Blasting Away Classroom Barriers through Antiracism & UDL

This podcast episode was sponsored by Heggerty Phonemic Awareness.

andratesha.jpeg

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 -

Train the Teachers Well

This podcast episode was sponsored by Heggerty Phonemic Awareness.

What’s inside: In this episode, we chat with Alana Mangham, M.S., the Literacy and Learning Specialist for the Center for Development and Learning. She is also a member of Louisiana’s Early Literacy Commission and the Reading League Louisiana chapter’s vice president. She talks with us about her experience in Rapides Parish as the K-5 English Language Arts Curriculum Specialist and the lessons learned from their district literacy success.

Alana’s work with Rapides Parish and the success with the K-3 literacy plan gained national attention and documented, on the EAB report, “ Narrowing the Third Grade Reading Gap”. In this podcast, she shares her passion for early childhood literacy, evidence-based reading practices, and building literacy progress through facts, reading science, and classroom implementation.

Links: See links mentioned in this podcast listed below -

Turning It Around: New Madrid, MO Administrators Share Their Recipe for Literacy Success

This podcast episode was sponsored by Heggerty Phonemic Awareness.

angie hanlin.jpeg

What’s inside: In this episode, we talk with two school administrators from New Madrid, MO, Principal Angie Hanlin and Superintendent Sam Duncan about the work they’ve done to raise literacy rates in their district and how other school districts can use their recipe for success to turn their district literacy rates around as well.

Links: See links mentioned in this podcast listed below -

Getting Reading Right in LA County

This podcast episode was sponsored by Heggerty Phonemic Awareness.

Zoroya pic.jpg

What’s inside: In this episode, Leslie Zoroya, Reading and Language Arts Coordinator at the Los Angeles County Office of Education, joins us to talk about her work in the field of literacy. Leslie shares her experience working as a middle school reading interventionist and coordinator at juvenile justice schools. Her work now at LACOE focuses on supporting Los Angeles teachers to build an understanding of the Science of Reading, diverse learners, Structured Literacy, and anti-racist instructional practices to help improve student reading proficiency and build educational equity in their county.

Leslie is passionate about the ways in which literacy intersects with social justice and racial equity. She is part of a team at LACOE that lead the charge to create a white paper on Supporting the African American Learner which has just been published. And is also a collaborator on the “Getting Reading Right” project that hosts an incredible amount of resources to support teacher delivery of Structured, systematic reading instruction.

Links: See links mentioned in this podcast listed below -

Going Beyond Civil Rights Heroes & Holidays with Culturally Responsive Teaching

This podcast episode was sponsored by Heggerty Phonemic Awareness.

Lauryn Mascareñaz.png

What’s inside: In this episode, we chat with Dr. Lauryn Mascareñaz about her work at Wake County Public Schools supporting teachers to implement Culturally Responsive instruction in their practice.

Dr. Lauryn Mascareñaz shares how teachers can promote equity in their classrooms by centering and celebrating students’ culture and home languages. Lauryn has since founded RISE DEI, an innovative and intentional consulting group that helps organizations define and achieve their DEI goals.

Links: See links mentioned in this podcast listed below -

Ep. 11- How Teaching with an Anti-Racist Lens Can Improve Student Outcomes

This podcast episode was sponsored by TypeDojo.com.

Lacey Robinson.png

What’s inside: In this episode, we talk with Lacey Robinson, CEO of UboundEd, a passionate former teacher, school leader, and widely sought after as a keynote speaker. Her life’s work aims to eradicate a student provision gap still predictable by race. 

Ms. Robinson shares her experiences with systemic racism as a student and educator and how educators can build the awareness necessary to change the policies, practices and procedures that keep racism in place.

Links: See links mentioned in this podcast listed below -

Video: See video below featured an unedited version of our podcast with Ms. Robinson.