Inclusion of

Diverse Learners
Aloy Anyichie
Sarah Booth
Katie Moore

Where Did Did We Begin?

How does creating an inclusive and supportive
environment using self-regulated learning impact the
motivation and peer engagement of learners with
special needs?
-Katie
Supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Learners Through SRL
-Aloy
How does the inclusion of students with disabilities
in typical classes foster self-regulated learning in
their classmates?
-Sarah

Learning Community
Cultural
Diversity
Students
with Special
Needs

Typical
Peers

INCLUSION

RTI Planning Triangle:

Diversity of
Division 2

Class Profile: Grade 5/6

2 students with Autism (G)
1 student with Mild Intellectual Disability (C)
7 English Language Learners (ELL)

Tyler (G)
Braden (G)
Besim (C)

2 students with learning disability (Q)

1 Student pending assessment and
designation

Tier 3
(ELL) Eric (Chinese) Lisa (Chinese)
Jackie (Chinese) Maya (Chinese)
Justin (Chinese) Emilie (Chinese)
Ania (Spanish and Russian)
Peter (Q)
Lucius (Q, First Nations)
Anthony (Pending Q)
Tier 2

Ethan
Patrick
Lucy
Graham
Constantine Ken
Bianca
Tier 1 Peter
Curriculum for All

Itsuki
Isaac
Taya
Jenna

Nina

Welcome to Grade 5/6!

How will I support my class?!?

Who are the Learners?

Knowledge of Learners
Teachers must know
their students- who they
are, what they care about,
what languages they
speak, what customs and
traditions are valued in
their homes. (Banks et
al, 2005, P. 264)
o Help students to understand who
they are
o Help teacher to understand
students

An Integrative Model of Self-Regulation

Overall Classroom Environment

Activities ... Supports ... Assessment/Feedback

History,

Emotions &
Motivation

Interpreting Tasks

Strengths,
Challenges,

Adjusting

Metacognition,
Knowledge,
Beliefs,
Agency

Monitoring

Cycles of
SelfRegulated
Activity

Planning

Enacting
Strategies

Butler, 2002; Butler et al., 2011

A Community of Learners
Building a learning community where all people are
valued and have a sense of belonging in the
classroom (Butler et al, 2016)
Facilitates the development of social cognition and
personal principals
Students are better able to identify their own
strengths
Increases confidence and self-esteem (Staub, D., &
Peck, C.A., 1994)
Improved communication and social skills (Fisher,
1999)

Learning Activities
Provide learning activities that are consistent and
routine
Give students opportunities to engage in complex
tasks
Allow students opportunities to make choice in their
learning (Perry, 2013)
Activities that are relevant and meaningful to the
student provide rich learning experiences
Able to relate experience of being part of an
inclusive classroom to curriculum (e.g., unit of social
justice) (Fisher, 1999)

Access to Supports for

Learning
Providing extra support for students with special needs
to allow for various strategies during classroom activities
Personalizing supports for individual students
When you design learning activities to meet the needs of
your students who need the most support and students
who need the most challenge, you create a spectrum of
learning activities that all students in the class can
choose from, to best support their learning (Moore,
Shelley, July 2015)
Additional supports are available to ALL students in an
inclusive classroom (Fisher, 1999)

Social Forms of SRL

Co-regulation of learning
Socially shared
Socially responsible regulation of learning
(Hadwin, A.F., & Oshige, M., 2011; Hadwin,
Jarvela, & Miller, 2011)
Peer mentoring
Relationships

Assessment
Teacher Perspective:
Using a multipledimension assessment
model (Ochoa & Ortiz,
2005)
Student Perspective:
Self-assessment/selfmonitoring

Collaboration
Collaboration between
all education
professionals
Bring in different
community members
to support learning
activities
Push In vs. Pull
Out

Celebrating Diversity
Increased participation and engagement; willing
to take more risks
Creates a sense of belonging for all students

Team Learning
Inclusion = Community of Diversity
Inclusion of diverse learners offers
opportunities for richer learning for
all students
All means ALL

Implications for Our Own

Practice
Big Ideas (where did we go?)
Where to next?

Reflection
Why do you think diversity and inclusive
education are important for 21st century leaners?
How does inclusive education relate to selfregulated learning?

Resources
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