Teachers Competency for Inclusive Education

1. IntroductionIn front of every teacher there are many demands and expectations set from professional and social environment in which should rethink about self and vocation, define long-term goals of pedagogical acting, knows the way of student learning, thinking, feeling and acting. Also, teachers develop skills that enhance personal satisfaction and effectiveness, but also knowledge and skills that encourage student self esteem. Complexity of teacher work demands competences for every day dealing with student learning, emotional and behavioral characteristics. Deakin Crick (2008) described competence as a "complex combination of different knowledge, skills, understanding, values, attitudes and desire which lead to effective, embodied human action in the world, in a particular domain". It is necessary to understand the pedagogical competencies of teacher as continuing process which is permanently submitted to valuation through the interaction with co-workers, student, parents and others (Ljubetic & Kostovic Vranjes, 2008).Inclusive education assumed identification and elimination of existing and possible sources of exclusion or separation which represent limitation of opportunities for all students and in the same time examines features of school, teachers, students, teaching and learning (Slee, 2003). In context of inclusive process, schools and classrooms meet various students and challenges to deal with. Students with disabilities, in this paper special education needs (SEN) student, are included in regular schools with their peers. Some of schools have assistants to help in classroom as only support to student. Other schools have professional support from special education needs teachers, psychologists, social workers, work therapists, etc. The most of schools don't have any support, so the teachers manage with range of different demands in classrooms. Hastings and Oakford (2003) argued that students with emotional and behavioural problems have negatively influence on teachers and peers than students with intellectual disabilities.Bradshaw and Mundia (2006) quote some variables that have the most influence on process of inclusion. Related to teacher they highlights efficiency, work experience, beliefs about students and their education, educational environment in which they put accent on availability of support. As shown in earlier studies, teacher quality is essential factor for in student learning (Blanton et all, 2003). Considering the teacher as the most important factor of inclusive education process, he has obligation to create appropriate and stimulating environment for learning. In dealing with professional demands on creating opportunities for easily SEN students learning, teacher has to possess specific professional and personal competences. Personal competences could be observed through the attitudes and motivation for teaching SEN students in regular schools settings and professional competencies through the SEN student characteristic knowing, recognizing abilities for and ways of learning.2. Problem StatementSEN student have right for appropriate education, based on their interests, needs and abilities together with peer without disabilities. Inclusive class teacher has to be educated in specific areas related to the SEN student way of learning. Process of formal education of future teacher students is directed to develop those competencies that ensure achieving and valuable results. Current educational and school practice requires teacher who is ready for teaching in such demanding conditions created by specific characteristics of student with disabilities. It is reasonable to believe that competent teacher can and will enable sense of success and satisfaction to his or her students. Ashby (2010) comment that the process of inclusion was more social than academic oriented with accepting and developing positive attitudes as main goals. However, government through legislative commits schools, and directly teachers to create individual curriculums for each SEN student. …