The Inclusive Schools Network (ISN) supports inclusive teaching/learning in Quebec's English School Boards.

Its key premise is that all learners are members of the school community, and profit from challenge/enrichment.

Emphasis is placed on continuum- based (developmental) approaches, those that promote high instructional standards for all learners.

Please note that ISN resources are not mandated/created by the MELS. Rather, these complementary tools are designed and released by ISN's Coordinator (Lynn Senecal, Ph.D.) as a service to Quebec teachers.

MELS (DPP-SCA) supports access to these non-profit resources; however, their use is not required.

All open-access templates may be downloaded for non-profit classroom use.  They may not be modified, re- posted, or used commercially. (Rule of thumb: Lynn earns nothing; nor should you!)

To ensure understanding/rich use of more complex tools, access to some areas of the website is restricted to Quebec teachers with ISN training.  A list of local trainers is available here.

Shapes of Mind is the website of The Inclusive Schools Network (ISN), one of five Centers of Excellence of the Inclusive Education Service (IES).  The Centers are mandated/funded by the Quebec Ministry of Education, and managed by the English School Boards via the IES Management Committee.

ISN helps Quebec's English School Boards to develop effective service frameworks for inclusive schools, offering

• information,
• professional development, and
• classroom resources.

Emphasis is placed on developmental approaches, those that promote high teaching/learning standards for all.  A key ISN premise is that all learners are members of the intellectual community, and benefit from challenge/enrichment.

ISN is coordinated by Lynn Senecal, Ph.D., Educational Psychologist.  Lynn has a particular background in (and love of) reading and writing.  Her specialties are literacy and language development—both typical and atypical.  She is an avid reader of children's and YA literature, and believes strongly in the power of the sciences to engage and inform young readers/writers. Through her recent work with math teachers and consultants, she has developed an unexpected fondness for mathematics. Live and learn; could physics be next?