Skip Stahl

  Co-Director, Universal Learning Center
  E-mail: sstahl@cast.org
  Telephone: 781-245-2212 ext. 249

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William (Skip) Stahl is the Director of CAST’s Universal Learning Center and one of the founders of CAST. For ten years, Mr. Stahl directed CAST’s professional development program. He has extensive experience providing professional development on technology applications in education, including the establishment of statewide initiatives in Maine, Kentucky, Texas, Louisiana and Ohio. In addition, Mr. Stahl has consulted with software and curriculum publishers in product design and accessible learning materials. He is the featured presenter in the video Skip Stahl on Technology and Students with Special Needs, one of the five-part award-winning series, "Technology in Today's Classrooms" produced by Canter & Associates. Mr. Stahl presently chairs the National File Format Technical Panel, an initiative of the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs and the National Center for Accessing the General Curriculum, led by CAST. He contributes a regular column to Counterpoint, a quarterly publication of the National Association of Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), and is an advisory board member on a number of K-12 and postsecondary projects focused on Universal Design for Learning. Nationally recognized for his training efforts using the CAST-developed Universal Design for Learning model, Mr. Stahl has helped numerous school districts and state education agencies develop proactive strategies for meeting the needs of all learners using technology. He received a B.A. in English Literature from Bard College and an M.S from Bank Street College of Education.