Budig Lectures in the School of Education and Human Sciences

Inclusion through Innovation: Teacher Preparation for Classrooms of Today and Tomorrow

Preparing current and future educators to meet the needs of ALL learners is complex. The pandemic has led to further challenges and yet, it has also required teacher preparation efforts to think outside the box. This interactive presentation will consider ways innovations have and continue to alter what teacher education can and should be doing to further support the development of professionals that can meet the needs of a variety of learners and in so doing, further foster inclusion for all students in today’s inclusionary classrooms. Together, we will explore the impact innovations are and continue to have on teacher preparation for classrooms of today and tomorrow.

2021-2022 Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education

by Dr. Sean Smith

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The History of the Awards

All three of the Budig professorship awards recognize outstanding faculty teaching and the recipients of the awards are asked to deliver a formal lecture. View the online event calendar for upcoming lecture dates.

Budig Teaching Professorship in Education: Awarded annually

Established in 1994 through a combination of gifts to the KU Endowment Association from Gene A. Budig as well as previous endowment gifts made in his honor;