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NCAC: Research & Solutions: Consensus Building

Consensus Building

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The NCAC Consensus Director and Project Coordinator for School Improvement at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) help the National Center Director connect with major education associations and organizations in order to increase awareness of Universal Design for Learning and the objectives of the National Center.

Features

• From CEC: General Education and Special Education Associations: A Comparison of Priority Issues and Key Terminology
  This two-part project examined (a) the priorities of key special and general education associations and (b) the extent to which these priorities were mentioned in journal articles published by the associations. This project was conducted by CEC, as part of its role with NCAC, in an effort to develop consensus and disseminate information regarding curriculum access for students with disabilities to general education associations.

• From CEC: Consensus Tour.
  Developed to provide an overview of some of the activities of NCAC.

• Gaining Consensus: Electronic Books & Reading in the Future
  Working with e-text creatively and effectively can improve teaching and learning. Educators are taking a close look at the increasing popularity of electronic text. E-Text features may hold special promise for helping students improve their educational results because they can be used to support, scaffold, or accelerate learning.

• Leap For Literacy: Celebrate International Literacy Day 2001 with NCAC.
  UNESCO first celebrated International Literacy Day in 1967 to draw attention to issues and needs of children and adults around the globe. Today, this is a worldwide event for individuals, organizations, and countries to show their commitment to providing education for everyone. On September 8th celebrate the 31st annual International Literacy Day with NCAC by exploring new literacy tools, new media, and electronic learning networks in Leap for Literacy

• Party for Poetry! Beginning in April 2001, NCAC helps teachers celebrate National Poetry Month (NPM) and Young People's Poetry Week (April 16-22), with ideas that can improve schooling using universally designed instruction.

• A Brief Adventure Exploring E-Text and Universally Designed Instruction: NCAC helped teachers to jump on board the fourth annual "Read Across America" event on March 2, 2001. On this day, the National Education Association (NEA) called for children and teenagers in every school and community to join with adults to celebrate reading: Oh, the Places You'll Go- with E-text! Check out the ideas and resources to use in classrooms.

• Council for Exceptional: New Brain Research and Next Stage Technologies Draw Fifteen Education Associations to a Universal Design Workshop . Teaching Exceptional Children, Vol. 33, No. 3, Jan/Feb 2001.

Working Together to Improve Schools

CEC is working with an expanding group of diverse organizations that are interested in school improvement.

These organizations include:

• American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
• National Education Association (NEA)
• National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
• National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
• International Reading Association (IRA)
• National Council of Teacher of Mathematics (NCTM)
• National Science Teachers Association
• National Association of Biology Teachers
• National Business Education Association
• Kennedy Center Education Department
• National Association for Sport and Physical Education
• National Dance Education Association
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
• American Library Association
• National Middle School Association