PROMOTING LEARNING IN THE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM:INCLUSION STRATEGIES AND

INTERVENTION

Moving Beyond Stereotypes

ORGANIZING FOR INSTRUCTION

Effective Programs

Support for Personalized Learning (SPL) (formerly known as RtI)

http://wvde.state.wv.us/spl/

Cooperative Learning

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/structured-groups?fd=1

Partnering – Peer-to-Peer Learning

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/student-peer-teaching

Differentiated Instruction

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/differentiating-instruction-strategy

Differentiation is like….

What we call differentiation is not a recipe for teaching. It is not an instructional strategy. It is not what a teacher does when he or she has time…

Carol Ann Tomlinson

It is a way of thinking about teaching and learning. It is a philosophy based on the premise that teachers should adapt instruction to student differences.

Carol Ann Tomlinson

It means teachers proactively plan varied approaches to what students need to learn, how they will learn it, and/or how they will show what they have learned in order to increase the likelihood that each student will learn as much as he/she can, as efficiently as possible. Carol Ann Tomlinson

Reasonable Range of Approaches

Differentiation doesn’t suggest that a teacher can be all things to all individuals all the time. It does, however, mandate that a teacher create a reasonable range of approaches to learning much of the time, so that students find learning a fit much of the time.

Elements of DifferentiationContent: Tiered lessons with varied task complexity, learning contracts, learning centers, wide range of texts

Process: Learning centers, learning contracts, varied time allotments, assorted grouping structures , varied levels of support

Product: Variation of homework, journal prompts, quizzes or tests, assignment options

Environment: Seating arrangements, heat, light, culturally and linguistically responsive visuals

Understanding by Design (UbD)

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Multiple Intelligences

Sensory Modalities

Technology

ADDRESSING STUDENT NEEDS

Fourteen Points for Success

Freedom and opportunity to receive an education in a safe and productive environment that honors IEP.

CIA that is fair and appropriate Professional who value how

students learn Accommodations and

modifications that allow students to perform to the best of their abilities

Education in a collaborative culture that values input from all teachers, students and families

Opportunities to transfer and generalize skills

High yet realistic curriculum expectations

Treatment equal to that of peers without disabilities

Opportunities to achieve in all curriculum areas

On-going progress monitoring Environments that embrace and

celebrate diversity and differences

Learner-oriented lessons that value all students

Respect for all abilities Access to resources and

services with the freedom to progress in ways that yield autonomous development that is transferred to life decisions

Strategic Learners

Strategies Solicit inventories on how students like to

learn 1 = I like to see it 2 = I like to hear it 3 = I like to write it 4 = I like to draw it 5 = I like to _______

I am a _ - _ - _ - _ - _

Strategies Discuss topics or concepts during

morning or weekly meetings to help students develop simple conversation and listening skills.

Strategies Review concepts to solidify learning

foundations

Strategies Ask students to paraphrase what was

said….“Tell me what you think you heard.”

Strategies Ask the students to fill out self-

assessment checklists to determine academic subskills

Strategies Distribute exit cards as quick

assessments before automatically moving ahead. For example an exit card may ask the students to write down one thing they learned today or to name something they need further explained.

Strategies Take the time to divide the class into

either enrichment or review groups, which vary in duration and student make-up, dependent upon topics and units

Strategies Use KWL Charts

Strategies Use Strategy Books

Reading Strategy BookWays to read a word I don’t know: Break it up into syl-la-bles Look up the word in my electronic

dictionary See if it has word parts like a prefix or

suffix Look at how the word is used in a

sentence

Attention and Motivation

Pacing and Complexity

Pacing and ComplexityEasier Proficient Challenging

Compound Words

Words with prefixes

Words with suffixes

bathtub

untold

funny

household

reshape

bluish

meltdown

telescope

personable

Words with prefixes and suffixes

unfriendly reappointed incompatible

Using Assessments, Accommodations, and Data

The Data Academic/Social

Journals Art Projects Attention/Behavior

Checks Exit cards Graded homework KWL charts Learning Contracts Portfolios

Chapter Tests Cooperative Projects Cumulative Reviews Teacher Observations Student conferences Progress graphs Participation Self-assessments Technological projects Unit tests

Accommodations and Modifications

Accommodation: Provides an adaptation for a student with special needs without setting different expectations.

Modification:Requires that students with special needs perform objectives that are different from those of the rest of the class

Honoring Inclusion