March 01, 2025 (09:00 AM - 03:00 PM)
It's All About Me Conference - IN PERSON
About this Event
We are excited for another year of our "Its All About Me Conference"! We are honoured to introduce this years presenters:
Dr. Shelley Moore, Cheryl Song, and Randi Robin.
You ...
About this Event
We are excited for another year of our "Its All About Me Conference"! We are honoured to introduce this years presenters:
Dr. Shelley Moore, Cheryl Song, and Randi Robin.
You will receive: 6 hour Professional development certificate, lunch, door prizes, amazing presenters, networking, vendors, shopping, and much more!
Dr. Shelley Moore
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Dr. Shelley Moore is a highly sought-after inclusive education researcher, collaborator, consultant and storyteller, and has worked with school districts and community organizations throughout Canada and the United States. Her research has been featured at international conferences including the Council of Exceptional Children (CEC), the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), The American Education Research Association (AERA), and the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE). Shelley completed her undergraduate degree in Special Education at the University of Alberta, her masters at Simon Fraser University, and her Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia.
Cheryl Song (she/her)
An early childhood educator and Canadian family educator, Cheryl has more than 20 years of experience working with children and families in variety of early years programs, such as Strong Start and Mother Goose program. She also works with educators at local college, and various agencies facilitating workshops. She loves finding creative ways to make circle time engaging and educational.
Randi Robin (she/her)
A long-time children's librarian in Burnaby, Randi has lead hundreds of library story times and community circle times. She loves telling stories and draws on her background in theatre and the visual arts to do so in ways that communicate across ages and languages. She recently moved to Vancouver Island where she continues to seek out books that provide fun literacy experiences.
TOPICS:
The Evolution of Inclusion: In this session, we will look at how the goals of inclusion have continued to
shift and evolve, as we learn more about diversity and identity. Participants will reflect on their own contexts and consider next steps for advocacy
and action.
Supporting One, Supporting All: Collaborative Support Models for Inclusive Communities: The inclusive planning process is aiming to situate disability as an identity, not a deficit, and so to determine what supports children require, teams are shifting to look at needs, instead of disabilities, as a reference point. In this way, planning for inclusive learning environments can be universal, and anticipate needs of everyone in a community. In this session we will connect to Universal Design for Learning principles and look at how we can plan for a child with a disability, in ways that can support many children in a community.
Successful Circle Time: Discover the secrets to successful circle time with tips and strategies as well as ideas for books, activities, and songs. Participants will learn simple and practical methods to engage and hold children’s attention. We’ll demonstrate a variety of storytelling techniques and ways to share books and provide tips on selecting books for children of different ages and stages. Come ready to sing and be silly and leave with content you can use right away.
Registration and Market Shopping 8:15-9:00. Market shopping will be re-open at lunch time.
Location: Christian Life Assembly Church 21277 56 Ave