As we near the end of the year and we eagerly await our child’s report card, we can use this opportunity to celebrate our children’s successes and positively support them to take on teacher feedback to further improve their learning.

As Head of Inclusion, I thought this is a good time to share some of the inclusion strategies your child’s teacher uses in the classroom. Inclusive strategies enable all learners to participate in learning experiences on the same basis as their peers. This is achieved by making educational adjustments to the delivery or mode of assessment, without changing the way the assessment is judged or marked.

Adjustments to teaching, learning and assessment should not impact on judgments made about student achievement.

5 Inclusion Strategies Your Child’s Teacher Uses

Adjustments to teaching, learning and assessment can be grouped into five broad areas:

1. Timing — the amount of time allocated
2. Scheduling — when assessment occurs
3. Setting — where assessment is completed
4. Presentation — how an assessment appears or is communicated to a student
5. Response — how a student responds to the assessment.

Note: More than one inclusive strategy can be used.

I hope this has been helpful for you to gain an understanding of teaching and assessment in an inclusive environment.

Have a great holiday break and I look forward to seeing you all next year,

Christmas Wishes

Dee Giudice