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Inclusion is often a misused, misunderstood buzzwo

Inclusion is often a misused, misunderstood buzzword, one that means different things when different people use it. Sometimes people use it to mean "mainstream" or to mean reverse mainstream or to mean school within a school models. When we aren't using the same definitions for common words, it leads to misunderstandings.

As we begin this year, we can, regardless of our school's model, center belonging right from the start. If you are a grade level teacher, find out who is missing from your classroom due to segregation or exclusion, and collaborate with that teacher to foster real belonging for all students.

Image ID: 6 ways to center belonging from the beginning.
1. Position disability as neutral. It's not good or bad, it IS. Teach about it! We teach students to pity or baby or mock kids who are segregated through our own language and actions. We can teach neutrality, strength, power, belonging just as easily!

2. Establish high expectations for all. You must believe all your learners can learn and you can teach them. That's essential!

3. Model and use inclusive language. Are we teaching students through our language that there is something "special" about disability? Are we implicitly modeling ableism?

4. Teach disability as a part of human diversity. We talk about all the ways in which people are unique - race, ethnicity, geography, language, culture, religion. Teach that disability is also just a natural part of human diversity!

5. Be explicit with students about ableism. Name it. Teach it. Call it out. It's as harmful as every -ism we teach so include it!

6. Choose constructive, strengths-based narratives about students. They are each strong, valuable, powerful, and worthy. Let them write a new story with you - don't hold them to the previous chapters.

What other tips do you have for starting the year inclusively?

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