Professional Learning
The Nora Project provides professional learning courses and webinars to support teachers and district and building level administrators in learning and effectively teaching about ableism, and disability history, studies and advocacy. Click or scroll to learn more about our Professional Learning offerings:
Disability 101
About the Webinar:
Disability 101 is a 60 minute live webinar for up to 250 participants that provides the training that school leaders and staff need to build communities where all students feel a strong sense of belonging. Through a live presentation and conversation, attendees learn about disability as diversity and how to be an advocate for inclusion and positive social change in their building and district.
Raising Kids Who Include
About the Webinar:
This 60 minute live webinar for up to 250 participants is for anyone in a child’s “village,” who contributes to their growth and development. Raising Kids Who Include is designed to provide practical, actionable advice and strategies for supporting kids as they develop the beliefs and skills needed to include others.
Meaningful Inclusion
About the Course:
In this 60-minute watch and reflect module Dr. Jen Newton leads a module discussing implicit bias, privilege, and other topics critical to the pursuit of meaningful inclusion in your school and community. Participants will have opportunities to learn and reflect on their own practice. Additional resources on these topics are available.
Presuming Competence in Action
About the Course:
This 30 minute watch and reflect module, the second in a series by Dr. Jen Newton, addresses the concepts of inclusion as belonging, what barriers exist that hold us back from true belonging, presuming competence, and how all of these concepts play into the way the law dictates students be educated in the Least Restrictive Environment.
The Anti-Ableist Classroom
About the Course:
In this 45-minute watch and reflect module Dr. Jen Newton presents on ableism and anti-ableism; discusses how truly inclusive classroom environments can be supportive of all students, and examines common educational structures that are labeled inclusive, but are often not.
Sniffing Out Ableism
About the Course:
In this 50-minute watch and reflect module Jordyn Zimmerman and Sabrina Guerra, two nonspeaking advocates, lead participants in reflection and conversation around examples and nonexamples of ableism — providing suggestions and strategies for creating a more equitable and inclusive culture.