Mary Evans has been an instructor at Radford for the past four years and teaches courses
at the undergraduate and graduate level. Course topics include Introduction to Students
who Access Adapted Curriculum; Characteristics of Learners with Disabilities who Access
the General Education Curriculum; IEP, Assessment and Program Planning for Adapted
Curriculum; Characteristics of Students with Severe Disabilities; and Collaborative
Consultation and Communication Skills for Special Education. She also supervises students
in the field during their graduate internships in special education. Evans has a
special interest in inclusive education with a focus on best practices and instructional
programming for students who access adapted curriculum. She has presented about best
inclusive practices locally, nationally and internationally.
Previously, Evans taught for 27 years in Montgomery County Public Schools as a special
education teacher, two years as a coordinator of special education (positive behavior
supports and adapted curriculum), and two years as an adapted curriculum coach, supporting
special education teachers in the county with programming and best inclusive practices
for students accessing adapted curriculum. Ms. Evans also taught classes as an adjunct
instructor in special education at Radford University for eight years.