Miami Carol City Senior Chiefs: Expanding Inclusive Education! 

The FIN/Miami-Dade Project is excited about working with Miami Carol City Senior High School to expand inclusive opportunities for students with disabilities. Over the years, Miami Carol City has seen a positive change in students with disabilities taught in inclusive settings. Since Miami Carol City has always been an inclusive high school, they continue to draw upon past experiences to effectively increase inclusive practices and boost student achievement.

One example of student success comes from the co-teaching team of Ms. Anderson (ESE) and Ms. Connor (Reading). As a result of their collaborative teaching efforts, students have demonstrated an increase in reading achievement over the past four years. Both teachers believe that the classroom atmosphere and teacher-student interactions make learning engaging, interesting, and unavoidable. With these elements in place students’ are motivated to increase and apply their reading skills not only in their reading class, but across the school day!

When we asked Ms. Anderson, Ms. Connor, and the Assistant Principal, Mr. Styles, what inclusive education means to them, they replied: “Inclusion is a place where all minds can collectively learn”. I must say we agree!

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