November 1, 2023

UPDATED! Principles and Practices to Build and Sustain Inclusive Schools Tool 

UPDATED! Principles and Practices to Build and Sustain Inclusive Schools Tool 

At the onset of the IPP Project, there were many inquiries into specifying what was meant when the term “inclusionary practices” was referenced.  This document was created in response to define inclusionary practices more clearly. In conjunction with our partnership with demonstration sites, this document is a result of what we have learned, and continue to learn, regarding inclusionary practices to build and sustain inclusive schools, districts and communities. 

The Principles and Practices tool adopts a critically inclusive lens which guides teams to self-assess inclusionary principles and practices occurring in their contexts. This tool supports ongoing reflection and action planning throughout continuous cycles of analyzing, disrupting, and restructuring social processes that produce inequity (Siuty, 2019) . The following principles and practices are pivotal to supporting schools and districts to build and sustain inclusive schools. The tool is framed around an appreciative inquiry lens to take a strength-based approach and celebrate practices that are in place. 

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