November 30, 2003 – 9:31 am
This was a really tough crowd! Newly qualified teachers have so much to take in when they begin their teaching careers that it is no surprise this was a challenge for them and for us, but we are sure they learnt from their experience.
One For All would really like to work with newly qualified teachers again because we feel that if teachers learn about inclusion from the beginning of their careers then it will become standard knowledge and will eventually be implemented automatically. With our help NQT’s could take so many new skills into schools.
Jenny Digges says,
‘One For All certainly challenged our perception of disability.’
An NQT told us,
‘They certainly gave us a lot to think about.’
November 29, 2003 – 9:33 am
This workshop was very successful! We feel it is so important to work closely with education professionals and parents because these people are the lifeline of a disabled child in mainstream school. In order to be effective in the inclusion process we feel education professionals need to work with One For All to maintain their training and listen to the views of young people today, so they can personally understand the greater needs of every child they work with.
More importantly, parents need to work with One For All so they can see inclusion at work and make a more informed choice about what is best for their child. The inclusion process is often unknown to many parents, while others are very daunted by it, but One For All can offer their support.
Ollie said,
‘One For All provides real solutions to aid inclusion in the modern education system today!’
Another workshop member told us,
‘Their workshop was unlike anything I’d attended before. It was so new and refreshing!’
This was One For All’s first interactive workshop for inclusion officers and was conducted by Maresa and Lucy, as Lindsey was unable to attend. One For All always aim to work together, but on occasions when this is not possible due to personal commitments we are well prepared to work in a variety of combinations or even go solo. Other members always contribute to the preparation of sessions they cannot attend and they are represented in such situations.
Here we really got those inclusion officers thinking strategically and made them work interactively. They had to ditch the text books and come out from behind those isolated desks! They had to live up to their name and work like a team to make the barriers wall and then find the solutions to break it down and make inclusion work.
Afterwards Lynne told us,
‘It was so important for education and inclusion officials to hear the views of young people in education today.’
Another inclusion officer said,
‘We all learnt so much from One For All. Their workshop really brought important inclusion issues to life!’
