Inclusive classroom strategies for teachers: practical tools for diverse classrooms
Practical, classroom-ready strategies to support every learner, a hands-on Erasmus+ week in Bordeaux on differentiation, accessibility and belonging.
Plan your Erasmus mobilityInclusive classroom strategies for teachers · Part of our Erasmus+ teacher training courses in Bordeaux
Every classroom is diverse, in ability, background, language and needs. Supporting all learners without lowering expectations is one of the hardest and most rewarding parts of teaching. This course gives you concrete, transferable strategies to do exactly that.
This Erasmus+ course on inclusive classroom strategies in Bordeaux focuses on practical implementation: differentiation, accessible materials, classroom climate and support for special educational needs. It complements our comparative course on inclusive education in Europe and our wider teacher training courses.
Why inclusive teaching matters
- Reach every learner: adapt your teaching so that ability, language or background is not a barrier.
- Raise outcomes for all: inclusive strategies benefit the whole class, not only students with specific needs.
- Build belonging: a positive, respectful climate improves engagement, behaviour and wellbeing.
- Meet European priorities: inclusion is a core objective of Erasmus+ and of modern school systems.
What you will learn: inclusive classroom strategies in practice
- Differentiate content, process and outcome for mixed-ability classes.
- Design accessible materials and use assistive and low-tech supports.
- Recognise and respond to common special educational needs (SEN).
- Create a classroom climate where every student feels safe and included.
What you will be able to do after this course
- Plan a differentiated lesson for a real, diverse class you teach.
- Adapt tasks and assessment so every learner can demonstrate progress.
- Apply practical strategies for SEN, EAL and gifted learners.
- Build an inclusive-classroom action plan to share with colleagues.
Explore the course in detail
Objectives, content and programme
This inclusive education training Erasmus+ helps you make every learner feel they belong. The aim is to equip you with practical, ready-to-use strategies for teaching diverse classrooms without adding to your workload.
You will focus on differentiation, accessibility and classroom climate, the levers that let all students, whatever their needs, access the same learning.
By the end you will be able to plan differentiated lessons, adapt materials for a range of needs, and use simple routines that support attention, participation and wellbeing.
You will leave with a personal toolkit of inclusive strategies and clear next steps to share them with your colleagues.
The course models inclusive practice itself: varied groupings, multimodal input and constant scaffolding, so you experience as a learner what you will offer your students.
Each morning builds a principle, differentiation, universal design, behaviour and climate, and each afternoon turns it into concrete classroom tools.
Each day follows the same thread: understand, experience, design and transfer.
Monday: understanding inclusion
Morning
- What inclusion means in practice: diversity and belonging
- Auditing your current classroom
Afternoon
- Workshop: spotting barriers to learning
- Build a personal inclusion checklist
Tuesday: differentiation and universal design
Morning
- Differentiation that is sustainable, not exhausting
- Universal Design for Learning in practice
Afternoon
- Design a differentiated activity for your class
- Try it out and get peer feedback
Wednesday: accessibility and specific needs
Morning
- Adapting materials for a range of needs
- Supporting attention, participation and wellbeing
Afternoon
- Collaborative case studies
- Adapt an existing lesson to be more accessible
Thursday: climate, behaviour and cooperation
Morning
- Classroom climate and positive behaviour
- Co-teaching and peer support
Afternoon
- Hands-on workshop: redesign a lesson for inclusion
- Collaborative review and improvement
Friday: building an inclusive classroom
Morning
- Demonstrations and exchange of European practices
- Reflecting on what works across settings
Afternoon
- Final project presentation
- Personal action plan for your school
- Course evaluation, Europass and certification
Approach, impact and practical details
What works is small, sustainable changes rather than grand overhauls: clear routines, choice in how students show their learning, and materials designed to be accessible from the start.
We test these strategies on real lesson examples so you leave with approaches you can use on Monday morning.
Our practice builds on the work of the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education.
You gain a repertoire of transferable techniques, tiered tasks, flexible grouping, scaffolds and formative checks, that support struggling and high-potential learners alike.
These approaches are practical and low-preparation, designed to fit the realities of a busy classroom.
The mobility pays off when inclusion becomes part of your everyday teaching and spreads to your team. Participants often return to lead whole-school initiatives on differentiation and wellbeing.
This course is part of our Erasmus teacher training courses in Bordeaux, connecting you with colleagues facing the same challenges across Europe.
We help you prepare your Learning Agreement and logistics beforehand, and you follow a documented programme during the week.
