Think about your current school and the extent to which it uses inclusive practices.

Using Booth’s and Ainscow (2002) three dimensions — list down your schools current
practices that support inclusive education.

Booth and Ainscow made an index for inclusion in 2002. Its goal is to help educational
institutions develop their own next steps and action plans if they want to change to become
more inclusive. The index is based on three things: culture, policies, and practices. Policies are
about how the school is managed and what plans are in place to change it. Practices address
both curriculum content and instructional methodology. Cultures are a reflection of social
interactions and shared beliefs and values. Each dimension is divided into two sections.

Dimension A: Creating inclusive cultures

A1: Building community

A2: Establishing inclusive values

Dimension B: Producing inclusive policies

B1: Developing the school for all

B2: Organizing support for diversity

Dimension C: Evolving inclusive practices

C1: Constructing curricula for all

C2: Orchestrating learning

The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng San Pablo upholds and implements inclusive

educational practices, which is consistent with the Index's objectives and draws upon some of
its concepts and methods.

CULTURE

● Cultural Programs
This refers to a set of activities that are meant to help people develop and
improve their talents, skills, and values so that they can appreciate, promote, and protect
their national culture and multi-cultural heritage.

● Multi-faith Services
This refers to providing individuals a place where they can freely express their
religious beliefs while still following the rules and principles of the institution.

● Admission Services
This refers to services that take care of the processing of students’ entrance and
requirements.
PRACTICES

● Information and Orientation Services

This refers to the activities and materials that are meant to help students adjust
to college.

● Guidance Services
Services that use an inclusive approach to help individuals become well-
functioning, mostly by helping them use their skills to the fullest.

● Student Housing Services

This refers to the assistance provided to ensure access to accommodation that is
safe and conducive to learning.

● Counseling
Applies theories and techniques to develop and maintain effective individual
group relationships and provides counseling in response to individuals and small groups
with educational, career, personal, and social needs or concerns.

● Consultation
Serves as a consultant to help teachers, staff, administrators, parents, and other
members of the community understand both individual behavior and how people interact
with each other. In addition, interprets relevant information to those people concerning
the development and needs of students.

● Coordination
Serves as a coordinator to bring people and resources from the school, the
community, and the district together so that students can grow academically,
professionally, personally, and in other ways.

POLICIES

● Guidance
Offers all students in the school unit and the district to which they are assigned a
program to help them grow and develop. The development approach focuses on the
"normal" processes of growing up in a complicated culture.

● Services for Students with Special Needs

This refers to programs and activities designed to provide equal opportunities to
persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, solo parents, etc. (academic
accommodation for learners with special needs)

● Assessment
 The school comes up with a testing program to help students figure out their
skills, interests, and achievements. In addition to test data, other sources of information
include interviews, biographical sketches, academic records, anecdotal records, and
personal data forms about past experiences.

● Student Activities
This refers to the supervision, recognition, and monitoring of student
organizations and their activities, such as leadership programs, student publications,
student discussion forums, volunteering, peer-helping programs, etc.

● Student Organizations and Activities Services

This refers to how student organizations are recognized and approved, how they
are supervised and watched over, and how their activities are evaluated.

● Program Management
Makes a plan for how development will be planned, carried out, and evaluated. A
full set of services for guidance, including counseling, Should be able to identify needs
and priorities, set appropriate goals, and organize personnel, physical resources, and
activities based on those needs, priorities, and goals. Must be able to keep doing what it
does for the education program as a whole.