Guidelines for Co-Teaching in Texas - Region 17

Figure 9: Steps for Scheduling Co-Teaching Classrooms1Usingthe students’ IEPs, identify required special education support services by studentand content area (i.e. mainstream with no special education support, inclusion support suchas itinerant and/or co-teach support, content mastery, resource, self-contained, etc.). SampleCo-Teach Class Planners are provided in Figure 10 (Elementary) and Figure 11 (HighSchool) as a tool for this.2Reviewcurrent staff for various class arrangements to determine who is available to provideinclusion support services.3Decidea ratio for general education students to students with disabilities, based on thestudents’ needs. This ratio may vary from classroom to classroom based on studentcomposition and teacher scheduling in the classroom. There is no state-required ratio; this isa locally determined decision.4Buildthe master schedule for general education and special education teacher assignments,ensuring that student needs drive master schedule. This is especially important at thesecondary level because your ratio may determine a need for special education supportin multiple sections of the same course.5Schedulestudents with disabilities into classrooms prior to scheduling of non-disabled peers.6Proceedwith traditional student scheduling process.32 | Texas Co-Teaching Guidelines Texas Education Agency / Education Service Center, Region 20