Index for inclusion: a values-based resource for school improvement

Dr Artemi SakellariadisDirector, Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE)

www.csie.org.uk

Inclusion as a shared valueLaunch conference of project “One School for All”

Thursday 6 December 2012

Welcome!

“Едно училище за всички”, BG051РО001-7.0.01-0069 Проектът се осъществява с финансовата подкрепа на

Оперативна програма „Развитие на човешките ресурси”,съфинансирана от Европейския социален фонд на Европейския съюз

Introduction

What are schools for?

Who benefits most from today’s schools?

How do schools change?

Becoming agents of change...

Index for Inclusion:developing learning and participation in schools

(Booth & Ainscow 2011)

A values-based resource for school improvement

Removing barriers to learning and participation.

Mobilising resources for support

Encouraging a participatory approach

Welcoming diversity as a rich resource for learning

Index for Inclusion:developing learning and participation in schools

(Booth & Ainscow 2011)

Some back stories•Idea born in 1993•“Index team”•22 schools, 3 years, 2 draft versions•First published in 2000 (28,000+ copies)•2nd edition 2002 •Early years version 2004, 2006•40 translations •3rd edition 2011

Index for Inclusion:developing learning and participation in schools

(Booth & Ainscow 2011)

Third edition, substantially revised and expanded

• User-friendly, includes CD• New section on values• Proposes new curriculum• Builds alliances• Revised indicators and questions• Flexible use

Index for Inclusion:developing learning and participation in schools

(Booth & Ainscow 2011)

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Comparing curriculum headings

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The three dimensions of the Index

The 3 dimensions of the Index

• Creating inclusive cultures• Building community• Establishing inclusive values

• Producing inclusive policies• Developing the school for all• Organising support for diversity

• Evolving inclusive practices• Constructing curricula for all• Orchestrating learning

The 70 indicators of the Index

Statements of aspiration to guide school development. For example: A1 Building community

A1.1 Everyone is welcomed.A1.2 Staff co-operate.A1.3 Children help each other.A1.4 Staff and children respect one another.A1.5 Staff and parents/carers collaborate.A1.6 Staff and governors work well together.A1.7 The school is a model of democratic citizenship.

The 1,000+ questions of the Index

Questions help define the meaning of each indicator in ways which invite schools to explore it in detail. For example:

A1.1 Everyone is welcomed.a) Is the first contact that people have with the school

welcoming?f) Do staff, children, parents and governors make an effort to

learn each other’s names?i) Is the school welcoming to all children from its local

communities, irrespective of financial circumstances, family arrangements, heritage and attainment?

j) Is the school concerned to welcome those who may have faced exclusion and discrimination such as travellers, refugees, asylum seekers and children with impairments?

o) Does the entrance hall reflect all members of the school and its communities in signs and displays?

Working with the Index

• A participatory approach

• Questionnaires

Index for Inclusion:developing learning and participation in schools

(Booth & Ainscow 2011)

Feedback on using the Index:

•“The discussion on values is the key to inclusion.”•“Thought provoking, incredibly useful, challenging document.”•“Easy to dip into or read all the way through.”•“It’s your self-evaluation done for you, but in a far better way.”•“It made us think more clearly about things we had assumed were in place.”•“It makes people feel valued.”

40 Index translations May 2011

• Albanian (Kosovo)• Arabic• Armenian• Basque • Bosnian• Bulgarian• Castilian• Catalan• Chinese (Hong Kong)• Croatian• Czech• Danish• Dutch• Finnish

• French (Quebec) • German • [German (for S. Tyrol)]• [Hebrew]• Hungarian• Italian• Japanese• Latvian• Maltese• Norwegian• [New Zealand adaptation]• Polish• Portuguese (Brazil)

• Portuguese (Portugal)

• Romanian & Hungarian• Russian• Serbian• [Sinhala (Sri Lanka)]• [Spanish (Mexico)]• Spanish (S. America)• Spanish (Spain)• Swedish• [Tamil (Sri Lanka)]• Ukrainian• Vietnamese• Welsh back