Education · Leadership into practice
Connect leadership, teaching, technology, and support so students and families can participate from the start.
For school and college leaders, educators, instructional designers, library teams, IT, procurement, and disability services.
Build your education action planTwo settings. Shared responsibility.
Choose a setting for a relevant example and planning prompts. The toolkit supports both.
A family finds enrollment information, uses the family portal, receives classroom materials, and joins a school meeting.
Bring together: District sponsor, school leaders, curriculum and teaching teams, IT, procurement, special education/504 partners, communications, students and families.
Choose one grade-level course or family task. Include students and caregivers in defining a usable outcome.
A student applies, registers, opens course readings in the LMS, completes an assessment, and requests support.
Bring together: Academic sponsor, faculty, instructional designers, IT, procurement, library, disability services, student services, and students.
Choose one course or student service. Include students in defining a usable outcome and the handoffs between departments.
Six decisions that shape access
Choose one recurring practice
your team can improve and sustain.
Who can resolve a barrier across teams?
A sponsor, clear decision rights, and an escalation route.
Can learners participate from the start?
A course preparation handoff with time to repair barriers.
What evidence supports the selection?
Product-specific evidence attached to purchase and renewal decisions.
Can people complete the whole journey?
Owned handoffs from discovery through learning and support.
What makes the expected practice achievable?
Protected time, usable templates, and role-specific help.
What will leaders do with the evidence?
A short review that leads to funded, owned improvements.
Make access a shared purpose. Give decisions an owner. Support everyday practice. Learn from participation.
Read. Discuss. Apply.
Seven education tools, plus the sector brief, ACLT foundation, and Guardians of Inclusion. Read online or download a readable HTML copy. Institute materials are working drafts.
10 resources
Create a working agreement across teaching, technology, student support, and leadership.
Governance · Institute working draft
Read resource: Agree shared accessibility ownership in educationReview materials, media, activities, and assessments before a course or module opens.
Learning systems · Institute working draft
Read resource: Prepare a course learners can accessConnect vendor evidence to learner tasks, educator workflows, acceptance, and renewal.
Procurement · Institute working draft
Read resource: Review accessibility before adopting learning technologyFind barriers between enrollment, course participation, assessment, and support.
Learning systems · Institute working draft
Read resource: Map a student or family access journeyBuild preparation time, useful templates, practice, and specialist help into everyday work.
Planning · Institute working draft
Read resource: Make accessible practice achievable for educatorsConnect technical findings, learner experience, and working practices to decisions.
Measurement · Institute working draft
Read resource: Bring learning access evidence to leadershipUse official education and DOJ guidance to confirm scope, standards, and timelines.
Standards · Institute working draft
Read resource: Understand education digital accessibility requirementsUnderstand the core idea: accessibility becomes sustainable when it is part of organizational identity and practice.
Coordinate course content, learning platforms, procurement, and campus support.
Learning systems · Institute working draft
Read resource: Education: connect learning and accessIntroduce the Institute initiative and facilitate a conversation about people, barriers, and leadership responsibility.
Empathy · Institute working draft
Read resource: Guardians of Inclusion: empathy in actionTry another term or clear the workstream filter.
Official sources checked November 2, 2026
Public education, federal funding, and institutional commitments can create overlapping obligations. Confirm scope with your institution's responsible accessibility and policy leads.
Do not use student enrollment to select a Title II deadline. DOJ gives specific population methods for school districts and public universities.
Read the education requirements guide · DOJ population and timeline guidance · Education Department digital accessibility guidance
One journey. One practice. A next step.
Tie one improvement to your school or academic calendar. Download a copy to bring to the team.
Keep the conversation moving
Use the culture review with your team, or talk with Dr. Deb about accessibility culture, research, and collaboration.
