An effective co-teaching program requires collaborative lesson planning. If
co-teachers do not share weekly planning time and need to collaborate in a
more “non-traditional” manner, then the campus must consider how to make
lesson plans accessible to the special education co-teacher. If lesson plans
are due on the Friday before the next instructional week, this does not give
the special educator who is co-teaching adequate time to collaborate with
the general educator in reviewing the lesson plan, assisting in developing
accommodations, etc. Adjusting lesson plan due dates and utilizing software
that enables teachers to post lesson plans where they can be accessed by
both teachers and the administrator are two suggestions to accommodate the
planning dilemma.