INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS ppt.pptx

inclusive school ppt for B.ed 4 semester................

1. Presentation on the topic “inclusive school” ( B.Ed 4 semester) - by pragati kachhi ( ctet , mptet , awes, ugc -net exam qualified) YouTube channel name :- Pragati kachhi

2. INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS

3. Meaning and Definition of Inclusive School :- Inclusive schools recognise and respond to the diverse needs of their students, accommodating both different styles and rates of learning and ensuring quality education to all through appropriate curricula, organisational arrangements, teaching strategies, resource use and partnerships with their communities. Inclusive beliefs, policies and practices specifically address the needs of students with disabilities and additional learning needs; they are equally beneficial for the full range of students. According to Ballard:- "Inclusive schools deliver a curriculum to students through organisational arrangements that are different from those used in schools to exclude some students from their regular classrooms. "According to Stainback and Stainback :- "An inclusive school is a place where everyone belongs, is accepted, supports and is supported by his or her peers and other members of the school community in the course of having his or her educational needs met."

4. The Equality Authority (2005) defines the inclusive school as :- "one which respects, values and accommodates diversity across all nine grounds in the equality legislation such as gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race and membership of the Traveller Community. It seeks positive experiences, a sense of belonging and outcomes for all pupils across the nine grounds"

5. Characteristics of Inclusive School:- Supportive Environment: - An inclusive school is one that has high expectations for its staff members and students, provides caring support for students and staff, and provides opportunities for their participation in the classroom and broader school setting. 2) Positive Relationships:- Inclusive schools build positive relationships. Teachers encourage the development of relationships through their decisions about where to seat children in the class. More formal actions include exposing children to role models and setting up buddy relationships. Many strategies can be used to promote the social inclusion of all children. 3) Feelings of Competence:- Children can feel competent in areas related to their social, athletic, moral, and creative abilities and qualities, as well as their ability to learn. By understanding their areas of strength, children come to value themselves and develop a strong sense of self-worth or self-esteem. 4) Opportunities to Participate: - All children require opportunities to participate in activities that allow them to understand societal expectations They can then acquire the physical and social competencies needed to function in their school, home, and larger community.

6. 5) Treat Equally:- Inclusive schools consider all pupils and staff equally. It restructures their cultures, policies and practices so that they respond to pupil diversity. It reduces barriers to learning and participation for all pupils. 6) Improve the Learning Outcomes:- An inclusive school is driven by a moral imperative to improve the learning outcomes of all students regardless of their capacities and backgrounds. 7) Committed to and Focus on Whole School:- An inclusive school is deeply committed to the belief that all children can learn. It adopts a whole school focus that is reflected in the school's vision, beliefs, policies and practices. 8) Recognises Special Learning Needs: - It recognises that all students have special learning needs of one sort or another. It focuses on students' learning needs rather than on their learning disabilities.

7. Role of Inclusive School in Modern Times:- Inclusive schools play an important role for special needs students: Focus on Students' Welfare:- Inclusive schools are committed towards students' welfare. They are engaged in preparing pupil for transitions, developing social skills, supporting the pastoral needs of pupil, supporting behavioural needs, e.g., strategies to reduce stress, building peer relationships, e.g., lunchtime support, etc. Preparation of Proper Classroom:- Inclusive schools highly interested to proper classroom management. They support the teacher's understanding of the learning and social needs of pupil, collaborate with parents and specialists, communicate/collaborate with other teachers and students' peers, and prepare the physical environment e.g. seating, noise. Engaging Relevant Curriculum: - Teachers in inclusive classrooms must design curriculum and instruction and engineer classroom activities that are personally and culturally appropriate, engaging for a range of learning styles, and suitable for learners with various talents and interests. This is critical not only for students with unique learning or social needs, but for every student in the classroom as they grow and learn not just from the daily curriculum, but from the ways in which schools respond to difference.

8. 4) Create Social Environment: - Inclusive schools facilitating emergency evacuation, providing appropriate access, suitable storage e.g. pupil locker, adapting school grounds, and providing access to trips etc. so that they can create a social environment. 5) Curriculum Adaptation:- Inclusive schools differentiating curricular content, facilitating appropriate assessments, addressing pupil choices, and adapting resources e.g. technology etc. and facilitating additional supports for curriculum adaptation. 6) School Management: - Inclusive schools highly tend to arrange a proper timetable, facilitate medications, therapies etc. and conducting risk management, maintaining records, planning for emergencies. 7) Professional Development: - Inclusive schools promoting whole-staff responsibility, encouraging staff to accept diversity, supporting learning needs of staff, building capacity in relation to staff expertise. 8) Community Development:- For community development inclusive school promoting whole-school awareness, building an inclusive ethos through shared extra-curricular activities, collaborating with relevant community groups, collaborating with other schools.

9. 9) Parental Involvement: - They building trust, celebrating pupil success, supporting communication and collaboration, facilitating shared planning, supporting the family through informal meetings, classes etc. 10) Secure Children's Basic Human Right:- Inclusive schools are designed tosecure children's basic human right to an individually, culturally, and developmentally appropriate education and to eliminate social exclusion. 11) Stresses Interdependence and Independence:- Inclusive schooling is an educational movement that stresses interdependence and independence, views all students as capable, and values a sense of community. Further, it supports civil rights and equity in the classroom. 12) Responsive Instruction: - Teachers in inclusive classrooms are concerned about reaching and motivating all learners. In the best cases, they are versed in adapting materials, lesson structures; instructional arrangements, curricular goals and outcomes, and teaching techniques and can meet both the academic and social needs of students. 13) Encourages Practitioners to Reinvent:- Inclusive schooling propels a critique of contemporary school culture and thus, encourages practitioners to reinvent what can be and should be to realise more humane, just and democratic learning communities.

10. Needed Support Services for Inclusive School :- Schools provide a continuum of support and services for students with disability and learning difficulties. This may include:- Guidance officers, Support and resource teachers, Speech-language pathologists, Behaviour support teachers, English as an additional language or dialect, Nurses, Teacher aides, Assistive technology, Alternative format materials, Special provision for assessment, and Other supports available at the school level as determined by the school.

11. Infrastructural facilities for an Inclusive School: - School building with boundary wall Furniture Facility of drinking water, sanitation and hygiene Proper separate toilets for boys and girls Playground with play materials and sports equipment Trained teacher, separate classroom for each teacher Well equipped library and laboratory Computer lab Facility of ramps/lifts Facility of doctors & transportation Separate boys & girls hostel

12. Policies and Programmes for Infrastructural Facilities:- national educational policy:- mandatory for school to have separate toilet facilities. Sarva shiksha abhiyan :- water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure facilities. Mid day meal programme :- Rastriya Madhyamika shikhas abhiyan :- launched in march 2009. Kasturba Gandhi Balika vidyalaya ( KGBY):- to support SC & ST girl children.