Resource Teachers
A Changing Role in the Three-Block Model of Universal Design for Learning
- Publisher
- Portage & Main Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2013
- Category
- Inclusive Education, Professional Development, Collaborative & Team Teaching, General
- Recommended Age
- 1 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- p to 7
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553795018
- Publish Date
- Dec 2013
- List Price
- $29.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781553795025
- Publish Date
- Dec 2013
- List Price
- $23.00
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Description
In Resource Teachers, Dr. Jennifer Katz describes the fundamental shift in the role of the resource teacher in the inclusive classroom (outlined in her previous book, Teaching to Diversity). Dr. Katz discusses practical and innovative ways to partner with classroom teachers to create inclusive learning communities – by co-planning, co-teaching, and co-assessing instruction – with less emphasis on traditional practices of pull-out remediation, IEPs, and modified programming.
About the author
Jennifer Katz, PhD, taught for 16 years in diverse classrooms from K to 12, including special education and inclusive classrooms in Winnipeg and Vancouver. She has also served as a resource teacher and counselor. In addition, she has been a sessional lecturer at the University of British Columbia, educational consultant, editor, and presenter. Her work as an advocate of inclusive education has spanned several provinces and territories, and multiple audiences – university courses, academic conferences, parent advocacy groups, professional development workshops, and educational conferences. She continues to work closely with students and teachers who are living and learning in inclusive classrooms across Canada and internationally. Dr. Katz is currently an assistant professor in faculty of education at the University of Manitoba.