Teach Access Releases 2024 Impact Report, Celebrates Reaching 930,000 Students, and Unveils Bold New Strategic Plan

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN / ACCESSWIRE / December 12, 2024 /Teach Access, a leading nonprofit dedicated to enhancing digital accessibility education, announced its 2024 Impact Report today. The report highlights the organization 's extraordinary milestone of reaching 930,000 students with accessibility-focused education and training. Alongside this achievement, Teach Access is proud to unveil its new three-year strategic plan, charting a visionary course to advance its mission of preparing the next generation to create a more inclusive digital world.

The 2024 Impact Report showcases how Teach Access continues to influence curriculum design and industry practices by empowering educators, institutions, and tech companies to prioritize accessibility. This remarkable reach reflects the collective efforts of Teach Access partners and supporters who have integrated accessibility concepts into coursework, workshops, and corporate initiatives nationwide.

"Reaching 930,000 students is a testament to the power of collaboration and the dedication of our partners in education and industry," said Kate Sonka, Executive Director. "This milestone underscores the growing recognition that accessibility is not a niche skill-it 's an essential competency for creating equitable and inclusive technology."

In tandem with the Impact Report, Teach Access has outlined an ambitious three-year strategic plan focused on several core pillars, including:

• Program Expansion -To accelerate its mission, Teach Access will expand its scope outside of traditional U.S. higher-education classrooms, including international, US-based K-12 classrooms and training programs such as boot camps, to continue reaching more educators and students.

• Program Evaluation - Teach Access will design and execute a program evaluation plan to support the organization 's ability to define its short and long-term impact toward its vision of a world where all technology is born accessible. Using data-driven insights, Teach Access will make informed decisions about current and future programming and effectively evaluate its impact on students and, ultimately, the workforce for accessible technology.

"With this new strategic plan, we are poised to amplify our impact and lead a transformative movement toward a more inclusive future," said Sonka. "The digital accessibility skills gap is a solvable challenge, and together, we will continue equipping tomorrow 's innovators to rise to the occasion."

Teach Access invites educators, industry professionals, policymakers, and advocates to join this mission and contribute to its vision for a digitally inclusive society.

To learn more, visit teachaccess.org

About Teach Access
Teach Access is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization collaborating with education, industry, government, and disability advocacy organizations to address the critical need to enhance students ' understanding of digital accessibility as they learn to design, develop, and build new technologies with the needs of people with disabilities in mind. Teach Access envisions a fully accessible future in which students enter the workforce with knowledge of the needs of people with disabilities and skills in the principles of accessible design and development, such that technology products and services are born accessible.

SOURCE: Teach Access

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