Local Inclusion Trailblazers - Grassroot Start
- Dr. Leyton Schnellert
Leyton Schnellert is an Associate Professor and Eleanor Rix Professor of Rural Teacher Education at The University of British Columbia’s Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy. His scholarship attends to how teachers and learners can mindfully embrace student diversity and inclusive, place-conscious education. Along with inclusive education, his research interests include literacy, metacognition, rural education, and more.
- Shelley Moore
Originally from Edmonton, and now based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Shelley Moore is a highly sought-after teacher, researcher, consultant, and storyteller, and she has worked with school districts and community organizations throughout both Canada and the United States. Her research and work have been featured at national and international conferences and are constructed based on theory and effective practices of inclusion, special education, curriculum, and teacher professional development. Along with Deborah Butler, Faye Brownlie, and Leyton Schnellert, they are the leaders in the field of inclusive education and supporting diverse abilities in all students, as well as local “celebrities” in education
- Dr. Deborah Butler
Deborah has many years of teaching experience, particularly in supporting diverse learners in secondary and post-secondary settings. She is currently a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC). At UBC, she led the faculty’s innovative inquiry-based programs designed to support educators interested in fostering self-regulated learning. She has been featured in the EdCan Network on “How can K – 12 Students learn to regulate their emotions?”
- Faye Brownlie
Faye began teaching at Walter Whyte School in Grand Marais, Manitoba, at a time when the focus of the school was to individualize and upgrade. She continued to teach in elementary and secondary schools in the public system until June 2010 when she retired from her part-time resource position at RJ Tait Elementary in Richmond. Over this period, she was fortunate to hold a variety of positions including founding co-teacher ofthe Diagnostic Prescriptive Centre for students with significant learning challenges in Richmond School District, British Columbia, Curriculum Coordinator for Gifted and Enriched Education in Richmond School District, Keynote presenter for the University of British Columbia in the Principles of Teaching Course, Sessional instructor in Literacy Assessment and Instruction for Simon Fraser University Field Programs, British Columbia. Faye models and teaches quality reading and writing instruction, assessment for learning and performance-based assessment, open-ended teaching and learning strategies, the inclusion of all learners, differentiation, collaboration, co-planning and co-teaching, literature, poetry and information circles, inquiry, and gradual release of responsibility.