Workshops
EAST provides no-cost professional development workshops to K-12 educators on a range of topics that increase educators' abilities to support students with disabilities. Sample topics include:
- Universal Design;
- Differentiated Instruction;
- Strategies for Improved Access to Science, Technology, and Mathematics;
- seo Accommodations for Ensuring that Students with Disabilities More Actively Participate in Fieldwork Common to the Biological and Earth Sciences;
- Transition of Students to College, Employment, and Community;
- Integrating Learning Technologies that Support all Students;
- Accommodations for Immunology, Genetics, and Biotechnology Labs; and
- Accessible Web Sites.
In addition, EAST will design a workshop that is specifically suited to the needs of your teachers and your district.
For more information, please contact:
Nancy Lightbody
Co-Director and Project Manager, EAST
University of Southern Maine
Lewiston Hall, Building 4
60 Pineland Drive
New Gloucester, ME 04260-5113
Voice (toll-free): (866) 688-4573, ext. 148
TTY: (207) 688-4591
FAX: (207) 688-4036