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Inclusionary Practices

Inclusionary Practices (IP) Coordinators support educators and school leaders with developing and implementing sustainable systems, structures, and practices through coordinated professional learning.

Inclusion in the classroom

Currently, Washington is one of the nation’s least inclusive states, ranking 44 out of 50 for inclusivity. Inclusion is the belief and practice that all students have the right to meaningfully access academic and social opportunities in general education settings. It’s also a vision and philosophy based on the fundamental belief that all children are competent, capable, and should be held to high expectations.

The IPTN will provide high-quality guidance, technical assistance, and professional development resources to districts to disrupt segregated systems of disproportionality and reduce exclusionary practices in Washington schools. This will result in improved student outcomes, with an additional focus on the outcomes and the inclusion of students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Black students with disabilities.

This year the IPTN will:

Provide high-quality guidance, technical assistance, and professional development resources to districts to disrupt segregated systems of disproportionality and reduce exclusionary practices in Washington schools.
Provide 2 in-person professional learning events for district and building leadership teams implementing inclusionary practices AND
3 statewide virtual professional learning sessions directly tied to three Community of Practice (CoP) focus areas.
Create guides to increase school and district leaders' ability to communicate, plan, and design/refine inclusive systems that honor a full sense of academic and social/emotional inclusion for students with disabilities and especially students with ID/D and Black students with disabilities.

Learning options for engaged school teams include:

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Support

Our regional coordinators are available to help school leaders support their staff in inclusionary practices professional learning, including both synchronous and asynchronous options.

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Access

Participants will have access to a digital repository of materials for the next five years.

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Professional Learning

Up to 180 clock hours of UDL based professional learning available to engaged school teams. Professional learning was co-designed with Novak Education and the options available provide school teams with choices that best meet their needs and context.

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Engage

Increase your school team’s engagement with personalized learning opportunities.

Enroll in live and self-directed professional learning courses

Educators statewide have access to our courses and can sign up for one or multiple courses via pdEnroller.

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