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What I K now
-The importance of creating a safe and welcoming environment for all
-The importance of asking students about their pronouns

What I W ant to know
-How can we discuss the importance of language with our colleagues without offending them?

What I L earned
-Creating inclusive classrooms requires collaboration and communication between staff members
-Reframing from the word "disability"
-Referring to an individual with autism, rather than "autistic person"
-Language is powerful and we must refer to people by being a person first

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Module 2: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

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Module 2: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

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What I K now
-  That every student is different and may require different tools to learn

Students may not have yet discovered their learning preference(s)
– Important as educators to provide the tools and multiple means of learning in order for students to discover and learn their preference(s)

What I W ant to know
- How can I include UDL in my teaching as a TTOC?

(majority of the time, class material is prepared beforehand)

What I L earned
-  UDL focuses on removing barriers and prioritizing the learning and inclusion of every student

-It is crucial to remind and encourage students in believing they are capable of accomplishing anything through setting measurable goals for themselves.  Encouraging students in believing that they are capable of success based on their hard work and efforts (stemming away from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset)

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module 3: Special Education Designations 

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module 3: Special Education Designations 

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What I K now
-The BC Ministry handbook includes a list of designations for students with exceptionalities

What I W ant to know
-How is funding distributed?
-Should funding depend on severity and programs needed for a particular student?

What I L earned
-The BC Ministry handbook includes a list of designations and whether there is funding available for each designation
-Designations are referred to in a letter order
-A-H designations receive funding
-KPQR designations do not receive funding

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What I K now
-SBT meetings are held earlier in the school year

What I W ant to know
-What age is "appropriate" for a student to attend a SBT meeting?
-Why are SBT meetings not held mid school year?

What I L earned
-A SBT meeting is a collaborative process that includes the classroom teacher, resource teacher, school psychologist/counsellor, admin and parents
-There are resources to support parents
-It is beneficial for parents to collaborate and communicate with other parents who may be going through the same journey
-Parents can be their children's best advocate

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What I K now
-An IEP is a written plan for a student with exceptionalities
– Setting goals for the school year

What I W ant to know
-I would like to learn on how to improve writing an IEP

What I L earned
- The importance of an effective IEP for students with exceptionalities

- The roles of members within the IEP meetings

-Ways in creating effective  goals, modifications and strategies to support students with exceptionalities

-Creating an IEP

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- How can I best support students throughout their diverse learning, as a TTOC?
-How can I implement more UDL with limited resources, as a TTOC?
-How can I build a connection with a student with exceptionalities in a short period of times, as a TTOC?
-How to have difficult conversations with colleagues about the importance of language used when referring to students?

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What I K now
- IEP’s are created for particular students in order to create goals, objectives and strategies to support their well-being (emotional/social/learning)

- Goals are created based on core/curricular competencies

What I W ant to know
- If there are multiple goals in an IEP, which of these goals would be considered top priority? Why?

What I L earned
- How to create an IEP

- How to create student profiles and identify student’s strengths and stretches

-  How to use a tracking sheet to collect data and keep track of student’s progress

- The importance of creating goals, objectives and strategies that best fit the student’s profile and needs

- The importance of collecting data over time to evaluate students growth- this is essential in creating future goals for student and future SBT meetings