Designing Teaching Differently
The Essentials of Inclusive Practice
Workshop Suite
How do we meaningfully include all students in our classrooms and schools?
We must design teaching differently.
I’m Aaron, an inclusive education coach and advocate. I’m here to help you:
understand your students and their needs better
create practical strategies you can use right away, with individual students and your whole class
include all your students meaningfully in your classroom
I have 15 years of experience developing and facilitating engaging professional learning experiences for teachers. I was Executive Director of the Nest program at NYU, a fully inclusive public school program for autistic students from kindergarten through 12th grade, now serving 2,000 students across New York City. For several years, I worked with Danish educators and district leaders to adapt the ASD Nest model for the Danish education system. I’ve taught in the New York City Public Schools, at Hunter College and New York University, and I’ve provided hundreds of workshops and on-site support at dozens of schools to help educators working with students with a wide variety of needs.
Check out the topics we’ll explore in this suite of workshops—
Workshop Topics
Remote and in-person options available for each workshop
In-person workshops are held in Brooklyn, NY
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Executive Functioning
Remote • October 22
In-person • October 23Teach strategies for organization and attentional challenges & learn to support students' planning, getting started, and time management
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Universal Design for Learning
Remote • November 19
In-person • November 20Learn how to reach all—yes, all!—students in your inclusive classroom by providing choice and removing barriers to learning
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Visual Supports
Remote • December 17
In-person • December 18Let's get visual! Learn the principles, purposes, and tips for practice using visual supports.
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Social Stories™
Remote • January 21 & February 12
In-person • January 22 & February 13
(Two-day Workshop)Learn one of the most popular strategies for supporting autistic students—from a member of Carol Gray's Team Social Stories!
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Active & Interactive Learning
Remote • March 11
In-person • March 12Explore purposeful movement activities and structures for discussion to keep students engaged in meaningful learning.
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Knowledge Structure Diagrams
Remote • April 8
In-person • April 9Discover simple diagrams teachers can sketch while delivering instruction—to make important concepts clearer and more connected for students.
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dynamICONs
Remote • May 6
In-person • May 7Give better directions with dynamICONs, a set of easy-to-use consistent visual supports to help teachers make communication more clear and concrete.
What happens?
Get a feel for what the day looks like:
Check out this case study from last year’s Visual Supports Workshop
Download a one-pager about this workshop series
Share with your principal or colleagues!
Workshop Overview
Designing Teaching Differently Workshops are designed to provide teachers with a strengths-based lens and practical take-home strategies to make their classrooms inclusive and accessible to all students.
Each workshop will explore the essentials of inclusive practice and include:
an exploration of inclusion: discover what it means to create a truly inclusive learning environment
a topic deep dive: whether you have some background knowledge, or the topic is new to you, you will learn a powerful and memorable framework for understanding the topic we explore
tons of practical strategies: explore multiple examples of supports in practice, and leave with strategies and lesson supports you created in your hand (or on your laptop!)
structured collaborative discussion: dig in to the ins-and-outs, applications, and challenges of inclusive practice—engaging in activities you can take back and use with students
In-person workshops offer opportunities for movement, and free lunch and coffee in a comfortable environment
Remote workshops provide novel ways to engage online with more flexible options for participating from around the world!
“The most dynamic, engaging PD I’ve ever attended! ”
Benefits of Participating
In addition to the engaging learning experience, participants of any of the seven workshops receive:
A certificate of completion for PD contact hours
Materials to turn-key core learnings to colleagues
In-person participants also receive:
A beautifully designed Quick Reference Guide to keep on your desk to keep ideas at-hand
A surprise freebie to help your students (or you!) to learn, get organized, and self-regulate
Free lunch and coffee!
👥 In-person Workshop Details
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
A catered lunch is provided
Time
Orchard Workspace
15 MetroTech Center, 7th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
The downtown Brooklyn location is accessible by many trains: 2 / 3 / A / C / F / R / B / Q, and the LIRR.
Parking is also available.
Location
See a Google map for directions
💻 Remote Workshop Details
12:00 – 2:30 pm
Time
Zoom
Format
Not your average Zoom workshop!
Instead of a talking head narrating slides… we’ll be engaging in novel and collaborative ways to make the most of our time together!
Differentiation, UDL, or both?
Participants collaborate to move sticky notes around on a shared online whiteboard in real time
Who should register?
Workshops are open to any K–12 teacher and school.
Select the topics that would be most helpful to your staff’s professional learning
Send multiple staff to one workshop to develop your building capacity
Be sure to get your tickets soon!
In-person workshops are limited to only 20 attendees to ensure that participants have the materials, attention, and opportunities to interact that allow them to make this a valuable learning experience.
“Aaron meticulously crafted an environment that was not only conducive to learning but also infused with warmth and encouragement.”
Register Now!
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Or contact Aaron if you want to discuss package discounts
