Collaboration and Co-Teaching for English Learners: A Leader's Guide [Paperback]

Andrea Honigsfeld, Ed.D. is a professor 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. She 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 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. Her coauthored book Differentiated Instruction for At-Risk Students (2009) and coedited four-volume Breaking the Mold of Education series (2010-2013) were published by Rowman and Littlefield.

Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
1. Why Do Collaborative Services Make Sense for English Language Learners?
2. What Are Collaborative Program Models to Serve ELLs?
3. How Do You Support Shared Curriculum Development and Implementation for the Sake of ELLs?
4. How Do You Support Collaborative Instructional and Assessment Practices for ELLs?
5. What Are the Nuts and Bolts of Coordinating Collaborative Teaching for ELLs?
6. What Type of Professional Learning Is Needed to Work with ELLs Effectively?
7. What Type of Leadership is Needed for Integrated, Collaborative Schools?
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