Implementing Inclusion in Schools Erasmus Project

Project Title

Implementing Inclusion in Schools

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for school education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Inclusion – equity; Disabilities – special needs; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

Pursuing the goal of Article 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to provide all persons with or without disabilities with equal rights and equal opportunities in education, the project consortium of 7 partners from DE, AT, FI , ES and BE (Landes-Caritasverband Bayern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg, Kehitysvammaisten Palvelusäätiö, Fundacio Espurna, Plataforma Educativa and European Association of Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities) and 10 primary or secondary schools in DE, AT, FI and ES cooperated to implement inclusion competences among staff and to transfer inclusion theory into practice in primary and secondary schools.For this purpose the project consortium developed a guide on how to start, steer and implement a school´s development towards inclusion on the basis of coaching processes that were implemented in the 10 pilot schools. The project also tested and developed 4 training modules on inclusion for school staff and families. The topics of the training modules are “Together in a team – team work and inclusive education”, “Family partnership”, “Inclusive cultures in schools” and “Inclusive educational practices”.The training modules can be implemented in schools and in the further education system. They can also be adapted to the general teacher training system. Finally the project produced 6 video-clips to enhance the dissemination of the guide and the training modules. School staff members of the pilot schools participated in the coaching processes at their schools and in 2 short-term joint staff training events (40 participants for the staff trainings in total).The activities of the project consisted of 5 transnational meetings of the project consortium, in average 6 meetings of the national project teams in each country, 2 joint short-term staff training events, the coaching processes in the 10 pilot schools, the work on the project products and diverse dissemination activities on the local, regional, national and European level.The impact on the persons who were directly involved in the project (project staff, the staff and stakeholders of the pilot schools and the participants of the multiplying event) is: enhanced positive perception on inclusion in education, increased knowledge on inclusion in theory and visible steps made in practice towards inclusion. In consequence to the coaching processes the pilot schools made a significant development towards inclusive structures, processes and competences in their schools.The partners acting as stakeholders on the political, scientific or professional level gained a sound understanding of inclusion in education and a clear picture of how inclusion can be achieved in practice in schools and which conditions are necessary for that. They are now able to communicate clear recommendations related to systems, structures and conditions to other political and professional stakeholders. The project products are helpful means to respond to the qualification needs of educational staff in schools on inclusion. The partners use them for their training and educational programs. Using the multiplying events, the project website, the project newsletter, the national project teams and their influential position in general the partners were able to transport the project results to other stakeholders in the educational system. These stakeholders are now invited to adapt the guide and the training modules and to transfer them to their own practice.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 308970 Eur

Project Coordinator

Deutscher Caritasverband Landesverband Bayern e. V. & Country: DE

Project Partners

• seinäjoen kaupunki/Niittyvillan koulu
• EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
• Colegio San José de Calasanz
• FUNDACIÓ DOCTOR MASMITJÀ
• CEIP CAES SANT MIQUEL
• Konrad-Grundschule Regensburg
• Grundschule am Theodor-Heuss-Platz