Explore. Learn. Shape inclusive schools together.
On our homepage, you’ll find insights, training, and stories that support schools in collaborative and inclusive practices.
📖 About the project: Discover the vision, goals, and journey of I CO-COPE
🧩 Our results: Explore key findings and insights
🚀 E-Learning: Join our online training with four interactive modules that guide and support schools in promoting inclusive practices and stronger collaboration
📣 Blog: Stay informed with the latest updates, stories, and developments from the project.
Voices from our CoP-partners
These quotes offer a glimpse into our partners’ experiences and perspectives on shaping inclusive schools through collaboration, reflection, and practice.
I think the composition of the group was especially important – that there were people from every group: teachers, school assistants, and especially students – because that gave us all the different perspectives.
And I think everyone always had the space to speak freely. Everyone’s voice was heard. And I believe that’s why it all worked so harmoniously and smoothly – because we were able to develop a plan together and then also carry it out.
And that is not something you experience as a teacher all the time: sitting there and seeing students also being present, fully engaged, thinking along and genuinely eager to keep doing more, in the best possible sense. There was simply an incredible amount of motivation, and I think that really got everything moving.
I think it’s really cool that teachers, students and mentors genuinely work together. We learn together, and everyone has an equal voice.
In a CoP, a school stops being a collection of separate islands and becomes one connected community. Teachers, families and students share information, goals and decisions. And you can see the results: more motivation, more participation and greater engagement. Because that is the second thing a CoP brings: innovation. It helps teachers rediscover their curiosity and helps students feel seen and heard.
Your guide to inclusive school development through a Community of Practice
At the heart of this homepage, our four-module online training provides practical strategies, tools, and methods to build a Community of Practice in your school. You can work through this self-paced e-learning in any order, though we recommend following the suggested sequence.
Start the modules by clicking the buttons below, or use the navigation buttons at the top of the page to move between them.
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Introduction
In the first module we introduce you to the four key concepts of the I CO-COPE project: inclusive education, interprofessional collaboration, students’ agency and the Community of…
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Recommendations
The second module suggests ways to promote inclusive education and school development, support interprofessional collaboration, and facilitate students’ agency through the…
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Good practice examples
The third module offers insights into creating CoP in schools in the different partner countries, which allows to consider the specific educational context, share experiences in…
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Toolbox
The fourth module provides a range of practical tools and methods, as well as materials for schools, which can be used in a flexible way in a Community of Practice to promote…
