Letter to Professional Education Associations

Welcome,

We at the Council for Exceptional Children are excited about the opportunities to work together to further the learning and achievement of all students. As a partner in the National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum (NCAC) we are dedicated to working with national organizations to increase understanding of how technology and other built-in supports can help engage students, maintain high interest, and foster both their love of learning and their knowledge and skills.

We developed this Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Web Tour to provide an overview of some of the activities of NCAC. We want to share these resources with you and then ask how else we can assist in providing you with the up-to-date information you and your members need to advance implementation of strategies for curriculum access and learning.

We invite you to consider our approach to meeting the needs of diverse learners and to provide us with your feedback. Please let us know if we can support your efforts to improve educational opportunities for all learners.

Sincerely,

Christine Mason
Project Director,
National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum

The Tour

What is curriculum access?

Associations can begin now to increase curriculum access

Educators can approach teaching and learning with access in mind

Here are resources and professional development opportunities that aid access

Buy wisely: choose built-in electronic supports that aid learners

Learn why high stakes testing and other policies impede curriculum access

Find other important ideas from CAST directors and staff