Inclusion Model

Sample points from the chart~‘Comparing  :  Bright and Gifted learners’ by   Jan Szabos
have been provided as a guide for teachers when observing how students respond intellectually in the
school setting.  This will be a useful parent reference as well. The complete chart can be found at:
http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/EdServices/student_services/enrichment_cont.cfm#brightlearner

The ‘Council for Exceptional Children’ information center offers a commentaryon Inclusion.  The article is dated2002 and deals with meeting the needs of bright students in the regular ‘inclusion’ classroom? Components of the methodology can also be adapted to enriching classroom practices.

The complete document can be found at: http://ericec.org/gifted/gt-faqs.html

The term ‘inclusion’ may refer to schools, classrooms, or even curricula as both a philosophical approach and an instructional method. In classrooms “it typically means all students are learning in the same classroom setting—that is, heterogeneous grouping…. BUT …. “Research indicates that the needs of… students can be met in the inclusive classroom under certain prerequisite conditions such as:

• the students are appropriately grouped in clusters or other homogeneous arrangement
  
• teachers match their instructional strategies to the specific learning needs of the students
  
• the students receive an appropriately differentiated curriculum or have access to the full range of curriculum…” for example, through distance education programs, acceleration, or specially designed programs like those sponsored by…. ( in Canada and Quebec)   programs such as  IBO, AP, Sport Etude…..

 The challenge is for teachers to provide a learning environment where each child is working to his or her potential particularly in an inclusive classroom. Cluster grouping makes it easier for teachers to differentiate curriculum and use strategies such as curriculum compacting that have proven to be effective. You can find links on curriculum compacting in the Teacher references’ section of this site.

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