)Model mini-lesson for human resources)

1. Inclusive
Teaching &
Learning
An Introduction

2. The inclusive classroom
prioritizes the student as a
person, rather the student
as his or her disability, test
scores, or other
social/cultural
characteristics, creating an
environment where
students are valued as they
are and learn to value
others in the same manner.

3. Students’ lives are frequently shaped by their disabilities or learning
differences, even after leaving high school. Their school experience related
to their disabilities and differences can have long-term social/behavioral
effects.
Disabilities are not
flaws to be
overcome. They are
part of the continuum
of social/cultural
diversity.

4. What Student
Characteristics are
Considered in The
Inclusive Classroom?

5. Disabilities
Language
Mental Health
Socioeconomic Factors
Religious Differences
Gender Identity
Sexual Orientation
Other Social/Cultural Factors

6. Why Inclusive Teaching?
It’s not just about student
achievement!

7. Inclusive teaching and
learning prepares ALL
students for the
workforce.

8. Think About It…...
The current American workforce includes:
● 56,440,000 people of color
● 72,713,000 women
● 9,000,000 LGBTQ individuals
● 5,722,000 people with disabilities*
*Compared to the 27 million who have disabilities, but that’s a math lesson.

9. As they graduate and enter college
and the workforce, students will
become employees.
They’ll be required to interact with
people who are different from them.
They’ll be required to manage
themselves in situations where
they’re personally challenged, either
by another person’s differences or
their own..

10. An inclusive classroom
provides students with
the social tools they’ll
need as adults to
navigate their
increasingly diverse
world.

11. But, isn’t inclusive teaching
just making things easier
for students who won’t do
the work?

13. Inclusive Teaching is Not:
● Lowering expectations
● Eliminating an answer
choice
● Making work easier
● Compromising the
integrity of the course
● Anyone implying that
you’re a bad teacher

14. Inclusive Teaching is:
● Creative teaching
● Problem solving
● Creating opportunities to
demonstrate learning
● Making instruction
accessible

15. But, what about fairness?
It’s not fair to other students
who have to do all of the
work.

16. Inclusive Teaching is Not Unfair.
Inclusive Teaching Creates Accessibility
“If you make this
place accessible to
me, as a person with
special needs, you've
made it accessible to
everybody.”
-Rick Lavoie

17. Inclusive
Teaching =
Teaching
Everyone