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EDST 498V: Instructional Strategies For All Learners: Universal Supports For Diverse Learners
July 2 – July 19 (Tuesday to friday) | 1:00 P.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Format: In-Person
Content will focus on best practice for all learners with an emphasis on those designated with the BC Ministry of Education in high and low incidence categories, such as: Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Behavioral Needs or Mental Health (Social-Emotional), Physical Disabilities or Chronic Health Impairments, Physically Dependent, Autism Spectrum Disorder & Gifted. Students will gain strategies, skills, and insights to provide an educational environment that is inclusive for all learners found in today’s classrooms.
- Describe best practices in supporting learners who have a BC Ministry of Education Designation.
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of strategies, adaptations and accommodations for learners with unique needs.
- Design effective individualized programs for students who have a BC Ministry of Education Designation (Individual Education Plans).
- Understand the variety of diagnoses that children may receive and how those diagnoses may impact a learner’s strengths and stretches.
- Make connections with diverse learner’s abilities and the Core Competencies.
- Focus on the development of positive attitudes regarding learners with diversabilities.
Cori Christensen, B.A., B.Ed., M.Sp.Ed.
Cori is currently an Inclusive Education Consultant with School District #23 (Central Okanagan Public Schools). Since 1988 she has worked in the field of Inclusive Education with children ages 3 to 19 years of age. During her career Cori has had many different roles: Community Support Worker, Certified Education Assistant (CEA), Classroom Teacher, Resource Teacher, and an Inclusive Education Consultant. Cori is the District Partner and a member of the Steering Committee for the Provincial Outreach Program for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (POPFASD). She is also a Certified Trainer in Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (CPI), the Coordinator for the SD23 Powder Hounds Friday Adaptive Ski Program and the District Partner for Inclusion Outreach. Cori has had the pleasure of teaching at UBCO since 2018 and before that she taught the CEA Course at Okanagan College. Within the community Cori has been involved with Young Life Okanagan Capernaum, Special Olympics, and CRIS Adaptive Adventures. As of 2023, Cori has been a creator and a Consultant for The Options Program which is run through the Family Connections Centre.
How to register
To register for courses, please visit the Student Service Centre (SSC).
Register for Term two (July/August) courses via the Student Service Centre (SSC).
If you are looking to transfer a course into UBC Vancouver, or another institution, please confirm transfer credit will be approved prior to registering for a UBC Okanagan course.
*It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the course is accepted towards the completion of a program.
Register for Term two (July/August) courses via the Student Service Centre (SSC). You must have current Summer registration eligibility. If not, please email sie.education@ubc.ca.
If you are looking to transfer a course into UBC Vancouver, or another institution, please confirm approval of transfer credit prior to registration.
*It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the course is accepted towards the completion of a program.
To register for a course, you will first need to submit an online application via Education Planner BC portal.
- Sign up for your EducationPlannerBC Account and follow the instructions to complete your applicant profile.
- Select University of British Columbia as the institution you want to apply to
- Select the upcoming Winter Session: September – December
- Select “Access Studies”
- Under “Access Studies” section, indicate that your program of interest is the Okanagan School of Education’s Summer Institute in Education Summer Session May – August.
- Once all necessary fields are filled in, click the “Save” button at the bottom of the page.
- You will be prompted to review your EPBC application and pay an application fee.
Once you have paid the application fee, email nondegree.ok@ubc.ca if you want UBC to process it quicker. If not, it will take three to five business days for UBC to admit you.
Please contact sie.education@ubc.ca with your UBC student number and courses of interest.