Jacqueline Thousand, PhD coordinates special education teacher preparation and graduate program options in the School of Education at California State University, San Marcos. Jacqueline is a noted national and systems change consultant and inclusive education advocate. She has co-authored 15 books as well as numerous research articles and chapters on issues related to co-teaching, inclusive schooling, organizational change strategies, differentiated instruction and universal design, cooperative learning, collaborative teaming processes, creative problem solving, student self-determination, and discipline with dignity.
She is actively involved in international teacher education and inclusive education endeavors and serves on the editorial and advisory boards of several national and international journals and professional organizations.
For National Professional Resources, Thousand is co-author of the books The Inclusive Education Checklist and The Early Childhood Inclusive Education Checklist, and the laminated reference guides, Differentiated Instruction: Creating Inclusive Classrooms, RTI: Co-Teaching & Differentiated Instruction, and Co-Teaching At A Glance.
