Leading SEND & Inclusion in Mainstream Classrooms: how to demonstrate pupils’ learning and progress
On Thursday 12 Dec, I attended an inspirational conference “Leading SEND & Inclusion in Mainstream” sponsored by ‘Evidence for Learning’ (EfL). That event truly put the child with SEND at the centre of their schooling and learning.
Highly engaging speakers provided time for reflection, while addressing some fundamental questions:
🎯How do we work as a more effective team around the pupil?
🎯How do we better engage and empower families?
🎯Who are our learners and what does learning look like for different levels of need?
🎯What are we doing?
🎯Ambitions and aspirations for learners with SEND.
🎯What is the impact?
🎯How do we know and evidence success?
🎯So what and what next?
🎯Where is the child? Learners’ voice and agency.
Cheryl Gaugham, JMAT Schools, highlighted the importance of external reviews in evaluating provisions, including teacher and leaders’ engagement with focused observations that provide opportunities for teachers’ reflection and development on what they can do next / how and why. Cheryl emphasised how objective external evaluations positively sealed and validated internal processes/SEF to further improve provision, resulting in better outcomes for pupils with SEND in mainstream education.
Case studies presented by other speakers, including Alex Revens, Belmont School in Harrow, or Stephen Hull, a parent’s perspective, illustrated the value of effective inclusion models, and how these were led by evidence enabled through EfL. They also demonstrated the significance of constructive communication between service providers and home.
Syra Sowe, VP, Seiss Cottage School, stressed how ambition and aspirations were the key ingredients for the most vulnerable learners to succeed, and how to articulate and evidence personalised progress made by young people with SEND.
Great attendance too, of about 80 delegates, on the school Christmas jumper day 😊
Many thanks to EfL and Swiss Cottage School DRC.
#SEND #Inclusion #EfL #Belonging #EvidrnceForLearning #Neurodiversity #Selfworth
S.S.T Science, S.S teacher
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