Creating an Inclusive Environment (45 Minutes)

Course Summary

This course focuses on creating an inclusive environment in education, highlighting the positive impact on academic outcomes and students' overall well-being.We will learn to define and establish an inclusive environment for students and their families. Tasks involve envisioning an ideal inclusive classroom, examining diversity legislation, reviewing school policies for inclusivity, and analyzing methods for accommodating diverse learning needs. Strategies covered include diverse material presentation, teaching styles, varied assessment methods, differentiation, and inclusive language use, aiming to ensure equitable learning opportunities. The course encourages reflection on personal strategies and their implementation, setting goals for achieving an inclusive classroom. The conclusion emphasizes the ongoing journey toward fostering inclusivity.

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You will learn:

• the concept of inclusivity and its significance in fostering a safe, positive, and diverse school environment that enhances academic performance and student confidence
• about relevant legislation, such as human rights and discrimination acts, and explore school policies related to inclusivity, encompassing aspects like student wellbeing, engagement, bullying prevention, and gender diversity
• diverse strategies to implement inclusivity in their classrooms, covering varied material presentations, teaching styles, assessment types, differentiation, scaffolding, and employing inclusive language
• strategies for self-reflection, prompting participants to envision their ideal inclusive classroom, review their strategies, and reassess progress periodically, fostering ongoing improvement in inclusivity efforts.

Course time:

About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.

Alignment to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards:

This course is mapped to the following Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL). Your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority.

• 1.3.2 Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds
• 4.1.2 Support student participation

Certificate of completion:

You will get a Cool.org certificate when you finish to prove that you have completed this course. You can access this certificate (and your course progress!) anytime via your personal dashboard.

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Course Content

Creating an inclusive environment

01.

Introduction

02.

Task

03.

Respecting diversity legislation

04.

Task

05.

First weeks in the classroom

06.

Inclusivity in the classroom

07.

Presentation of material

08.

Teaching style

09.

Various assessment types

10.

Differentiation/scaffolding

11.

The language used

12.

Reflection

13.

Congratulations

Course Instructor

Your instructor Hayley Sommeling-Farrugia is an experienced Early Years Educator, Primary School Teacher, and Instructional Designer for Cool. Hayley is an expert at developing content that considers the educational journey from start to finish, as she knows first-hand the experiences, knowledge and challenges of the educators.

This course has been designed in consultation with experts in education and wellbeing.

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