Facilitating professional learning

This is a guide to using Inclusive Practice and the School Curriculum in professional learning and development (PLD) with schools.

This is for leaders of PLD working in English-medium school settings to build inclusive practice. This includes:

• leaders in schools
• leaders of learning support
• PLD facilitators
• specialist teachers
• Ministry of Education staff.

The guide has an introduction and five modules. Each module has professional learning activities with links and downloads for required resources.

• Facilitating PLD about inclusion

  

  Introducing leaders of PLD to Inclusive Practice and the School Curriculum and ways it can be used

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• Module 1: How can schools understand where they are at?

  

  Approaches for self-review about inclusive practice

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• Module 2: Why is inclusion important?

  

  Introducing leaders and teachers to the topic of inclusion and to the materials in Inclusive Practice and the School Curriculum

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• Module 3: Challenging assumptions and beliefs about inclusion

  

  Triggering in-depth discussion about inclusion that surface existing knowledge, beliefs, and assumptions

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• Module 4: Supporting teachers to include all learners in the school curriculum

  

  Exploring inclusive pedagogy and building teachers’ use of effective inclusive practices

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• Module 5: Making learning visible

  

  Examining characteristics of effective assessment in the NZC and exploring approaches for students with additional needs

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