Power and Empowerment: Honoring Students in Instructional Design
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Presenter Bio
Andratesha Fritzgerald is the author of Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning: Building Expressways to Success (CAST, 2020), and co-founder of Building Blocks of Brilliance Educational Consulting Firm. She has served in education as a teacher, curriculum specialist, administrator, and director. As an international speaker, presenter, and facilitator, Fritzgerald exhibits an audacious perseverance that calls organizations to evolve into inclusive antiracist safe zones for all learners.
Presentation Description
Equitable and inclusive learning environments are built on the choices of individuals. This session will explore the notions of power and empowerment that are made evident in our decisions, our designs and our outcomes. Participants will: Explore the definitions of honor and power Evaluate power filled choices and examine the implications of power in equitable access to learning. Begin co-creating a community of educators who are conscious of how to use power to honor learners in instruction and assessment.
Pre-Session Materials
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCsEFZnQZ2o
LISTEN: https://www.leadingequitycenter.com/264
READ:https://ascd.org/el/articles/honor-as-power-the-practical-keys-to-antiracist-teaching
Post-Session Exercise
Please reflect upon this activity for our group "debrief" next week:
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Try Building a Universally Designed Assessment
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Now try building one rubric that could be used to evaluate multiple projects or options for demonstrating understanding
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Here are some examples of one goal, multiple paths: https://www.flipsnack.com/59A7ACEEFB5/authentic-assessments_student-handout_novak-education/full-view.htmlLinks to an external site.
Publication Date
2-24-2025
Campus
Berklee Online
Recommended Citation
Fritzgerald, Andratesha and Pedagogy Arts Collective, "Power and Empowerment: Honoring Students in Instructional Design" (2025). Pedagogy Arts Collective. 21.
https://remix.berklee.edu/pac/21