Cultivating Accessibility in the Classroom
CATE TA Workshops
September 4, 2025
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Location
Zoom
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Overview
Many of our default learning and teaching practices can be inaccessible for students with disabilities. Accommodations provide important case-by-case solutions, but cultivating accessibility is an ongoing, proactive process of building equity into our teaching practices more deeply. Many instructors can be unsure about where to start! This introductory workshop equips participants with specific access practices, along with strategies for creating a course environment where disabled students feel welcome and respected.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Explain how ableism can show up in teaching and learning environments.
- Identify inclusive design strategies and access practices to proactively support students with disabilities.
- Practice ways to invite and respond to students’ access needs with care, clarity, and respect.
WORKSHOP FORMAT: This workshop will be online on Zoom.
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR: Margaret Fink, mfink3@uic.edu
WORKSHOP CONTACT: Emily Potratz, epotra2@uic.edu
Inclusivity & Accessibility Information: CATE is committed to making events as accessible as possible. CATE’s in-person events typically involve a combination of presentation and discussion-based activities. We welcome ASL interpreters, note-takers, and accompanying assistants to all CATE events. The TEB is wheelchair accessible with an elevator to the second floor space. The TEB space is equipped with fixed-height tables that are moveable and can be reconfigured. There are single-occupancy, all-gender, accessible bathrooms on the second and basement levels of TEB. If you have any accessibility questions, requests, or to coordinate accommodations, please contact the CATE team at teaching@uic.edu.
Date posted
Aug 9, 2025
Date updated
Sep 2, 2025