Building excellence in special education
Index for inclusion
The index for inclusion is a set of materials to guide schools through a process of inclusive school development. It is about building supportive communities and fostering high achievement for all staff and students. This involves:
- Value all students and staff equally
- Increase the participation of students in and reduce their exclusion from the cultures, curricula and communities of local schools
- Restructure the cultures, policies and practices in schools so that they respond to the diversity of students in the locality
- Reduce barriers to learning and participation for all students, not only those with impairments or those who are categorised as having special educational needs
- Learn from attempts to overcome barriers to the access and participation of particular students to make changes for the benefit of students more widely
Resources
- Quality teaching practices for special education (pdf 979 kb)
- Creating Accessible Teaching and Support (CATS) web based resource (pdf 28 Kb)
- Disability Standards for Education 2005
- NT Standards of Professional Practice for Teaching
If you are interested in having an information session about the Students with Disability Policy and materials, Disability Discrimination Act and Disability Standards for Education, or the quality teaching practices for special education, please contact Virg Summers on (08) 8987 9044 or virg.summers@nt.gov.au.
Contacts
For more information, please contact Student Services.