too Many Is SImply Too Many (When Scheduling)
Part IV. The Marriage
13. Working Together to Wrangle the Li¿l Rascals
Five Practical Approaches for Co-Instruction
Approach 1: One Teach, One Support
Approach 2: Parallel Teaching
Approach 3: Station Teaching
Approach 4: Alternative Teaching
Approach 5: Team Teaching
14. Teaching the Seven Dwarves
Understanding Differentiation
Practical Strategies for Differentiation
15. Are We Successful Yet?
Co-Assessing Us and Them
16. Playing Nicely With the Other Parents
Co-Teaching¿s Role With Other School-Improvement Initiatives
Reading First
Cooperative Learning
Twenty-First-Century Technology
Universal Design for Learning
Response to Intervention
Self-Assessment 4: Will We Be Able to Celebrate Our Anniversary?
17. Matchmaker, Matchmaker: The Role of the Administrator
Is It Time for a Divorce?
Building an Effective Program: Making More Matches
Appendix: Keeping the Honeymoon Going
References
Index