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Developing an inclusive classroom culture

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An inclusive classroom culture values and recognises the contributions of all students, their families/whānau, and communities.

Strategies for action

Four key strategies for developing an inclusive classroom

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John Robinson, HoD Learning Support at Onslow College, reflects on how inclusive practice is developing across the school.

Source: Ministry of Education, inclusive education videos (NZ) (opens in a new tab/window)

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Ministry of Education, inclusive education videos (NZ)
http://vimeo.com/album/2950799

Four suggestions for implementing this strategy:

Understand identity, culture, and language
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Develop learner profiles
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Know your learner
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Include students' languages and cultures
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- Video
- Resources

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Source: Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

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Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

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Four suggestions for implementing this strategy:

Learn about diversity and equity together
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- Video
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Have high expectations
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Support student leadership
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Strengthen a supportive peer culture
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“Children have the right to be consulted, to freedom of speech and opinion, and to participate in and challenge decisions made on their behalf .” (Smith, 1997).

Jude McAthur - Learning better together: Working towards inclusive education in New Zealand schools (p 14)

Source: Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

Source:

Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

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Three suggestions for implementing this strategy:

Create flexible learning environments
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Focus on what a student can do and their next steps
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Seek student feedback
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Indicators for building community:

Everyone is made to feel welcome.
Students help each other.
Staff collaborate with each other.
Staff and students treat one another with respect.
There is a partnership between staff and parents/carers.
Staff and governors work well together.
All local communities are involved in the school.

Source: Index for Inclusion: Developing learning and participation in schools (opens in a new tab/window)

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Index for Inclusion: Developing learning and participation in schools
http://www.csie.org.uk/resources/inclusion-index-explained.shtml

Three suggestions for implementing this strategy:

Build relationships with whānau
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Involve local iwi, Pasifika community, and cultural groups
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- Video
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Involve past students
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- Video
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Key resources

Quality teaching for diverse students in schooling: Best evidence synthesis iteration (BES)

This BES is intended to contribute to the development of an evidence-base for policy and practice in schooling. It covers quality teaching, pedagogical practices and creating effective links between schools and other cultural contexts in which students are socialised, to facilitate learning.

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Working as a community

The relationships between whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, kotahitanga, and rangatiratanga school culture to build school and community culture are explained. Networks of support that can be accessed are identified on this page.