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Status: Current

Funding source: Department of Social Services

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Building inclusive classrooms, confident teachers, and stronger communities.

Together We Learn is a two-year project supporting primary schools to build positive and inclusive attitudes towards people with disability.

Through co-design with educators, families and people with disability, we’re creating practical resources to give teachers the confidence to teach upper primary students about disability, inclusion and accessibility.

Together We Learn aims to spark meaningful conversations about disability, challenge attitudes and help young people understand that inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.

Together We Learn aims to:

  • Build teachers’ confidence to teach about disability and inclusion
  • Create practical resources for teaching about disability, inclusion and accessibility
  • Help students develop positive attitudes towards disability
  • Contribute to more inclusive classrooms and communities.

Are you an educator?

If you are an educator, you can:

  • Join our online Community of Practice to connect with other educators and talk through teaching about disability.
  • Watch our free webinars to build your knowledge and confidence to teach about disability.
  • Explore our free units of work for teaching upper primary students about disability, inclusion, and accessibility. Units of work are linked to the Australian Curriculum.

Why this matters

Inclusion starts early. When children learn about disability, inclusion and accessibility from a young age, it can help challenge assumptions and shape more positive attitudes towards people with disability.

By giving teachers the confidence and tools to start these conversations in the classroom, Together We Learn aims to help build more inclusive schools and communities.

Together, we can build a generation that sees inclusion not as an adjustment – but as the norm.

Projects

  1. Road to Employment
  2. Enabled Youth Disability Network (EYDN)
  3. Regional Employment Project
  4. Together We Learn
  5. SKILL SA
  6. Disability Inclusion Training
  7. Our Voice SA
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Community of Practice for Educators

Connect, share and build your confidence to teach about disability.

Our online Community of Practice brings together school leaders, teachers, pre-service teachers and support staff who want to make their schools more inclusive. Educators with and without disability are welcome.

The group will meet online twice each term to:

  • Share resources, ideas and practical approaches.
  • Learn more about teaching students about disability, inclusion and accessibility.
  • Discuss challenges and learn from each other.
  • Build connections with other educators committed to inclusion.

Why join a Community of Practice?

  • Connect with committed educators.
  • Learn practical ideas and approaches.
  • Access free resources and training.
  • Share challenges, test ideas, and celebrate successes.

Interested in joining?

Register for our Community of Practice or join the mailing list below or contact the Together We Learn team using the form at the top of this page. Phone (08) 8373 8388 to speak to someone in the team.

Register for our Community of Practice
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Free webinars for educators

Build your knowledge and confidence to teach about disability.

Our free webinars have been co-designed by people with disability, educators and disability advocates, and are delivered by people with disability. You’ll also hear directly from young people with disability through videos sharing their perspectives and experiences.

The webinars will explore:

  • Models of disability
  • Attitudes and unconscious bias
  • Language and communication
  • Ableism
  • Universal Design
  • Inclusive education
  • Practical ways to make play, spaces and school events more inclusive and accessible.

In addition to increasing your confidence to teach about disability and inclusion, you will get practical resources to use in the classroom, with content linked to teaching standards to support your professional development.

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Lessons about disability for upper primary students

Classroom resources about disability, inclusion and accessibility.

Our free classroom resources are designed to help upper primary students learn about disability, inclusion and accessibility.

The co-designed resources will include three units of work exploring:

  • Accessible spaces
  • Making play more inclusive
  • Planning inclusive and accessible school events.

Each unit begins with three foundation lessons exploring disability, disability inclusion and accessibility. Videos featuring young people with disability sharing their perspectives are included throughout the lessons.

Meet the project team

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Ewa Lamont

Project Lead
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Meg Riley

Project Officer