Friday, December 4, 2026
1: 00 pm – 2:00 pm

Join the Futures Initiative for an interactive webinar exploring practical strategies to center equity and accessibility in your teaching.

Ready to design a classroom where every student can thrive? Join the Futures Initiative for an interactive webinar exploring practical strategies to center equity and accessibility in your teaching. This webinar will be co-facilitated by PhD Candidates and FI Graduate Fellows, Tysean Bucknor and Katie Williams. The session is specifically designed for the CUNY community—including full-time faculty, adjuncts, and graduate teaching fellows across all disciplines.

Instead of treating accessibility as a checklist, we will explore it as a collective, creative practice. We will focus on how to provide multiple modalities for learning and expression, ensuring we validate the diverse ways our students demonstrate knowledge. We will also tackle a crucial teaching dilemma: how to maintain professional and disciplinary standards without leaving students behind. You will leave this session with concrete tools, fresh perspectives, and actionable ideas to refresh your syllabus, materials, and assignments just in time for the Spring semester.

Session Focus

• Multiple modalities for student expression and learning

• Accessibility and equity in classroom materials and assignments

• Balancing disciplinary conventions with inclusive communication

• Practical strategies and audience Q&A