To celebrate EduTalk Radio joining the Be Podcast Network, we're sharing episodes from other network shows. Today is a conversation from Transformative Principal, between host Jethro Jones and guest Bryan Dean. Bryan is CAST's Innovation Specialist. Bryan has been working with hard-to-reach students with emotional impairments, conduct disorder, behavioral difficulties, and low interest for more than 20 years.

The conversation covers:

• Giving UDL away for free
• Building products through grants
• People think UDL is static, but it isn’t.
• Identity is important.
• UDL is human centric, not student centric.
• How UDL invites students to take ownership of their learning experiences.
• Do you feel behind?
• “What if I could have gone through school feeling unencumbered?”
• Expert Learners vs. executive functioning
• Bounded autonomy.
• Assumptions about student learning.
• Joy Zabala - You can’t boil the ocean
• UDL Con is an Experience
• AI, Accessibility,
• UDL Guidelines 3.0
• UDL Con - where the guidelines will be released.
• CAST.org - check out the projects and resources.
• How to be a transformative principal? Ghostwalks - walk with nobody there in your school. What is being said by what is on the walls and in the classroom.

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.

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• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

To celebrate Education Talk Radio's addition to the Be Podcast Network, we're sharing some episodes focused on access and opportunity from our other shows. Today's episode, from The Authority, is one of our popular conversations from the past year, between Katie Novak and host Ross Romano.

Dr. Katie Novak is an internationally-renowned education consultant, a graduate instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, and the best-selling author of 14 books on inclusive practices, with over 250K books sold worldwide. This episode features a discussion about her book, UDL Now! (Third Edition): A Teacher’s Guide to Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today’s Classrooms.

You'll hear about:

• “If UDL is the answer, what is the question?”
• Who should be doing UDL?
• UDL is best practice: “Teachers are working too hard to not have a greater impact on learners.”
• Understanding the similarities and differences between UDL and differentiated instruction (DI) — and why teachers should be doing both
• Collective efficacy. “We can’t prevent all the challenges students will face, but we can help to alleviate them by designing a learning environment that leaves no room for failure.”
• The three core beliefs of UDL: variability, firm goals, and expert learning
• What is the right amount of student voice and choice?

Find UDL Now! from CAST Publishing, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and on Katie’s website: https://www.novakeducation.com/udl-now

About the guest

Katie Novak, Ed.D. is an internationally renowned education consultant, a graduate instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, and the best-selling author of 14 books on inclusive practices, with over 250K books sold worldwide. Katie designs and presents workshops both nationally and internationally focusing on the implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), inclusive practices, and universally designed leadership. Connect on Twitter @KatieNovakUDL and LinkedIn.

About the host

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on LinkedIn or Bluesky.

I also host Sideline Sessions, a podcast for coaches and parents of student-athletes. The show features conversations with coaches and performance experts in the NFL, NBA, NCAA, Olympics, and more. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3Rp0QGt

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

To celebrate Education Talk Radio's addition to the Be Podcast Network, we're sharing some episodes focused on equity and access from our other shows. Today's episode, from The Authority, is a can’t-miss conversation between Principal Baruti Kafele and host Ross Romano.

They discuss:

• The Equity & Social Justice Education 50
• Equity vs. Equality — the strategy vs. the goal and why it matters
• Does my presence positively alter the trajectory of my students?
• How do I ensure that no student is invisible in my classroom?
• Becoming credible to your students
• “I want my readers to be comfortable with being uncomfortable and uncomfortable with being comfortable.”
• The Big 3: Individuality, Identity, and Voice. Why these are non-negotiables in every classroom.
• Social justice education — What is it and how do we make it practical?

Principal Kafele’s recommendations:

• Before the Mayflower — Lerone Bennett, Jr.
• From Slavery to Freedom — John Hope Franklin and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
• The Mis-Education of the Negro — Carter G. Woodson
• Introduction to African Civilizations — John G. Jackson

The Equity & Social Justice Education 50 is available at ascd.org and Amazon. Find it here: https://bit.ly/3YwY2Z5

Subscribe to The Authority to get more deep-dive interviews with education authors. It’s available wherever you get your podcasts. Visit https://bepodcast.network to learn more about the Be Podcast Network for educators.

About our guest

One of the most sought-after school leadership and classroom equity presenters in America, Principal Kafele is impacting America’s schools! He has delivered over 2500 conference and program keynotes, professional development workshops, parenting seminars and student assemblies over his 35 years of public speaking. An expert in the area of “attitude transformation,” Principal Kafele is the leading authority on providing effective classroom and school leadership strategies toward closing what he coined, the "Attitude Gap.” He has authored twelve books, including seven ASCD best-sellers. Follow Principal Kafele online:

• https://principalkafele.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/principalkafele
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/principalkafele/
• Virtual AP Leadership Academy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VirtualAPLeadershipAcademyWithPrincipalKafele
• Virtual AP Leadership Academy on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/virtualapleadershipacademy

About the host

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies. He is a leadership development and performance coach for professionals in a range of industries and consults with organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry to help communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Bluesky and LinkedIn

We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL.

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.