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Inclusion secures opportunities for students with disabilities and non-English speaking backgrounds to learn alongside their peers. Knowledge and understanding, along with a positive attitude on the part of parents and educators is vital in achieving a successful inclusion classroom. In addition, fostering culturally responsive practices by authentically learning about your students, their families, their culture, language and their communities is important. By incorporating students’ backgrounds, language and environments into the curriculum, students feel valued and more connected to the learning process.
The resources provided offer examples of teaching structures and instructional strategies to assist in achieving an effective model of inclusion.
General Information: Evidence-Based Practices in Creating Successful Inclusion Classrooms
General Information: Evidence-Based Practices in Creating Successful Inclusion Classrooms
LEVELING QUESTIONS TO MAXIMIZE ENGAGEMENT
This short 2-minute tip provides guidance on how to easily differentiate levels of questioning to engage your emergent non-English-speaking students. (Hint: This could also work for students who have challenges with Speech and Language.)
"In whole-class discussions, do you consider ways to have all students participating and developing knowledge of the content? In this tip, we invite you to begin strategically incorporating leveled questions that address learners in each stage of language acquisition, creating opportunities for all students to demonstrate what they know." | Watch on YouTube
This PDF from the University of Notre Dame's Program for Inclusive Education provides an executable list of 17 Strategies for Inclusion.
Extensive resources focusing on all aspects of effective and collaborative inclusive practices (e.g., assessment, collaboration, culturally responsive teaching) to implement in school programs.
Peer supports are an important supplemental instructional strategy for students with and without disabilities in an inclusion classroom.
Peer supports are an important supplemental instructional strategy for students with and without disabilities in an inclusion classroom.
Co-Teaching and Collaboration
Co-Teaching and Collaboration
This Understood article describes the six models of co-teaching in detail and the benefits and challenges of implementing each model in inclusive classrooms.
Think Inclusive offers pragmatic suggestions to create evidence-based instructional experiences and sustain students’ engagement during remote learning sessions.
Culturally Responsive Practices
Culturally Responsive Practices
This resource provides easy to implement activities to develop a culture of respect, acceptance and community.
Colorín Colorado offers a guide that presents strategies that educators in school and early childhood settings can use and share with colleagues, families, and community partners.
This NYSED framework is designed to support educators in developing and implementing policies and instruction that educate all students effectively and equitably, as well as provide appropriate supports and services to promote positive student outcomes.
Inclusive Schools provides links to insightful articles about culturally responsive schools and inclusive classrooms.
This Edutopia article explores resources and strategies to include students’ diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences during distance learning.
The NYSED website includes evidence-based instruction for linguistically diverse groups of students-including professional development modules, scaffolding instruction recommendations in teaching literacy and other resources.
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