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Administrators’ Institute

Serving All Students Via a Universal Design for Learning Approach

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Today’s Agenda

  • Introductions
  • Equity Frame
  • The Big Picture
  • What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?
  • UDL Guidelines in Action
  • Closing Moves

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Link to Today’s Resources, or type:

http://bit.ly/2ueaVJJ

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Parking Lot

  • If there are questions or comments you have that we don’t get to or don’t know the answer to, please put your name, contact, and question/comment on a post-it so we can follow up.

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Norms

  • Keep EQUITY at the center
  • Be part of the SOLUTION
  • Be PRESENT

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Introductions

Names and 3 Line Ups

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How is UDL tied to our vision of equity?

“A Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approach will better support all students’ access to the curriculum and provide diverse learners a scaffolded opportunity to master content and standards.”

~Transform Learning. Transform Lives. P. 10

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Our Vision

“Teachers and leaders will better understand how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles can remove barriers and improves student learning.”

~Transform Learning. Transform Lives. P. 14

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Open and Closed

  • Throughout the presentation, take notes on important information
  • By the end, write one open-ended and one close-ended question
  • At the end, if we have time, you’ll ask these questions at your table

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The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all children as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects in the same way. - Howard Gardner

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“All children can learn" does not mean "all children are the same." Furthermore, diversity is not merely about external characteristics. If we're really going to take this seriously, that means we start looking at diversity on the inside as well as diversity on the outside. Making this principle both a moral and an intellectual part of the curriculum will require taking different approaches in different schools. That is, it will require a diversity of approaches, diversity of techniques, and diversity of teaching strategies. - Douglas B. Reeves

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“Learning differences are an expression of normal human variation. Learning disabilities are an expression of the variation in the environment.”

-Dr. David Rose

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Reimagining Disability and Inclusive Education

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What are the attitudes you’ve encountered in education?

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Why We Need Universal Design

Why do you think we need universal design?

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Variability Matters

What is “the myth of the average learner” and how does it affect how we deliver instruction?

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Universal Design for Learning

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The Challenge

  • All students have different learning needs, abilities and preferences

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The Need

  • Provide learning opportunities in the general education curriculum that are:
    • Inclusive
    • Effective
    • For all

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Universal Design for Learning

  • A research-based set of principles to guide the design of learning environments that are accessible and effective for all
  • Provide multiple and flexible means of presentation, expression, and engagement
  • Reduces barriers in instruction
  • Provides appropriate accommodations and supports
  • Maintains high achievement expectations
  • Full access is designed from the outset
  • NOT JUST FOR STUDENTS WITH IEPs

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When have you experienced UDL in your life?

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UDL at a Glance Video: CAST

Glance Video: CAST

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Civil Rights Legacy - Universal Design

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  • Old design: Some are denied
  • Universal Design: Access for everyone

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Why UDL?

  • Schools are working to improve academic performance
  • Today’s classrooms include many diverse learners
  • THUS, schools need to find a way to meet the needs of all students

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What Are the UDL Principles?

  • In each area of the curriculum provide varied and flexible options for:
    • Representing information
    • Action and expression
    • Engagement

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Activity

  • In your table group, you will look at: Engagement, Representation, OR Expression
  • Review the UDL Guidelines on the sheet and in the drive
  • Group brainstorm: What does this look like in the classroom? Chart
  • Share out

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Multiple Means of Representation

Examples

    • Read aloud
    • Highlight phrases
    • Listen to audiotape
    • Text-to-speech
    • Built-in talking glossary
    • Built-in language translation

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Multiple Means of Action and Expression

Examples

    • Written response
    • Verbal response
    • Visual art project
    • Dramatic response
    • iMovie (Macintosh)
    • Multimedia: PowerPoint, Hyperstudio

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Multiple Means of Engagement

Examples

    • Keep ongoing personal journals
    • Use archived resources
    • Flexibility in use of tools to access

information

    • Choice in means of expression
    • Flexible grouping strategies

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UDL Applies to the Whole Curriculum

Goals

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Materials

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Methods

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Assessment

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Who Does UDL Benefit?

The Importance of Universal Design for Learning

Thoughts on this statement:

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“While diversity is now the norm of classrooms across the country, the curriculum remains standardized.”

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Any other parts stand out to share?

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Technology in UDL

Video

  • Pair Share/Share Out

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  • How did the teachers use technology?

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  • What are some ways you can see teachers using tech in their classrooms?

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UDL Nonexamples: Analysis #1

Video

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Classroom in Action

  • Which guidelines were missing?

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  • How would you coach the teacher to implement the missing guidelines?

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  • What would need to change for this to become a UDL approach?

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  • Why would changing his teaching or including these elements matter to the students, teacher, school?

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UDL Nonexamples: Analysis #2

Video

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What about this one?

How would you coach this teacher? Practice with a partner.

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Wrap up

  • Pair up and ask each other your closed questions
  • Get into triads and ask each other your open questions
  • Repeat as time allows

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Closing Moves

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  • Feedback
  • Process Observation
  • Please ensure you bring your school data tomorrow as we will use this to create a theory of action

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Questions?

Our contact information:

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