udl academy lesson building break out session cohort 1 february 5, 2013 rachel currie-rubin allison...
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UDL AcademyLesson Building
Break out sessionCohort 1
February 5, 2013
Rachel Currie-Rubin Allison Posey
Goal of this break out session
• Develop strategies for how to implement UDL in lesson design towards your district goal during this pilot phase
Clarifications!
• Implementing UDL is not content or level specific
• We are building a UDL cadre: ask questions and question answers!
• Basic philosophy: meet needs of all learners in your classroom
• There is no official ‘UDL’ lesson: UDL is a framework for thinking about lessons!
Revisit your district goal:
What is your district goal in this pilot phase? This will help guide your lesson.
In our example, our district goal is to:• Change educator practice in order to support student writing
proficiency – measured with state writing test, weekly writing samples, posting
bulletin board of work
• Align to Common Core
Take a moment think about your classroom:
Know what you’ve got: worksheet• help you lesson design and consider resources
you already have
HOW TO… Lesson design with UDL, towards my district goals:
Example Context: • you are a high school Math/lower school
teacher Gym teacher/middle school English … how can you contribute to this district goal given the other demands you have for your math class?
Choose a lesson for this pilot
Examples:• 7th Math teacher, I will do a lesson on multiplying
fractions that I already have
• 3rd grade teacher, I will teach a lesson on butterfly metamorphosis and I’ll remix a lesson from UDL Exchange
• 11th grade English, I will teach a lesson on the book Hamlet and I’ll use the lesson I co-teach
How UDL works
• Know the goal (yours and the district’s)• Know what will you measure– Before/after
• Consider UDL Guidelines before, during, and after lessons
For the Academy sessions
• By the end of the 8 weeks, you should have tried something out! – pre/post data that your team can think about to
help think about the district goal
• We will be happy to come in to tape your UDL lesson, or bring in a video!
• A ‘UDL’ lesson was designed thinking about UDL– it may not look different!
What other educators say:• UDL takes longer, but my students like my lessons more
• UDL makes it so more students are successful and I don’t have to reteach skills
• Start small: one UDL lesson this month…
• Share ideas with students: let them become active in instructional decisions to invest in what they need to do to be better learners!
• Can’t tell who the special ed students are in her class
• UDL, coteaching, and tiered instruction beneficial in reducing the proficiency gap for all groups by one half!
In summary, lesson design with UDL:
• http://animoto.com/play/YLHE7PcWzzJSFlD07AyvJw#