Inclusive Practices Institute

This 3 day Inclusive Practices Institute offered by anti-Bias Education non-profit Roots ConnectED*  invites teams of 3 – 5 educators and school leaders to share in the exploration of the principles and strategies of inclusive education in order to increase access to general education curriculum, support individual needs and ensure all students are meaningfully included in learning. 

Equity and access are a primary focus in developing inclusive schools and classrooms. Educators will explore the Framework for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and consider how to develop powerful goals for units and lessons that increase student access and eliminate barriers to learning. 

Teams will also have the opportunity to examine co-teaching  practices. We will look at the co-teaching relationship,  best practices for co-planning and how to best leverage adults in the inclusive classroom. We will zoom in on the effective use of high impact co-instruction models such as stations and parallel teaching.  Participants will learn how these models can be used in the classroom to more effectively teach to the edges, accounting for the inherent variability in all learners. 

*Roots ConnectED is a non-profit organization which accompanies school communities to use an anti-bias framework to develop curriculum, culture, and learning environments centered in equity, inclusion, and justice.