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ED 564: Administration of Inclusive Schools

Faculty of Education. ED 564: Administration of Inclusive Schools. Saturday, March 24, 2012. Pulling it all Together & Final Thoughts. Class Outline. Implementing Inclusive Practices Final Thoughts Presentation – Susan T. & Carole Presentation – Ian & Melissa.

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ED 564: Administration of Inclusive Schools

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  1. Faculty of Education ED 564: Administration of Inclusive Schools Saturday, March 24, 2012 Pulling it all Together & Final Thoughts

  2. Class Outline Implementing Inclusive Practices Final Thoughts Presentation – Susan T. & Carole Presentation – Ian & Melissa

  3. Implementing Inclusive Practices 1)Develop and promote a shared vision for inclusion 2)Provide foundational professional learning How crucial is the “rollout”? Intellectual Capital?

  4. 3)Place students first 4)Build and sustain an inclusive team Is the EA an integral part of program planning process in NS schools? 5)Promote professional learning communities

  5. 6)Provide responsive professional learning 7)Communicate and celebrate success 8)Conduct formative program review, visioning and re-visioning 9)Position and leverage inclusive programs

  6. Final Thoughts During the first class, I asked what inclusion meant to each of you. In the weeks that have elapsed since our initial meeting, has your view of inclusion changed or remained constant?

  7. Inclusion as we know it is still a relatively new phenomenon; in fact, we might categorize inclusion as still in its infancy And remember, inclusion is both a philosophy as well as a policy

  8. “The philosophical basis for inclusion…is a belief that all students should be included within the regular classroom, and that any removal of a student to other educational settings must be justified on the basis of individual learning needs”

  9. In looking at policies surrounding inclusion, it’s important to keep in mind that it varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction Thus, there is no all-encompassing snapshot of inclusion, but rather, only individual portraits

  10. Still, most jurisdictions have, at a minimum, de facto inclusion In thinking about the administration of inclusive schools, there are a variety of leadership models that one might embrace, such as managerial, humanistic, and transformational perspectives

  11. Inclusive leadership is another model and it aims to achieve inclusion in all aspects of schooling and beyond the school to the local and global community, and it does so through a process that is itself inclusive

  12. Each leadership style has strengths and weaknesses Perhaps what is needed is for leaders to embrace a pluralistic perspective which capitalizes on the positive aspects of the competing perspectives

  13. Ultimately, the “homogeneous” classroom is now an anachronism; furthermore, the “one-size-fits-all” approach to education appears inadequate in the current context Thus, an inclusive school is a laudable goal, especially if we consider that the alternative to inclusion is exclusion

  14. Yet, there is no truly prescriptive recipe for creating an inclusive school However, in order to create this inclusive school, change will inevitably become a large part of the equation

  15. According to Bucko (1994), the four conditions that help facilitate change are: 1)participant involvement 2)senior administration support 3)no escalation in teacher workload 4)change agent’s active involvement

  16. What, if anything, are the barriers to creating an inclusive school? Is a truly inclusive school a myth, a possibility, or an inevitability?

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