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Dr. Shelley Moore is an accomplished teacher, researcher, consultant, and storyteller dedicated to championing inclusive education for all students. Learn more about her work and how she is making a difference in the field of education with Outside Pin Consulting. CHAMPIONING INCLUSIVE education FOR ALL STUDENTS RESOURCES SESSION HANDOUTS TEACHER, RESEARCHER, CONSULTANT, Storyteller . WELCOME HI, I'M SHELLEY Hello there, I’m Dr. Shelley Moore. I am a teacher, researcher, speaker, and storyteller with a background in inclusive and special education, curriculum, and teacher professional development. I work with school districts and community organizations locally, nationally, and internationally to support practical, evidence-based approaches to increase access for all learners. I offer a variety of opportunities for classroom, school, district, and systems-level learning. I would love to learn and work with you, so please reach out with any requests, questions, or comments! ABOUT SHELLEY BROWSE SERVICES Find What You Need Tools for DEI Inside and Outside the Classroom Looking for the right resource or service? Whether it’s one-on-one guidance, quick learning tools, or a team of experts, you’ll find the perfect support right here. Customized consulting, workshops, and speaking engagements on inclusive education. LEARN MORE On-demand videos, courses, and podcasts to help educators and schools embrace inclusion. LEARN MORE A collective of education experts working together to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. LEARN MORE VIEW OUTSIDE PIN EVENTS INSIGHTS & TOOLS View the Five Moore Minutes Videos & Resources Learn Moore at your own pace! Peruse Shelley's collection of informative resources on inclusive education and creating equitable learning environments. The Cost of Retrofitting Designing for all from the start Shelley Moore Jun 26 REASSESSING THE RUBRIC Shifting to strength-based assessment Shelley Moore Mar 1 LEARN MOORE GET THE LATEST UPDATES AND CONTENT Subscribe to our Newsletter SUBSCRIBE

Dr. Shelley Moore offers a range of inclusive resources, strategy templates, and planning guides for creating inclusive classrooms. Explore her resources to enhance your teaching practices and promote inclusivity. RESOURCES PLANNING RESOURCES AND STRATEGY TEMPLATES Inclusive planning to support classrooms and individual students. Check out these planning tools and resources to support collaborative, inclusive planning in classrooms and schools. I hope you know how truly grateful I am to you for taking a chance on us and helping us change SO MANY MINDS around how we view kids, teaching, classrooms, IEPS, etc. Your ability to help us see BELONGING come into view has been nothing short of amazing. - Teacher DESIGNING FOR DIVERSITY DESIGNING FOR ALL STUDENTS Planning for and Responding to Diversity in Inclusive Classrooms Today’s classrooms are diverse, and inclusive practices are promoting the move away from teaching to an average homogeneous group. These planning resources are available to guide collaborative design processes that respond to student variability without trying to change it. STRENGTH BASED DATA COLLECTION NEEDS BASED SUPPORT PLANNING INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM DESIGN UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED LESSON PLANNING INCLUSIVE & EQUITABLE ASSESSMENT INFRASTRUCTURE OF INCLUSION A FOUNDATION FOR INCLUSION Building the Infrastructure of Inclusion in Classrooms and Schools Creating an inclusive community is an intentional planning process that starts before students arrive. By paying attention to research based pillars, we can design spaces and opportunities that promote belonging for ALL students. PRESUMING COMPETENCE AND POTENTIAL PLACE BASED PLANNING PROXIMITY AND PARTICIPATION WITH PEERS PURPOSEFUL GOALS PLANNING FOR ALL GET THE LATEST UPDATES AND CONTENT Subscribe to our Newsletter SUBSCRIBE

