Please find a description of this workshop below and contact me if you are interested in bringing this learning opportunity to your campus or organization.
Teachers as Learners: An interactive session
Teachers have a diversity of learning needs and preferences, just like the students we teach. Some have disabilities, some are working and teaching in languages other than their first language, and some are balancing teaching and learning with a wide variety of life circumstances and responsibilities. Yet teachers are not often given a space to consider themselves as learners, and reflect on how the way they learn impacts their teaching, research, professional development, and mentoring. This session will give instructors an opportunity to consider questions like “What is my relationship to disability and Neurodiversity as a learner and as a teacher?” and “How can UDL and accessible design support me as a learner and teacher, just as it supports my students?” Participants will also take away concrete strategies for inclusive practices for faculty learning, like professional development sessions, department meetings, and conferences.
Facilitator Bio:
Sarah Silverman (she/her) is a teacher and instructional designer currently teaching Disability Studies at University of Michigan – Dearborn. Her teaching and research interests include UDL and accessibility, feminist and disability-informed teaching methods, and anti-surveillance pedagogy. She has studied at McGill University, UC Davis, and City University of New York, and currently resides in New Haven, CT.
Sarah E. Silverman 