HEADING FOR INCLUSIVE SCHOOL IN EUROPEThe project « Heading for Inclusive School in Europe » was born from the widely shared observation that teacher training was too often unsuited to pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN), whereas the means used to meet the challenge of inclusion, while important, were inefficient due to a lack of synergy between education stakeholders and the medico-social sector.But everywhere in Europe or elsewhere, initiatives or experiments showed that satisfactory results could be achieved by using differentiated pedagogies, an interdisciplinary approach to learning and the close cooperation between professionals in charge of disability.So it seemed obvious that identifying and exploiting these good practices could provide a basis for improving the teacher training course.To this end, 10 partners in 7 European countries were brought together according to criteria of motivation, complementarity and diversity, to build a training module suited to teachers who work in classes accommodating SEN children.This partnership brings together associations working in the field of disability, teacher training organizations, primary and secondary schools. All these structures are involved at various levels in inclusive education.The methodology is divided into 3 phases:1)Phase 1 : Module Base ConstructionCollection of 100 research summary sheets in order to identify good practices following pre-defined themes (horizontal activities)Exploitation of these sheets through 5 workshops in order to classify them into 5 groups and give them coherence (vertical activities)Construction of the base of the training module, based on the exploitation of research summary sheets and the resulting definition of teacher training needs2)Phase 2 : Construction of module contents - the D.R.E. Method – by 3 workshops which replace the previous 5Workshop D for Defining inclusion and its upper and lower limitsWorkshop R for Reassuring SEN pupils, teachers, and the rest of the class in order to create a serene atmosphere which is favourable to learningWorkshop E for Educate and Evaluate : it will propose alternative methods both for the acquisition of learning contents and for the evaluation of skills and progress targets, in order to best meet the specific needs of these pupils.This training module will be supported by a file of 100 worksheets tailored to the target audience and children with learning difficulties. These sheets will be related to the institutional programs.These first two phases will be concluded with 3 productions :a training module : the D.R.E. method, which will be available on a dedicated websitea file of 100 pedagogical worksheets, available for download onlinea collection of good practices, available for download onlineEverything will be published in the 6 languages of the partnership and in English.3)Phase 3 : dissemination of productions and sustainabilityOur productions and results will mainly impact:The target audience (the SEN pupils), who will be offered teaching and assessment methods adjusted to their specificity. We can therefore anticipate a lower vulnerability to discouragement and an increased interest in learning.Teachers who welcome these children : getting appropriate educational tools to meet the challenge of inclusion is likely to reassure the teacher on his own skills, enhance his personal image and thus increase his confidence. An improvement in his educational performance is therefore expected.The educational team : promoting teamwork is likely to instill a synergy between professionals. A better assessment of cognitive abilities and skills of these pupils, as well as a better adjusted improvement plan could result from this cooperation.Pupils in classes accommodating SEN children : learning tolerance and respecting differences will be part of the recommendations of our method. Imbued with these principles, pupils will be better equipped to resist the temptations of xenophobia and racism suffered by our societies.Participating organizations : providing an easily usable tool will allow to meet needs which received relatively little attention and thus improve the effectiveness of work of these organizations while increasing their notoriety. An opening to Europe is also expected in the wake of the internationalization of institutions.The sustainability of results will be ensured by maintaining the website after the project. A call for voluntary participation will be launched on the site to keep the supply of worksheets in all its audience area.We therefore hope a snowball effect.