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Dr. Shelley Moore offers a collaborative and inquiry-oriented professional learning series. Explore her impactful approach to inclusive education and create meaningful change in your teaching practice. LEARNING SERIES SUPPORTING INCLUSION THROUGH COLLABORATIVE, INQUIRY ORIENTED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING Shifting Thinking and Practice Over Time Whether you’re just starting out on your inclusion journey, or are further along the path, a learning series is a great opportunity for collaborative teams to deepen their understanding and practice of inclusion. Customized to meet your learning needs, each cohort-based series consists of 6-8 sessions delivered throughout the school year that build on each other. Teams participate in collaborative activities that encourage reflection and action over time in response to the participants' situated contexts. You can choose between virtual or in-person delivery or a combination of both. Each series contains core learning sessions, and you can add additional options such as collaborative coaching sessions, celebration sessions, and school visits. This series made me understand the meaning of being inclusive. It made me excited to try new approaches with my students. - Learning Series Participant MEETING YOU WHERE YOU ARE AND MOVING FORWARD Ongoing, Collaborative, Inquiry-Oriented, Learning Series The Infrastructure of Inclusion This series is for schools and classrooms that are beginning their inclusive journey or hoping to continue moving forward. Designed for leaders and support teams, the series looks at some infrastructural conditions that promote inclusive opportunities for students. Teams are guided through topics such as the importance of positive teacher and staff attitudes, placement and programming decisions, the role of peers and support staff, purposeful individualizied programming and inclusive classroom planning for all. Designing for Diversity This series is designed for classroom teams and looks at various practical inclusive approaches aimed at getting to know and responding to student needs and reducing barriers in universal and individualized ways. This series will also walk through curriculum design approaches which allow for both access and challenge in grade level curriculum for any learner. We will touch on inclusive assessment strategies and look at many examples of real classrooms doing this work. BOOK A LEARNING SERIES

Dr. Shelley Moore delivers captivating keynotes and workshops that engage and inspire both small and large audiences. Learn how her expertise can benefit your organization and leave a lasting impact. KEYNOTES & WORKSHOPS A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF INCLUSION Schedule a Keynote Earnest, accessible, and entertaining, Shelley can captivate large or small audiences from community, school, or classroom engagements to local, national, and international stages. Keynotes and single sessions are designed for events targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives with a focus on disability. Shelley shares compelling stories of students, teachers, and families that take the audience on a journey about why teaching to everyone is essential. Her stories provokes thinking and leaves participants reflecting on and thinking about their own experiences and practices in education and beyond. BOOK SHELLEY TO SPEAK Shelley is a speaker that GRABS your attention! I kept asking myself, "But how will this look?" and imagining it to be impossible, but by the end of the workshop, I could see how to break it down and implement it from a group needs perspective. Thank you for this great insight! - Workshop Participant BRIDGING THEORY AND PRACTICE An Engaging Keynote Experience for Your Educational Community The Evolution of Inclusion Calibrating our understanding of inclusion today is critical to inclusion’s success. This session guides participants through the evolution of inclusion over time through humour and real life stories. Why Does it Matter to You? In this session, Shelley shares her own story of inclusion as a student, and how her experiences have impacted her to do the work she does today. She connects her story to current understandings of inclusive education and reflects on how we all need to shift to increase inclusive access for students. Designing for Diversity How we understand inclusion is shifting. Rather than trying to include a few students who are different, we are striving to teach TO the difference. This session we will consider how we can integrate multiple inclusive frameworks that might guide collaborative teams to design for diversity, rather than retrofit for deficits. Getting to Know Students from a Strength-Based Perspective How can we respond to student needs without looking at their deficits? This session will look at individual and class dimensions that can be used for planning and advocacy from a positive and responsive perspective that reflects student identity and contribution. Supporting One, Supporting All The Inclusive planning process is aiming to situate Disability as an identity, not a deficit, and so to determine what supports and strategies students require, teams are shifting to look at needs, instead of disabilities, as a reference point. In this session we will connect to Universal Design for Learning principles and look at how we can plan for a student with a disability, in ways that can support many students in a classroom. BOOK SHELLEY

