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You're invited to join a professional learning experience designed especially for educators, mentors, and instructional leaders who support and guide co-teaching teams in inclusive learning environments.
In this course, you'll dig into the powerful ways that Universal Design for Learning (UDL), High Leverage Practices (HLP), and Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) come together to promote equity and meaningful access for all learners. You’ll explore strategies for building strong, collaborative teaching partnerships—clarifying roles, honoring individual strengths, and co-planning instruction with intention and shared purpose.
Along the way, you’ll gain practical tools for communication, team reflection, and instructional design, as well as opportunities to practice coaching conversations grounded in real co-teaching scenarios. These experiences will equip you to navigate challenges, strengthen collaboration, and support student success in inclusive classrooms.
By the end of the course, you will leave with a renewed understanding of how to mentor co-teaching teams with confidence, cultivate equitable practices, and elevate inclusion through purposeful teamwork.
We hope you’ll join us for this engaging and impactful learning opportunity.
Registration ends February 16, 2026
Waitlist Limit: 0/250
Courses
Coaching and Mentoring: Co-Teaching as an Inclusive Practice
Clock Hour
Course Description
This course is tailored for educators, mentors, and instructional leaders who play a critical role in guiding co-teaching teams within inclusive learning environments. Participants will examine how foundational frameworks—such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL), High Leverage Practices (HLP), and Specially Designed Instruction (SDI)—intersect to support equitable and inclusive education. Throughout the course, attendees will explore effective ways to cultivate collaborative teaching relationships, define and balance responsibilities among co-teachers, and leverage individual strengths for team success. Practical tools and approaches for co-planning, communication, and shared instructional design will be introduced. Participants will also learn how to engage in effective coaching conversations grounded in real-world co-teaching scenarios, using these dialogues to navigate challenges, strengthen collaboration, and ultimately support student success and inclusive practices. By the end of this course, participants will have developed a deeper understanding of how to mentor co-teaching partnerships with purpose, promote equity-driven practices, and enhance student inclusion through intentional collaboration.Course Objectives
Participants will…
Understand the fundamental relationship between Specially Designed Instruction (SDI), Universal Design for Learning (UDL), High Leverage Practices (HLP), and inclusive practices as related to co-teaching (Leading for Educational Equity)
Develop strategies for facilitating the roles and responsibilities of co-teachers (Learning Partnerships)
Facilitate clarity of strengths that help define co-teaching roles and responsibilities (Learning Partnerships)
Develop strategies to support co-teachers in co-planning (Learning Partnerships)
Improve knowledge of the basic models of co-teaching (Learning Partnerships)
Develop communication and data collection strategies to focus on the goal of increasing student growth and inclusionary opportunities (Leading for Educational Equity)