San Francisco Inclusive Schools Week is an annual, district-wide, K-12 celebration of our year-round efforts to promote and build inclusive, welcoming school communities that embrace and support people of all natural and diverse abilities, sociological and cultural backgrounds.

San Francisco ISW was established by Mayoral Proclamation in 2010 in keeping with National Inclusive Schools Week, founded in 2001 and celebrated around the country the first full week of December each year. SFUSD has an Inclusive Schools Committee working to support our district's participation, chaired by Regina Piper, SFUSD SpEd Elementary Supervisor, and Catherine Dauer.

Related definitions:

• Inclusive Schools is an educational philosophy that fosters mutual respect for diversity and differences and value for a school community that is reflective of our whole world and society, and provides students the social and emotional tools and role models to be empathetic humans. An inclusive school community embraces everyone equitably, including people with disabilities, cultural diversity, all socio-economic demographics, English language learners. [Learn more]
• Inclusion Services are specific support services provided to students with special needs, learning challenges and life-threatening medical conditions by our Special Ed staff and teachers to help them succeed in class. [Learn more]