Dr. Shelley Moore offers a range of inclusive resources, strategy templates, and planning guides for creating inclusive classrooms. Explore her resources to enhance your teaching practices and promote inclusivity. Resources / Infrastructure of Inclusion / Presuming Competence & Potential Resources Watch Five Moore Minutes Video: The Importance of Presuming Competence Under the Table - The Importance of Presuming Competence (Video by Dr. Shelley Moore) Disabling Segregation (Video by Dan Habib) Presume Competence! (Video by Nate Trainor & Jean Trainor) In my language (Video by Mel Baggs) Read Listen Transforming inclusive education for students with intellectual disabilities in secondary academic classrooms: A case study (Dissertation by Dr. Shelley Moore) Presuming Competence: What it is, and what it looks like (Brookes Blog) 21 Tips for Presuming Competence (Blog post by Debra Muzikar) Five Moore Minutes Podcast: The Infrastructure of Inclusion: Presuming Competence with Mabel & Joanne Supporting Research and Literature Abbott, A. C. (2020). Presuming competence and capability. In A. C. Abbott, A. Bourdeau, R. Seidman & E. Cruz-Torres (Eds.), (1st ed., pp. 14-31) Routledge. Douglas Biklen & Jamie Burke (2006) Presuming Competence, Equity & Excellence in Education, 39:2,166-175. Biklen, D. Presuming competence, belonging, and the promise of inclusion: The US experience. Prospects 49, 233–247 (2020). Biklen, D., & Burke, J. (2006). Presuming compe- tence. Equity & Excellence in Education, 39, 166– 175. Carter, E. W., Sisco, L. G., Melekoglu, M. A., & Kurkowski, C. (2007). Peer supports as an alternative to individually assigned paraprofessionals in inclusive high school classrooms. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 32(4), 213-227. Donnellan A. The criterion of the least dangerous assumption. Behavioral Disorders 1984; 9: 141–150 Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2001). Access to the core curriculum: Critical ingredients for student success. Remedial and Special education, 22(3), 148-157. Giangreco M. F., Dennis R., Cloninger C., Edelman S., Schattman R. “I've counted Jon”: Transformational experiences of teachers educating students with disabilities. Exceptional Children 1993; 59((4))359–372 Harrower, J. K. (1999). Educational inclusion of children with severe disabilities. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 1(4), 215-230. Halvorson, A. T., & Sailor, W. (1990). Integration with students with severe and profound disabilities: A review of research. Julkaisussa Gaylor-Ross, R.(toim.) Issues and research in special education. Jorgensen, C., Michael McSheehan & Rae M. Sonnenmeier (2007) Presumed competence reflected in the educational programs of students with IDD before and after the Beyond Access professional development intervention, Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 32:4, 248-262 Jorgensen, C. M., McSheehan, M., Sonnenmeier, R. M., & Mirenda, P. (2010). The Beyond Access model: Promoting membership, participation, and learning for students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Kliewer C., Biklen D., Kasa‐Hendrickson C. Who may be literate? Disability and resistance to the cultural denial of competence. American Educational Research Journal 2006; 43((2))163–192 Kunc, N. (1992). The need to belong: Rediscovering Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Restructuring for caring and effective education: An administrative guide to creating heterogeneous schools, 25-39. Maras, P., & Brown, R. (1996). Effects of contact on children’s attitudes toward disability: A longitudinal study. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 26, 2113- 2134. Thousand, J. S., & Villa, R. A. (1995). Managing complex change toward inclusive schooling. Creating an inclusive school, 51-79. Thousand, J., Rosenberg, R. L., Bishop, K. D., & Villa, R. A. (1997). The evolution of secondary inclusion. Journal for Special Educators, 18(5), 270-284 EXPLORE SHELLEY'S RESOURCE LIBRARY Select the Item Below to View the Resource PLACE BASED PLANNING PROXIMITY AND PARTICIPATION WITH PEERS PURPOSEFUL GOALS PLANNING FOR ALL GET THE LATEST UPDATES AND CONTENT Subscribe to our Newsletter SUBSCRIBE

Dr. Shelley Moore is a dedicated educator, researcher, and advocate who has devoted her career to promoting inclusion and equity in education. Learn more about her journey as a student, teacher, and researcher and her impactful work in advocating for inclusive educational practices. ABOUT SHELLEY FROM MS. MOORE TO DR. SHELLEY MOORE, PH.D. Creating Access for all Students Like many others, Shelley didn’t feel like she fit into the educational system she grew up in. After a convoluted educational journey, Shelley finally received her bachelor’s degree in special education (University of Alberta), then promptly hopped on a Greyhound bus and moved to NYC to kick off her teaching career. After two years of teaching in New York, Shelley moved again, making a home in Vancouver, BC, as a resource support teacher for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. On Canada's west coast, Shelley received her master's (Simon Fraser University) and Ph.D. (University of British Columbia), which focused on learning about and researching inclusive education theory and practices. Her award-winning Ph.D. dissertation investigated how to support teachers to increase access to secondary grade-level academic curriculum for students with intellectual disabilities. She now draws from her experience as a student, teacher, and researcher to advocate and promote inclusion and equity for all learners. AIMING FOR THE OUTSIDE PINS: TEACHING TO THE HARDEST TO REACH The Power of Universal Design and Strength-Based Perspectives If you ask Shelley, bowling can change education. She uses bowling as a metaphor for inclusive teaching. Think of the ball as our plan and the pins as the students. Instead of aiming for the middle pins, professional bowlers aim for the outside pins. This creates a bigger domino effect and knocks down more pins with one ball. We can use bowling to help us understand a powerful inclusive approach: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)—by adjusting our approach and aiming for the students that are hardest to reach, we can meet the needs of more students. Inclusion is not a destination. Being inclusive means taking deliberate actions every day that reflect commitments to presuming competence, ensuring student agency, responding to student needs, and building identity-forming communities. This is a very different approach than the educational legacies still lingering for many students with disabilities, which often focuses on deficits, separate and self-contained spaces, and a lack of access to grade-level curriculum and high quality instruction, especially as students grow older. All students can learn—even if it looks different or sounds different than we expect. Understanding that all students can access and grow within any and all contexts is a mindset that relies on strength-based perspectives. Ability takes many forms, and everyone has something to offer. Believing and trusting in the strengths and abilities of all students enables us to find different ways to connect to and teach anyone, especially when we work together and rely on the rich expertise of the students, their families, educators and support staff, and leaders in our schools and communities. VIEW SERVICES

