1. You Want Us to Do Inclusion too? - Creating Schools for Everyone Mara Sapon-Shevin May 21, 2014 Green Bay, Wisconsin

2. WHAT IS INCLUSION? It’s not a place It’s not a set of services It’s a commitment to how we want the world to be

3. What kinds of classrooms do we want? What kinds of schools do we want? What kind of communities do we want? What kind of a world do we want?

4. One that will help explain  Why inclusion is really important  Why it’s hard in this current moment  Why we should do it anyway

5. Inclusion as a Revealing Tablet

6. TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM ONE REASON YOU THINK INCLUSION IS IMPORTANT AND ONE REASON YOU THINK IT’S REALLY hard

7. But what about Common Core High Stakes Testing Privatization of Education Corporate Control

8. How do we create the kind of citizens we want?

9. TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND DISCUSS: 5 characteristics of a good citizen

10. A good citizen is Competent Well-informed Knowledgable Caring Involved Responsible Compassionate Courageous Powerful

11. We are at a crossroads:

12. Ten Things Best Learned in Inclusive Communities

13. UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES Lesson #1:

14. TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND DISCUSS: WHAT’S ONE ASPECT OF DIVERSITY YOU WISH SOMEONE HAD EXPLAINED TO YOU BETTER

15. Lesson #2: PERSPECTIVE TAKING

17. TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND DISCUSS: WHAT TOPICS OR LESSONS COULD YOU TEACH THROUGH THIS BOOK?

18. Lesson #3 REAL SAFETY

19. Lessons from the Kindergarten Jeff Tate

20. TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND DISCUSS: WHAT MAKES A PLACE OR SITUATION FEEL “SAFE” TO YOU?

21. Lesson #4: EXCLUSION IS PAINFUL (for everyone!)

22. You Can’t Say You Can’t Play Vivian Paley

23. TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND DISCUSS: YOUR MEMORIES OF SCHOOL RELATED TO EXCLUSION AND CLIQUES

24. Lesson #5: COMPASSION

25. Lesson #6: HONESTY ABOUT HARD TOPICS

26. TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND DISCUSS: WHAT’S A TOPIC ABOUT WHICH YOU FIND IT HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS TO TALK TO YOU CHILD?

27. Lesson #7: GIVING AND RECEIVING HELP GRACIOUSLY

28. TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND DISCUSS: WHAT’S SOMETHING YOU CAN GIVE HELP ABOUT? WHAT’S SOMETHING YOU NEED HELP WITH?

29. Lesson #8: COURAGE

30. Lesson #9: RESPONSIBILITY TO ONE ANOTHER

31. What the Children of Jowonio Know

32. How do we keep doing this important stuff:  Seek allies  Seize every moment to build community  Educate about diversity whenever and wherever you can  Teach for social justice  Remember what YOU know is important

33. Lesson #10: FAITH AND HOPE

34. The world I want to live in: Danny and Tommy ----- this is what inclusion can teach us

35. The content of this presentation is the property of Mara Sapon-Shevin, Ed.D., and may not be reused or redistributed, in whole or in part, without her consent. Participants of the Wisconsin State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) may download and use the presentation for purposes of the 2014 SPDG Spring Institute.