Monday, August 24th Identity and Inclusion BC’s renewed curriculum has foundational principles that support inclusion, but these principles rely on design not retrofit solutions. Come see how some design frameworks can work together to support the successful inclusion of every person in this fun and real life example! How does identity connect to inclusion and how can we develop and capture it in our students, to help us plan for them in inclusive classrooms? Tuesday, August 25th Indigenous Giftedness and Inclusion Sue will discuss and share ways of decolonizing and rethinking the systems of approach for working with and supporting Indigenous children with disabilities and their families within the Education system. Examples of how to weave and integrate Indigenous ways of knowing, Indigenous Rights, and Indigenous voices and experiences will be shared throughout the presentation. Wednesday, August 26th Developing Student Voice in Inclusive Classrooms It’s an exciting time in in education in BC. With a renewed curriculum there are more opportunities to nurture student learning through big idea and competency-based teaching and learning. Perhaps one of the most transformational things we can do is reorient our teaching to foster student voice. The core competencies have opened the door to positioning students as self advocates. We can all learning from the disability communities’ credo “nothing about us without us” (Charlton, 1998). In this keynote we’ll explore supporting disabled students in the development of a positive disability identity (DSESIG, 2019) within inclusive classrooms.
Shelley Moore
Sue Sterling-Bur
Dr. Leyton Schnellert
