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UDL and Teacher Evaluation. Dr. Katie Novak. UDL Planning:. You want your learners to explore the Dolomitis . In this session, you will design a lesson about the region that can be assessed through the four lenses of the Danielson Framework focused on your grade/subject matter.
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UDL and Teacher Evaluation Dr. Katie Novak
UDL Planning: You want your learners to explore the Dolomitis. In this session, you will design a lesson about the region that can be assessed through the four lenses of the Danielson Framework focused on your grade/subject matter. Hotel ADLER DOLOMITI in Val Gardena
How Can You Make the Dolomites Meaningful? • Activate Background Knowledge • Highlight Big Ideas • Guide visualization • Illustrate through multiple media
UDL and Teacher EvaluationDomain 1: Planning and Preparation
Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development Activator: Think about a team, group, or clique you were a part of in elementary school/high school. What were some of the defining qualities of this group? What “look” did you need to have? What unique values did the group have? How did you learn about these “rules?”
Social Constructivism & Engagement The engagement guidelines are built upon the social constructivist approach to learning. Learning takes place in and through activity with other people. Knowledge is only meaningful and useful if it can be used as a tool for further activity. Learning is active and constructive and must be in the “zone of proximal development.”
Students are engaged in the zone Lower limit: what student can achieve independently with ease = boredom. Upper limit: what a student cannot achieve = anxiety. UDL Curriculum should fall somewhere in the middle. Provide scaffolding so students can achieve a level that will challenge them.
UDL and Teacher EvaluationDomain 4: Professional Responsibilities
The Long & Short Present information and content in different ways Stimulate interest and motivation for learning Differentiate the ways that students can express what they know Be Flexible! and Reflect