Catholic Ed 4 All

This week, I interview Dr. Michelle Lia, Assistant Director of Professional Development for the Andrew M. Greely Center for Catholic Education. Michelle speaks about the services that the Greely Center provides for Catholic schools. We also discuss universal design for learning (UDL), differentiated instruction (DI), and response to intervention (RTI). Michelle provides strong arguments for UDL, DI, RTI, and their place in the Catholic classroom.  For more information on the Andrew M. Greely Center, please click on the link http://www.luc.edu/gcce/index.shtml. To contact Michelle, please email her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter @mliaCCE.

 This week, I interview Mrs. Kelly Noda, owner and managing director of Proactive Life Skills. Kelly is also a social skills teacher as well as a life skills teacher. Kelly will speak about all aspects of behavior in the classroom, as well as the functions, and consequences for behavior. She will also discuss a bit about social emotional learning and her background working with middle school students. For more information about Kelly, please visit the website http://www.proactivelifeskills.org. For more information about the conference, please visit http://www.proactivelifeskills.org/program.html.

This week, I interview Dr. Beth Foraker, founder of the National Catholic Board on Full Inclusion, professor at UC Davis and inclusion advocate. Beth will share the story of her family especially her son Patrick and what led her to start the National Catholic Board on Full Inclusion. Beth and I also discuss practical ways to begin an inclusion program in Catholic schools along with the Growth Mindset. For more information on Beth, you can check out her website at http://fullinclusionforcatholicschools.org or follow her on Twitter @inclusionchick

This week, I interview Mrs. Brooke Taylor, Catholic wife, mom, speaker, radio personality, writer and host of Good Things Radio Podcast. Brooke will speak about her family especially her daughter Karolina whom they adopted from Poland when she was very young and has since been diagnosed with autism. Brooke will discuss the graces and struggles of being a Catholic mom with a daughter who has special needs. She will also discuss the role of both the Catholic Church and Catholic schools in the formation of her family. For more information on Brooke Taylor, please click on the following link: http://brooketaylor.us

This week, I interview Mrs. Eileen Murtha, Special Education Director for the Archdiocese of New York. Eileen will speak about her background with working with students with special needs and their families. She will also discuss the wonderful programs available to families of students with special needs in the Archdiocese of New York. or more information on Eileen or the Archdiocese of New Your Catholic Schools, please click on the following link: https://buildboldfutures.org/elementary/special-education/

For the first episode, I interview Dr. Pamela Bernards, NCEA Director of Professional Development. Pam shares her background as a longtime teacher and administrator as well as how she came to work with NCEA. Additionally, she discusses the role NCEA plays in the development of special education in Catholic schools.