Dr. Shelley Moore offers a range of inclusive resources, strategy templates, and planning guides for creating inclusive classrooms. Explore her resources to enhance your teaching practices and promote inclusivity. Resources / Designing For Diversity / Universally Designed Lesson Planning Planning Templates for Classrooms LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATE LESSON PLANNING TEMPLATE LESSON PLANNING EXAMPLE - GRADE 8 ENGLISH UNIT LESSON SEQUENCE PLANNING TEMPLATE SCAFFOLDED ACTIVITY TEMPLATE SCAFOLDED ACTIVITY - VISUALS Other Resources Read Explore Building Thinking Classrooms (Book by Peter Liljedahl) It’s All About Thinking: Collaborating to Support All Learners in English, Social Studies, and Humanities (Book by Faye Brownlie and Leyton Schnellert) It’s All About Thinking: Collaborating to Support All Learners in Mathematics and Science (Book by Faye Brownlie, Carole Fullerton and Leyton Schnellert) It’s All About Thinking: Collaborating to Support All Learners in English, Social Studies, and Humanities (Book by Faye Brownlie and Leyton Schnellert) Mind-Full Math Resources (Website) EXPLORE SHELLEY'S RESOURCE LIBRARY Select the Item Below to View the Resource STRENGTH BASED DATA COLLECTION INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM DESIGN NEEDS BASED SUPPORT PLANNING INCLUSIVE & EQUITABLE ASSESSMENT GET THE LATEST UPDATES AND CONTENT Subscribe to our Newsletter SUBSCRIBE

Dr. Shelley Moore offers a range of inclusive resources, strategy templates, and planning guides for creating inclusive classrooms. Explore her resources to enhance your teaching practices and promote inclusivity. Resources / Infrastructure of Inclusion / Purposeful Goals Planning Templates for Individuals & IEPs INCLUSIVE PURPOSE PLANNING TEMPLATE Resources Watch Five Moore Minutes Video: Show Me the Purpose! Read Promoting the Self-Determination of Students with Severe Disabilities (Article by Michael Wehmeyer) Brain Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom (Book by Judy Willis) Transforming inclusive education for students with intellectual disabilities in secondary academic classrooms: A case study (Dissertation by Dr. Shelley Moore) Supporting Research and Literature Baumgart, D., Brown, L., Pumpian, I., Nisbet, J., Ford, A., Sweet, M. Messina, R., & Schroeder, J. (1982). Principle of partial participation and individualized adaptations in educational programs for severely handicapped students. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 7, 17-27. Carter, E. W., Hughes, C., Guth, C. B., & Copeland, S. R. (2005). Factors influencing social interaction among high school students with intellectual disabilities and their general education peers. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110(5), 366-377. Carter, E. W., Sisco, L. G., Brown, L., Brickham, D., & Al-Khabbaz, Z. A. (2008). Peer interactions and academic engagement of youth with developmental disabilities in inclusive middle and high school classrooms. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 113(6), 479-494. Feldman, R., Carter, E., Asmus, J., & Brock, M. E. (2016). Presence, proximity, and peer interactions of adolescents with severe disabilities in general education classrooms. Exceptional Children, 82(2), 192-208. Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2001). Access to the core curriculum: Critical ingredients for student success. Remedial and Special education, 22(3), 148-157. Kwon, Elicker, & Kontos, 2011). McDonnell, L. M., McLaughlin, M. J. and Morison, P., eds. 1997. Educating one and all: Students with disabilities and standards-based reform, Washington, DC: National Academy Press. Committee on Goals 2000 and the inclusion of students with disability. EXPLORE SHELLEY'S RESOURCE LIBRARY Select the Item Below to View the Resource PRESUMING COMPETENCE & POTENTIAL PLACE BASED PLANNING PROXIMITY AND PARTICIPATION WITH PEERS PLANNING FOR ALL GET THE LATEST UPDATES AND CONTENT Subscribe to our Newsletter SUBSCRIBE

