Preparing for Your UDL Trip

1. Preparing for Your UDL Trip

2. Who’s in the room? Classroom Teachers Principals Central Office Staff Special Educators DESE and DSAC staff CAST 2012

3. Quadrant Partners - one name in each quadrant 1 2 3 4 CAST 2012

4. UDL Academy 1 Overview The goal of the UDL Academy is to establish a team of school and district leaders who will shape the learning environment so that it addresses the variability of ALL learners, including students with disabilities, English language learners, and students. CAST 2012

5. UDL Academy 1 Overview Provide follow-up activities in the application of UDL Support teams of instructional leaders who will collaborate to applying the principles of UDL aligned to the MTSS blueprint.  CAST 2012

6. UDL Academy 1 Overview • District leaders will • Have the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare for an implementation initiative. • Complete a resource map at the district level to identify and leverage resources to support implementation of UDL. • Develop procedures to measure progress to ensure that the project goals are being achieved. CAST 2012

7. UDL Academy 1 Overview • Principals will • Have the knowledge and skills necessary to apply UDL within school based implementation project. • Complete a resource map at the school level to identify and leverage resources to support implementation of UDL. • Develop procedures to measure progress to ensure that the project goals are being achieved. CAST 2012

8. UDL Academy 1 Overview • Classroom Educators will • Collaborate to develop 3 - 4 lessons to post & share on UDL Exchange, an online digital environment for creating and sharing lessons. The lessons will include goals, assessments, methods, and materials that minimize learning barriers and maximize learning opportunities. • Create classroom structures that are responsive to the variability of all learners. • Share UDL information with other educators. CAST 2012

9. UDL Academy: Making Connections UDL CAST 2012

10. 2 1 Quadrant Partner #2 • Q 2: Becoming familiar with the UDL Academy. • What will participation mean for you? • What do you need to do to make this work? • Why are you doing this? 3 4 CAST 2012

11. Q & A and Highlights CAST 2012

12. Today’s Goal To build understanding of UDL as a framework for designing learning experiences that align with the MTSS. CAST 2012

13. Essential Question How do you plan learning experiences that recognize the given variability of any group? CAST 2012

14. UDL Strategy: As you watch the film, think about implications for your practice. UDL Assumption: Variability is the Rule!

15. Reflection … Think about strategies that you already use to address variability at the classroom, school, and/or district. Share with your team. CAST 2012

16. UD: Planning for Variability Clearing the path for someone with special needs, clear the path for all. CAST 2012

17. Think about … Talk to your elbow partner about how you benefit from something that is designed for someone in the margins. CAST 2012

18. Universal Design for Learning • is framework for designing learning experiences– from the beginning – • that enables all individuals to gain knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for learning. • NOTE: variability as the ‘rule’

19. UDL Beliefs Learners in any classroom represent a range of variability The goal of instruction is to develop “expert learners” Curriculum needs to reflect the variability of all learners Learning occurs in the dynamic interaction of the individual with the environment

20. Think of an “Expert learner”” you know (even one in your class!): • Resourceful, knowledgeable. • Strategic, goal-directed. • Purposeful, motivated. CAST 2012

21. Think of an “Expert learner” you know (someone in your class, school, district) • Resourceful, knowledgeable. • Strategic, goal-directed. • Purposeful, motivated. CAST 2012

22. *BREAK 15 minutes CAST, 2012