Two new laminated reference guides arrived at our Florida warehouse this week and are now ready for immediate shipping. They are the brand-new guide English Learners: Strategies to Adapt Instruction in Content Areas, by Carrie McDermott, and the newly updated and expanded edition of Lisa Dieker and Rebecca Hines’ guide, Co-Teaching in Secondary Schools: 7 Steps to Successful Inclusion.
In English Learners: Strategies to Adapt Instruction in Content Areas, Dr. Carrie McDermott provides guidance for teachers working with English learners in diverse classrooms to help them address their students’ complex needs by unpacking learning. It offers proven strategies that make learning more accessible for English learners and help these students meet rigorous standards and achieve their greatest goals. Because all students are language learners, the strategies in the guide, which include focusing on crosscutting skills, implementing project-based learning, and using buddies/partners, among others, benefit all students in K-8 classrooms. Read more about English Learners: Strategies to Adapt Instruction in Content Areas and purchase the guide.
Co-Teaching in Secondary Schools: 7 Steps to Successful Inclusion, 2nd edition, is an easy-to-use, quick-reference tool for middle and high school teachers embarking on co-teaching for the first time, as well for those in established co-teaching partnerships. Drs. Lisa Dieker and Rebecca Hines offer readers concrete strategies for building strong co-teaching teams and creating a successful inclusive classrooms. The guide includes a checklist of the key characteristics of effective co-teaching classrooms to help teachers stay on track, as well as planning forms and helpful charts to assist both special education and regular education teachers in lesson planning and tracking informal teacher observations. Read more about Co-Teaching in Secondary Schools and purchase the guide.
About the Authors:
Carrie L. McDermott, EdD in an assistant professor in the Division of Education at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York, with concentrations in action research, cultural and linguistic diversity, ESOL methodology, theory, and language acquisition. Prior to entering the field of teacher education, she was an educator for over twelve years and previously worked in the business industry. Her areas of expertise include teaching English to students of other languages for grades K-12 and adults; elementary, middle, and secondary education; PBL; Science; Technology; Entrepreneurship; Response to Intervention; Curriculum Writing; New Teacher Mentoring; Learning Styles; and College and Career Readiness. Dr. McDermott works with school district administrators to strengthen and implement ESOL programming as well as supervise and evaluate these practices through couching and mentorship protocols. She is also involved in several research projects involving the evolution of integrated reading comprehension applications for ELLs, co-teaching practices, and graduate education program impact. She has published numerous textbook chapters, journal articles, and has presented at various national conferences.
Lisa Dieker, PhD, is a Pegasus Professor and Lockheed Martin Eminent Scholar Chair at the University of Central Florida in the College of Education and Human Performance. She coordinates the doctoral program in special education and is Director of the Lockheed Martin Mathematics and Science Academy. Dieker continues to lead numerous research projects focused on systemic change of school districts across the country related to inclusive practices, co-teaching and STEM education. She currently serves on numerous editorial review boards and was the associate editor for Teaching Exceptional Children and co-editor of the Journal of International Special Needs Education. She has been awarded the Council for Exceptional Education Teacher Education Division National Service Award and Outstanding Journal Publication Award for 2015; the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Children Advocacy Network Advocate of the Year Award; the UCF Graduate Student Mentor of the Year Award; and University of Illinois and Eastern Illinois University Outstanding Alumni of the Year Awards. Over the course of her career, Dieker has received over $15 million in grant funding in and has published 6 books and 2 DVDs on her work in teacher education along with over 50 chapters and journal articles and provided over 200 workshops and 50 Keynote addresses.
Rebecca A. Hines, PhD is an associate professor at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. With degrees and teaching experience in both general and special education, Hines has a unique focus on preparing educators to meet the needs of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. She has taught as a language arts teacher, a teacher of students with severe emotional disturbance in a self-contained setting, and as a middle school co-teacher. Her rich experiences working in and researching inclusive settings have led Hines to speak at seminars and conferences across the country about her research and classroom experiences. Her other research interests include working with students with emotional/behavioral disorders, universal design for learning, and technology in the classroom.