Dr. Shelley Moore offers a range of inclusive resources, strategy templates, and planning guides for creating inclusive classrooms. Explore her resources to enhance your teaching practices and promote inclusivity. Resources / Designing For Diversity / Strength Based Data Collection Planning Templates for Individuals & IEPs CHILD & FAMILY INTERVIEW SEED PACKET SEED PACKET (VISUAL) SEED PACKET STUDENT INTERVIEW PROMPTS SEED PACKET (EXAMPLE GR. 1) STUDENT DIMENSION INVENTORY Planning Templates for Classrooms CLASS REVIEW TEMPLATE CLASSROOM STUDENT DIMENSION INVENTORY Other Resources Watch Five Moore Minutes: What are you a genius at? Getting to know our strengths Five Moore Minutes: Video Strategy: The Class Profile Read Getting to Know You (Article by Leyton Schnellert) D.N.A (Dreams, Needs, Abilities) Inventories and Their Power in the Classroom (Blogpost by Laurie McIntosh) Student Diversity: Teaching strategies to meet the learning needs of all students (Article by Leyton Schnellert and Faye Brownlie) It’s All About Thinking: Collaborating to Support All Learners in English, Social Studies, and Humanities (Book by Faye Brownlie and Leyton Schnellert) Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation (Book by Shane Safir and Jamila Dugan) Learning in Safe Schools: Creating Classrooms Where All Students Belong (Book by Faye Brownlie and Judith King) Strength Based Approaches to Educating All Learners with Disabilities: Beyond Special Education (Book by Michael L. Wehmeyer) EXPLORE SHELLEY'S RESOURCE LIBRARY Select the Item Below to View the Resource NEEDS BASED SUPPORT PLANNING INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM DESIGN UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED LESSON PLANNING INCLUSIVE & EQUITABLE ASSESSMENT GET THE LATEST UPDATES AND CONTENT Subscribe to our Newsletter SUBSCRIBE

Dr. Shelley Moore hosts the Five Moore Minutes podcast, featuring interviews and conversations about inclusion. Join her as she discusses important topics and strategies for creating more inclusive environments. PODCAST INTERVIEWS AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INCLUSION Hear Real Life Stories About How People Are Making Inclusion Happen Shelley and other inclusion advocates discuss efforts being made to strengthen inclusion and problem solve barriers. Produced in line with the monthly 5MM YouTube series, these podcasts add to the conversation around relevant ideas and topics in inclusive education. VISIT PODCAST CHANNEL THE FIVE MOORE MINUTES PODAST The Infrastructure of Inclusion and More MARCH 10, 2025 • 68 MINS REASSESSING THE RUBRIC: SHIFTING TO STRENGTH-BASED ASSESSMENT PRACTICES In this month's Five Moore Minute video, Dr. Shelley Moore addresses issues with how rubrics are utilized, particularly after their evolution influenced by online resources, which have shifted their original intent. WATCH ON YOUTUBE LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS • PODBEAN FEBRUARY 22, 2025 • 53 MINS INCLUSION IS NOT ASSIMILATION: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF IDENTITY IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS The concept of inclusion has evolved significantly in education, moving beyond mere physical presence in classrooms to encompass a deeper understanding of belonging and recognition of identity. WATCH ON YOUTUBE LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS • PODBEAN JANUARY 24, 2025 • 47 MINS PEOPLE ARE NOT SUPPORTS! A CONVERSATION WITH LEYTON SCHNELLERT In many educational conversations, the term "support" has evolved into a multifaceted concept that is often misused and misunderstood. WATCH ON YOUTUBE LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS • PODBEAN