Celebrating uniqueness: The power of inclusive education
More and more teachers face the challenge of how to integrate students with special needs in their mainstream class. This is partly the outcome of a general trend towards accommodating children with special needs in mainstream schools rather than in special school settings. Inclusive education means giving all children the ability to be part of a typical school community, and to be able to participate and contribute in ways that they can, because nature makes differences but society makes handicaps. In an Inclusive environment, all the children experience: a greater sense of the community in which we live, increased opportunity to develop social skills, a greater empathy for differences and challenges that individuals face, see children with exceptionalities as people.
This course aims to provide teachers a better understanding of the topic and show how with simple changes teachers can make their teaching and their classroom more inclusive. Furthermore, it aims to help teachers to identify strategies to get the additional support they need.
This course aims to provide teachers a better understanding of the topic and show how with simple changes teachers can make their teaching and their classroom more inclusive. Furthermore, it aims to help teachers to identify strategies to get the additional support they need.
- Define inclusive education and understand the need for inclusive classrooms;
- Understand the variety of special educational needs;
- Understand the process of inclusion, addressing barriers to participation, learning and resources to support all students within schools;
- Design Individual Learning Plans ILPs/IEPs;
- Discover practical applications of universal design for learning;
- Improve teaching and learning techniques which will address the different individual needs of students and make the classroom more inclusive;
- Explore ways of making your learning material accessible by every student;
- Identify the support infrastructures available at your school and support the inclusive development of schools by using the Index of Inclusion;
- Develop the cooperation with the educational community and parents in order to support all students.
The course is designed as an interactive process with emphasis on establishing a mentor relationship between participants and trainer. It follows two-way communication process including discussions, interactive games, working in groups and pairs, presentations, case studies, thinking techniques and individual activities. The focus is on experiential learning and workshop approach. The participants will also receive a workbook with session’s summaries and descriptions of activities used.
- Teachers (primary, secondary, vocational, adult, special needs);
- Teacher trainers; Careers officers, educational guides and counsellors;
- Head teachers/principals/managers of schools/organisations offering adult education;
350 Euros for 5-day long training
The total cost includes:
The total cost includes:
- Pre-arrival information
- Tuition & training materials
- Training Certificate
- Europass Mobility Certificate
- Admin & organizational costs
*The detailed course content will be agreed upon before each session according to the needs and requests of the participants.
Introductory meeting, explanation of practical arrangements, presentation of timetable and course objectives.
Defining inclusive education, key principles and values.
What are special educational needs?
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Discussion: current situation in participant’s country regarding the education of students with SEN.
Profile of inclusive teachers.
Defining inclusive education, key principles and values.
What are special educational needs?
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Discussion: current situation in participant’s country regarding the education of students with SEN.
Profile of inclusive teachers.
Types and characteristics of special needs.
Analysis of SEN case studies.
Learning styles: VAK and MI.
Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
Analysis of SEN case studies.
Learning styles: VAK and MI.
Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
Discussion: Every single person is unique and has different skills, so why are students taught the same way?
Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Self-reflection on inclusive education.
Strategies that can be used to enhance teaching and learning for students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
Accessibility of learning materials.
Teaching & learning tools for supporting SEN.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Self-reflection on inclusive education.
Strategies that can be used to enhance teaching and learning for students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
Accessibility of learning materials.
Teaching & learning tools for supporting SEN.
Talented and gifted students: definition
Identification of talented and gifted students.
Planning and working with talented and gifted students.
Supporting talented and gifted students
Evaluating and assessing talented and gifted students.
Identification of talented and gifted students.
Planning and working with talented and gifted students.
Supporting talented and gifted students
Evaluating and assessing talented and gifted students.
Index of Inclusion: engaging all relevant actors in the school ecosystem: parents, other teachers special education teachers, local community.
Working with families.
Designing the inclusive classroom of your dreams.
Planning follow up activities, dissemination and implementation of learning outcomes
Discussing possibilities for future cooperation among participants
Working with families.
Designing the inclusive classroom of your dreams.
Planning follow up activities, dissemination and implementation of learning outcomes
Discussing possibilities for future cooperation among participants
For any additional information or questions please contact us: 4c.info.mk@gmail.com