Inclusion

MPSD Accessibility Plan:

Link to document
Link to send Feedback about Accessibility in MPSD schools.
District website: Inclusive Education/Student Services page

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Inclusion is for Everyone:

Link to Meaningful Inclusion Think Tank Graphic
Link to Inclusive Lesson Planning Templates from blogsomemoore.

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New! (October 2024) MPSD Accessibility Library

Link to Accessibility Library Online Catalogue
- Link to National AccessAbility Week Resource Collection
- Link to Mental Health Collection

Thank you to the Mission Community Foundation for a grant in 2024/25 to provide inclusive picture books and audiobooks to all MPSD K-6 schools! All schools received their books in April 2025.

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Visuals:

North Star Paths – Free Graphics Downloads created by Kristin Wiens
Visit the SD 75 Elementary Virtual Learning Commons for K-6 Visuals.

Professional Development:

MPSD Guide: Creating a Competency Based IEP (created by Sandra Norum)
Leveraging AI for the Inclusive Classroom (created by Sandra Norum)
Accessibility & AI (Victoria Woelders for ARC-BC)
Ableism In The Classroom – What Can We Do? (created by Sandra Norum)
Demand Avoidance in School – What Is It? What Can We Do? (created by Sandra Norum)
Brief Overview of MS Office Acessibility Tools – An Educators Guide (created by Sandra Norum)
BC CAISE Resources: School Site Accessibility Assessment Tool (links to video and documents):

- School Site Accessibility Assessment Tool User Guide (document)
- School Site Accessibility Assessment Tool (document)
Rick Hansen Foundation: Professional Development for Educators
Supporting the Inclusion of Students with Complex Needs

This new course is a wonderful, accessible, online resource to help schools in their program planning – from understanding how to read medical and other assessments to specific supports to adapting and modifying curriculum to goals and objectives for CB IEPs.

Developed by Inclusion Outreach and offered online by Open School BC, free of charge.

Course link: https://openschool.bc.ca/inclusionoutreach/index.html
Universal Design For Learning :
- CAST – Universal Design for Learning Framework
Videos recommended by Angela Magon, District VP, Siwal Si’wes Indigenous Education
See regularly updated additional MPSD Pro-d offerings here: Pro-d page
Link to Provincial Outreach Online Learning Opportunities in Padlet