What’s inside: In this episode, Andratesha Fritzgerald, Director of Teaching & Learning at the East Cleveland City School District and founder of  Education Consulting firm Building Blocks of Brilliance, joins us to talk about her life-changing, impactful work in and outside of the classroom as an instructor and fierce advocate of UDL (Universal Design for Learning). 

Andratesha shares her experiences building capacity in her students to affect social change as well as supporting and leading Teachers in implementing Anti-racist practices in instruction. 

In her latest book, Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning: Building Expressways to Success, Andratesha shares how implementing UDL can help teachers uncover the genius within each and every student. Through this book and her work in the field, Andratesha helps teachers create classroom environments that set students up for success by meeting their individual needs.

Links: See links mentioned in this podcast listed below -

• Book: Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning: Building Pathways to Success: http://castpublishing.org/books-media/antiracism-universal-design-learning/

• Andratesha Fritzgerald’s Professional Development Organization: Building Blocks of Brilliance: https://www.buildingblocksofbrilliance.com/ 

• Universal Design for Learning: CAST: https://www.cast.org/

This podcast episode was sponsored by Heggerty Phonemic Awareness.