Middle School Principals' Tasks and Strategies to Facilitate Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in General Education Classes

Eighty-eight randomly selected middle school principals provided responses to a survey questionnaire. Results indicated that more than 50% of middle school principals used 25 of the 31 specific tasks and strategies identified to facilitate inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classes. A large number of middle school principals were proactively involved with inclusion efforts. Analyses of potential differences among respondents by demographic characteristics revealed no statistically significant differences. Analyses of differences between principals who had been special education teachers and those who had not revealed some differences which could support the use of mentoring approaches for teams of principals to enhance inclusion efforts.