Guidelines for Co-Teaching in Texas - Region 17

Introduction
As educational personnel strive to meet state and federal
accountability mandates to improve the achievement of students with
disabilities, schools are exploring various inclusive service delivery
models to fulfill the needs of diverse learners. The co-teach model
is one effective model allowing general and special educators to
differentiate and deliver instruction with assurances that all students
have full access to the grade-level expectations of the general
curriculum. While all schools must have inclusion services as part of
their continuum of special education services, no school is required
to choose co-teaching as one of or as their only inclusive service
delivery model. The purpose of this document is to help districts and
schools establish a common understanding of various co-teaching
configurations and to explain considerations necessary to implement
and evaluate an effective co-teaching program.
6 | Texas Co-Teaching Guidelines Texas Education Agency / Education Service Center, Region 20