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OCTOBER 2005

Bank Street College To Receive Three-Year Federal Grant For Heds-Up Project

Bank Street College of Education has been named the recipient of a 3-year grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education totaling $987,658. The grant, which is 100 percent funded by the U.S. Department of Education, will fund Project HEDS-UP (Higher Education Disability Support & Universal Design Principals), a new education project intended to foster a culture of accommodation and inclusion for graduate students with a variety of learning disabilities.

Through Project HEDS-UP, Bank Street, in partnership with the School of Education at San Jose State University in California, will design and implement a web-based program for enhancing the quality of undergraduate and graduate teacher preparation programs for students with learning disabilities. Based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning, project faculty will develop three multimedia professional development modules to guide their colleagues through a process for designing their courses and classrooms with modifications and accommodations that ensure that all students can learn to their potential.

Project HEDS-UP will be directed by Dr. Olga Romero as part of the larger federal program known as Demonstration Projects to Ensure that Students Receive a Higher Education.

While the target audience for HEDS-UP professional development is teacher education faculty, because of the universality of the design and concepts, the modules will be applicable and usable by faculty and individuals across institutions and disciplines, says Romero.

Bank Street College of Education offers degree programs in Dual Language/Bilingual Childhood Special Education that place a high degree of emphasis on the creation of democratic learning environments that value cultural heritage in dual-language development, as well as the educational, linguistic and emotional needs of dual-language students with learning disabilities. Project HEDS-UP, with the support of generous federal funding, will only help to grow and extend this vital mission.#

For more information on Project HEDS-UP, contact Olga Romero at (212) 875-4468.

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