Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation

🏫 General education teachers are often the first to support students with diverse learning and behavioral needs — including those with disabilities.

Recognizing this, MLFC faculty Erin Rotheram-Fuller and Jesse Fleming have developed a fully online professional learning course: Special Education Practices for General Educators. Grounded in research and practical experience, this course offers strategies that educators and family members can use right away. It’s the first in a series of courses exploring special education topics like autism basics and behavior supports for all classrooms, available on the ASU Professional Educators Learning Hub.

🔗 Learn more about how Rotheram-Fuller and Fleming designed the course, and what participants can learn from it, in this story: https://education.asu.edu/about/news/special-education-strategies-teachers-and-families

🔗 Sign up for the course, and enjoy special summer rates here: https://educatorhub.asu.edu/catalog/special-education-practices-for-general-educators/

June 19, 1865: Freedom. ❤️💛💚

Juneteenth marks the day the last enslaved people in the U.S. were informed of their freedom—over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Today, we celebrate Black history, culture, and resilience while recognizing the ongoing work for equity and justice.

How are you reflecting and celebrating this Juneteenth? Share your thoughts below! ⬇️

Sustainability isn’t just a subject—it’s a mindset that can be woven into any classroom.

The Walton Sustainability Teachers Academy Introductory Course offers a learning opportunity for preK–12 educators who want to bring real-world relevance to their teaching. Open to educators worldwide, this flexible course includes resources, ideas, and access to a growing educator community—all designed to support sustainability learning at any grade level.

What: The Walton Sustainability Teachers Academy Introductory Course
How: Online, and learn at your own pace (2 hours)
Cost: Available at no cost
Earn: A certificate of completion

The Walton Sustainability Teachers Academy Introductory Course is offered by the lifelong learning team at ASU College of Global Futures. Participants can expect to:

• Deepen their understanding of sustainability’s core principles
• Gain insights from educators who have successfully integrated sustainability into their schools
• Design practical, meaningful ways to incorporate sustainability into their classrooms

The course is available on Arizona State University's Professional Educator Learning Hub in collaboration with the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation. Sign up for the course here: https://educatorhub.asu.edu/catalog/walton-sustainability-teachers-academy/

Happy Pride Month, MLF! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
This month, let's honor and amplify LGBTQIA+ voices and stories. Not sure where to begin? Check out ASU’s libraries—both on-site and online—for specially curated LGBTQIA+ book recommendations. Celebrate diversity, share inspiring stories and let every voice shine.

Transform your teaching, and transform their future. Starting June 3, join a vibrant community of educators for the Summer Innovation Studio: Durable Skills — an 8-week online, instructor-guided experience designed to help K-12 educators bring durable skills to life in the classroom.

What are durable skills? Think communication, mindfulness, leadership and character - the essential human capacities students need to thrive in the classroom and in the workforce of the future. You’ll engage in a connected, collaborative learning environment where you will:

• Learn from national experts and practicing educators.
• Design strategies that meet your students where they are.
• Build approaches and prototypes tailored to your school and community.
• Get inspired by what’s working in innovative schools across the country.

Choose one or both courses, available on the ASU Professional Educator Learning Hub.
🔹 Teaching Durable Skills: Communication and Mindfulness
🔹 Teaching Durable Skills: Leadership and Character

👉Bonus: get 20 percent off if you sign up for both classes.

Brought to you through a collaboration between ASU's Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation, recognized as a top ten leader in online graduate education programs (U.S. News & World Report), and America Succeeds, a non-profit dedicated to connecting workforce and education system needs.

Learn more and sign up: https://ow.ly/u4Vq50VPqeQ

May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month! 🌸✨ This is a time to celebrate the incredible impact of AAPI communities in education, leadership, and culture. Join us as we amplify voices, share stories, and honor the legacies that continue to shape our world. 💛

Who is an AAPI leader, teacher, or mentor that has inspired you? Share in the comments! ⬇️

💡 What: An interactive laboratory designed around the theme of Human Creativity to the Power of AI: Reimagining the Potential
📅 When: Monday, April 21, 10 – noon (in person)
🏫Where: ASU Creativity Commons, 501 E. Orange St. Tempe AZ 85281

MLFC's Punya Mishra designed a graduate-level course, with the contributions of Nicole Oster and Lindsey McCaleb to explore how AI tools can expand our thinking, teaching and learning. Through this course, participating students from MLFC and other units throughout Arizona State University have created an interactive laboratory that they are opening up to the public. Featured projects include:

➤ Build-a-Bot: Learn how easy it is to design an AI assistant with intention and purpose.
➤ Student AI Exhibition: See semester-long projects that push creative limits.
➤ Mythbusting AI: Separate fact from fiction about AI capabilities.
➤ Vibe Coding: You don't need to know how to code — you just need to know what you want to build.
➤ Open Play with AI: Experiment directly with cutting-edge tools.
➤ MLFC AI Playground: Engage with state-of-the-art machine learning tools.
➤ Learn about ASU's AI Initiatives: Discover university-wide programs and opportunities.
➤ AI and Principled Innovation: Bringing principled innovation to AI through learning engineering

Learn more about the course and projects here: https://dcicreativity.framer.ai/

💰 Worried about paying for college? We’ve got you covered! Join our free Virtual Transfer Talk: How to Pay for College on April 17 from 5–6 p.m. MST to learn about scholarships, FAFSA, financial coaching, and more.

This session is designed for transfer students and their support systems—so bring your questions! 🎓 Can’t attend? Contact us for personalized guidance. Register now: https://education.asu.edu/about/events/virtual-transfer-talk-how-pay-college-mlfc-edition