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Inclusive schoolcommunities

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This website is for you and for your school if you want to become more inclusive as a community. Here, you will find tools and steps, as well as inspiring examples.

There are different ways to use the website. You can begin at the beginning and follow all the steps, but you could start anywhere you’d like, really. It depends on your starting point and on where you’d like to go.

If you’d like some help in finding where you are, it would be a good idea to start with the Reflective tool. If you don’t know where you’d like to go, it might be a good idea to start with the Inspiring examples. If you’re wondering how to get there, then go to Taking next steps. If you first want to know more about inclusion, then go to Understanding inclusive school communities for more information. Please explore, enjoy and discover!

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Developing Inclusive School Communities

Inspiring examples

Here, you have the opportunity to explore inspiring examples. These examples are from real-life to show you how schools around the world have involved different stakeholders in their daily life.

On the left you will find the opportunity to sort the examples according to your interest: classroom, school, and parents & local partners level examples. When you open an example, read the introductory paragraph with your team members. Watch the video(s) or read the text provided. Afterwards, reflect together with your team, using the reflective questions included in the examples to consider how similar processes are handled in your own institution.

The purpose of the inspiring examples is to guide you in thinking about solutions that are suitable for your context. The examples are not intended to be directly implemented in your institution, but as an inspiration.

MALMA SCHOOL

A NETWORK OF PARTNERS

To improve student success and prevent early school leaving, the Malmaskolan established a Student Health Team, consisting of a variety of professionals.

XPLORE SCHOOL

THE STORY OF MY SCHOOL

This story, told by a student, is about Xplore, an innovative secondary school in Amsterdam that uses a very open approach towards the curriculum, creating a large amount of freedom for students.

TALLINN ENGLISH COLLEGE

SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

This story is about how a teacher tries to create a welcome and safe environment for pupils who come from abroard.

CLASS MEETINGS: MELISSA

MELISSA'S STORY

Organizing Class meeting is an excellent means of creating a democratic classroom environment. Arranging a face-to-face circle for the meeting emphasizes interactive discussion and problem solving. Class meetings should be scheduled weekly, but allow a meeting to be called at any time by a community member.

CLASS MEETINGS: DERRICK

DERRICK'S STORY

This story is about a student named Derrick who suffers with impulsivity and aggression. He had been in trouble, both in the neighbourhood and in school, many times over. Now in grade 7, he was reaching an age where that trouble could become serious.

To avoid serious trouble, the teacher decided to engage Derrick's classmates.

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