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Teaching Strategies and Classroom Adaptation

Teaching Strategies and Classroom Adaptation

Inclusive teaching is about making classrooms work for every learner, regardless of ability, background, or learning style. Below are key resources and toolkits that teachers in Bangladesh can use to adapt lessons, design inclusive policies, and support all learners effectively.

Inclusive Teaching Toolkit (University of Illinois Chicago)

📌 Explore the Inclusive Teaching Toolkit

  • What it offers: A comprehensive guide to inclusive pedagogy, with checklists for inclusive syllabus design, classroom community building, accessible teaching, and accommodations. It also provides guidance on culturally responsive instruction and inclusive remote learning.

  • Who it is for: Teachers, school leaders, and trainers seeking practical strategies to make classrooms more equitable.

  • How to use it: Use the checklists when planning lessons, adapt your syllabus to include multiple perspectives, and apply the accessibility guidance when teaching online. UIC also links to free online courses on inclusive teaching.

Save the Children – Inclusive Education Resources and Toolkit

📌 Download the Toolkit

  • What it offers: Practical recommendations and resources to mainstream inclusion across early childhood and basic education. Draws on international standards and models from INEE, Plan International, UNESCO, and USAID.

  • Who it is for: Teachers, school administrators, and NGOs designing inclusive programmes.

  • How to use it: Apply the toolkit’s recommendations to strengthen inclusive classroom practice and align school policies with global standards. Use it to design community-based interventions for early childhood learners.

UNESCO/UNICEF Online Training Package – Inclusive Quality Education in an Online Environment

📌 Access Training Modules

  • What it offers: A set of online modules created during COVID-19 to support teachers in delivering inclusive education remotely. Provides guidance for supporting children with disabilities in digital and hybrid classrooms.

  • Who it is for: Teachers who need to deliver online or blended learning.

  • How to use it: Work through the training modules to understand best practices for inclusive online teaching. Apply the strategies to make digital lessons accessible (captioning, adapted materials, flexible assessments).

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines – CAST

📌 Read the UDL Guidelines

  • What it offers: A research-based framework for removing barriers to learning. UDL encourages multiple ways of presenting information (representation), engaging learners (engagement), and allowing them to show what they know (action/expression).

  • Who it is for: Teachers across all subjects and grade levels.

  • How to use it: Redesign lessons using the UDL framework—for example, provide both text and visuals for instruction, offer choice in how students complete assignments, and create classroom routines that support different learning needs.

Mental Health Action Guides – CDC

📌 Promoting Mental Health & Well-Being in Schools (CDC Guide)

  • What it offers: A 2024 evidence-based action guide with six strategies to promote student mental health. Organised in a tiered framework: universal (for all students), targeted (for at-risk students), and intensive (for those needing specialist support).

  • Who it is for: Teachers, school leaders, and policymakers.

  • How to use it: Adapt the tiered strategies for Bangladeshi schools—begin with universal steps such as integrating well-being activities into daily routines, then add targeted supports (e.g. peer groups) and plan referrals for intensive needs.

NAMI Mental Health Advocacy in Schools

📌 NAMI: Mental Health in Schools

  • What it offers: Advocacy resources showing how early identification and school-based services reduce barriers to care.

  • Who it is for: Teachers, headteachers, and school boards.

  • How to use it: Use NAMI’s materials to advocate for school counselors, create referral pathways, and reduce stigma around mental health in classrooms.

Additional Resources and Open Online Courses

  • Inclusive Education Scholars Certificate Programme (UIC)
    Course link – A structured programme on inclusive pedagogy.
    For teachers seeking formal recognition in inclusive teaching. Apply modules directly to your lesson planning.

  • Inclusive STEM Teaching (edX)
    Course link – A free MOOC on inclusive practices in science, technology, engineering, and maths.
    For STEM teachers who want to make their subject accessible to all learners.

  • Accessible Digital Tools
    Teachers can use free resources like automatic captioning, screen readers, and sign-language interpretation apps.
    For any classroom moving toward blended or online learning.

  • Open Educational Resources (OER) for Differentiated Instruction
    Platforms such as OER Commons provide free materials that can be adapted to different learning levels and abilities.
    For teachers who want ready-to-use content that can be modified for SEN learners.

👉 How this section helps your school:
These tools and strategies give teachers practical ways to adapt lessons, promote equity, and ensure no child is left behind. By embedding these approaches into daily teaching, schools in Bangladesh can create classrooms where every learner feels valued and supported.