Tara Trainor is a rockstar teacher leader who was selected for the original CAST cohort for educators in 2007 and has been a leader and trainer in UDL ever since. With twenty years of experience in both elementary and secondary education, Tara is one of the most creative, innovative educators today. Tara has the unique perspective of practicing UDL as a special educator, a reading interventionist and a classroom teacher, and is currently a Director of Curriculum in a district in Massachusetts. Tara has collaborated and worked in conjunction with Katie Novak to design graduate courses and professional development since 2007. She has provided support in math and literacy to hundreds of schools and districts. Tara is a graduate course instructor on UDL101 and Literacy Leadership and Collaboration graduate courses.
Additionally, with a strong proven track record of raising student achievement, Trainor’s experience as a reading specialist, classroom teacher, literacy curriculum coordinator, and Director of Curriculum have provided her with extensive experience in supporting teams of teachers in analyzing data to plan and develop educational program recommendations and implementation of UDL strategies in tiered systems of support. Trainor excels at supporting teams to track and analyze data on teacher and student performance to uncover trends and act strategically and effectively to improve student achievement results. Partnering with her for professional development will increase the engagement and efficacy of all students.
