TA/TM Day is presented by the Centre for Educational Excellence in cooperation with the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and with consultation from the Teaching Support Staff Union at Simon Fraser University.
Historically the majority of students with developmental disabilities have been, and continue to be, segregated in high school. Some of these students are experiencing inclusion for the first time when they become students at SFU. The question is, how can our classrooms not just be passively inclusive but a place where all learners are engaged, contribute, and share in the learning experience?
In this workshop, we will lead an interactive discussion about what inclusion can look like in the classroom.
Questions guiding the discussion will be:
• What are our assumptions about inclusion? • How do we challenge these assumptions when classrooms are inclusive? • In an evidence-based practice of supporting an inclusive classroom, what is the evidence we are looking at?
Inclusion facilitators have been working with, and alongside TAs and faculty to learn how to support inclusion in the classroom at campuses across BC since 2001, and at SFU since 2011. The goals of this interactive workshop are to share what we have learned from teaching staff, students, and inclusion facilitators to date and in this workshop, and to use this knowledge to continue improving the dynamic practice of including diverse learners in the classroom
