How To Make Your Classes, Lessons & Ensembles Accessible for Students with Disabilities

How To Make Your Classes, Lessons & Ensembles Accessible for Students with Disabilities

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Presenter Bio

Rhoda Bernard joined the Conservatory in 2004, and is now the managing director of the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education. Rhoda also oversees the Master of Music in music education (autism concentration) and Graduate Certificate in music education and autism programs. She holds a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in government from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Music with academic honors in jazz voice from New England Conservatory. She received her master’s and doctorate degrees in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Presentation Description

Learn about strategies to make your teaching more accessible for all students. Rhoda Bernard will share evidence-based strategies and frameworks that you can use tomorrow in your classes, lessons, and ensembles.

Post-Session Exercise

Assignment

  • Try one strategy that was discussed today, and take notes on how it worked for you.
  • Think about the students in your class who may have something else going on beyond what you can readily see. Reflect on what might be happening for them and try a new way to see if learning is taking place.

Optional

  • Register to attend the ABLE Assembly Conference (berklee.edu/able)
  • Join our mailing list at college.berklee.edu/biaae

Keywords

accesibility; disability; arts education

Publication Date

2-21-2023

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Berklee Online

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