| Level 1: Simple Information Exchange | Loose linkage, one-way sharing of materials and information | Special education teachers pass disability diagnostic documents or simple behavior histories to general education teachers |
| Level 2: Mechanical Division of Labor | Division of roles, independent execution in respective domains | General education teachers conduct class instruction, while at-risk students are pull-out and mediated separately in the special education classroom (resource room). |
| Level 3: Co-constructive Collaboration | Shared goals, knowledge fusion, mutual reflection and implementation | General and special education teachers form a team to co-design classroom rules and cross-validate intervention data in real time |