In this session, we will look at why self-determination and student agency are critical components of the inclusive and competency-based IEP process.

With the goal of centralizing the IEP process around the student and their family, this session will also model strategies that collect student voice in a variety of ways.

We will be joined by Dr. Leyton Schnellert, an Associate Professor at The University of British Columbia. His community-based collaborative work contributes a counterargument to top-down approaches that operate from deficit models, instead, drawing from students’ funds of knowledge to build participatory, place conscious, and culturally responsive practices. His research, teaching, and practice also attend to self-regulated learning.