Instructor: Dr. Lee Ann Jung
Lee Ann is the founder of Lead Inclusion, a researcher, author, consultant, and a Professor of Practice at San Diego State University. Over the past 25 years, she has partnered with public, independent, and international schools in more than 45 countries, supporting leaders and educators to redesign service delivery models, strengthen MTSS implementation, and align practice with contemporary research. Lee Ann has authored ten books and numerous peer-reviewed publications focused on inclusive education, assessment and grading, Universal Design for Learning, and multi-tiered systems of support. She serves on the Advisory Committee for Exceptional Youth for the U.S. State Department's Office of Oversees Schools. Lee Ann has received competitive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for autism research and from the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) for teacher preparation. She has chaired the Classroom Assessment Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and is Section Editor for Special Education in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Education. Lee Ann particularly enjoys the messy, meaningful work in the space between research and practice—helping schools move beyond fragmented special education initiatives toward coherent, sustainable systems that serve all learners.