Afterwards you receive your Europass Mobility certificate, an evaluation and any additional documents required for recognition.
Bordeaux offers a welcoming, human-scale environment and a diverse educational landscape, a fitting place to reflect on inclusion.
Well connected to the rest of Europe, it makes teacher mobility easy to organise and genuinely enriching.
Target audience
Because inclusion concerns every classroom, this course is open to all teachers and school staff: subject teachers, trainers, educational and career counsellors, school psychologists, headteachers, school leaders and administrative or management staff. They come from primary, secondary, vocational and adult-education settings, training centres, higher education and NGOs, and groups intentionally mix school levels so strategies can be shared widely.
Erasmus+ funding: how it works
Teachers, trainers, headteachers, school leaders and any staff of an education organisation can apply for an Erasmus+ KA1 grant, so your institution may cover travel, accommodation, meals, cultural activities and the fees of this inclusive classroom strategies course through the grant.
Everything is priced to fit within the Erasmus+ grant, with options that let you balance comfort and quality while staying inside it.
Erasmus+ quality standards
This course meets the Erasmus Quality Standards, with an upfront course description and learning outcomes, the dates, the venue and the names of the provider and instructor(s).
We accompany you through certification and validation, learning agreement, quality commitment and Europass Mobility, and, because schools sometimes need more, we can provide additional certification and reporting documents plus photos and a sum-up video for your visibility.
Quality standards for our courses
- European values and policies
- Composition of the group and networking opportunities
- High quality teaching
- Inspiring and interactive learning
- Trustworthy, innovative and relevant content
- Use of digital tools and blended learning
- Continued learning
- Facilitating institutional impact
- Certification of learning outcomes
- Advance and complete information about the course
- Straightforward application process
- Preparation
- Transparent costs
- Changes and cancellations
- Support before, during and after the course
- Qualified staff
- Proportionate duration and schedule of the course
- Appropriate venue
- Inclusion
- Feedback and assessment
Our Erasmus+ organisational quality standards
- Practical arrangements
- Health, safety and respect of applicable regulations
- Preparation
- Monitoring and mentoring
- Support during the activity
- Evaluation and recognition of learning outcomes
- Core tasks, keeping ownership of the activities
- Integrating results of mobility activities in the organisation
- Developing capacity
- Regular updates
- Gathering and using participants’ feedback
- Sharing results within the organisation
- Sharing results with other organisations and the public
- Publicly acknowledging European Union funding
- Inclusion and diversity
- Digital education
- Active participation in the network of Erasmus organisations
- Environmental sustainability and responsibility
What is included in the course
- Dedicated support: full-day chat assistance
- KA1-fundable: eligible for Erasmus+ KA1 grants
- Easy adjustments: flexible changes without red tape
- More than a course: from coffee breaks to cultural outings
- Certificate of attendance included
Official Erasmus+ validation
To ensure the recognition of your course, we provide all required European certification and Erasmus+ compliance documentation:
- ✓ Europass Mobility: Official recognition of your professional development and teaching skills.
- ✓ Quality Commitment: Full compliance with Erasmus+ quality standards.
- ✓ Final Certification: Official certificate of attendance with training hours.
Social & cultural programme
Your Erasmus+ teacher mobility in Bordeaux is also an opportunity to experience French culture and build connections with other European teachers.
- ✓ Welcome aperitif: Network with European colleagues in a relaxed setting.
- ✓ Guided city tour: Discover Bordeaux’s UNESCO World Heritage sites.
- ✓ Local recommendations: Explore the best markets, cafés and cultural spots.
Optional premium add-ons can be arranged on request on Saturdays (e.g. Arcachon Bay & the Dune du Pilat, or a Médoc / Saint-Émilion château; other options available according to your interest).
Erasmus+ teacher mobility in Bordeaux
Build a more inclusive classroom
Join our Erasmus+ course in Bordeaux and leave with strategies you can use to support every learner from your next lesson.
Start my projectFrequently asked questions
Yes. It is fully KA1-eligible, covering travel, accommodation, meals and fees for teachers and school staff.
No prior specialisation is required. The course gives practical, ready-to-use strategies for any teacher working with diverse classrooms.
A certificate of attendance, a Europass Mobility certificate, and the Learning Agreement and evaluation for recognition.
Over one week in Bordeaux, in small groups of no more than 16 participants.
Teachers’ zone
Our online programmes let you maximise your learning potential and bring your new skills straight into your everyday teaching. Participants also get virtual classroom access.