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developing PARTNERSHIPS ● building CAPACITY ● supporting STUDENTS ● implementing TECHNOLOGY 1

developing PARTNERSHIPS ● building CAPACITY ● supporting STUDENTS ● implementing TECHNOLOGY

SET►BC Tier 1 Services

Introduction to UDLPart I

School District #85 Vancouver Island North

Date: January 12, 2017

3:30pm-4:30pm

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About the Facilitator…

Danielle Verge

SETBC Tier 1 Teacher

• Email: [email protected]

• SET►BC Website:

• http://www.setbc.org


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AfterShare – Resource Sharing

• AfterShare Space (Blog):

http://learningnetwork.setbc.org

• For today’s session: http://learningnetwork.setbc.org/udlresource


Essential Questions for Part I

• What is UDL?• Why should we use it?• What is the UDL Framework?



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Universal Design: Origins in Social Justice


Access and Choice


Universal Design in Education

The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.

The design of curriculum, educational materials and learning environments to be usable by all students, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.

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Universal Design for Learning

• Set of principles developed by CAST• Centre for Applied Special Technology (www.cast.org)

• “Provides a blueprint for creating flexible goals, methods, materials, and assessments that accommodate learner differences.” – CAST


• Designed to help teachers develop curricula that is accessible to all students regardless of ability



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UDL – WHAT?

• UDL is a framework• Helps teachers consider individual student learning needs in

a way that allows them to plan one lesson, one curriculum that every student can access at his or her own level.

• Teachers plan from the start for a diverse range of abilities and learning styles.


WHAT?


UDL Framework

Barriers


• Teaching one thing, one way and expecting all students to demonstrate their learning in the same way.

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UDL – WHY?

• UDL supports current brain research on how we learn

• Helps students develop into successful and independent learners

• Helps all students achieve the specified learning outcomes


WHY?


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Who are your pins?

• Tools for getting to know your students: • Student profile• Class profile


The Myth of Average

Stop video at 6:00


What are some tools?

• Tools for getting to know your students: • Student profile• Class profile

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How to Develop a Class Profile


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Compiling Information

• Class Profile• Interests• Strengths• Decisions• Goals

• Student Profile

Collecting Information

Everyone• Assessments• Observations• Student self report• Previous teachersMore information• File review• Parent questionnaires

Class Profiles

• Interests – What do they like?

• Strengths – What are they good at?

• Stretches – What areas could they develop?

• Goals – What will they focus on?

• Decisions – What will help them meet their goals?


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CLASS PROFILE

Interests: socializing, sports, performing arts (dance and drama), MSN, reading

Classroom Strengths• Alternative• Good listeners• Ask for help• Like real-life examples/applications• Visual, hands-on learners• Good with text features• Positive towards each other

Classroom Stretches• Generating their own strategies• Determining importance• Discussion• Self-monitoring• Accessing prior knowledge

Individual Concerns

Goals• Making connections• Determining importance• Applying their learning across the curriculum• Help students develop planning and self-monitoring strategies• Be able to write a persuasive piece using research skills

Decisions• Before, during, after lesson structure• Targeted, extended strategy instruction• Multimodal representation opportunities (differentiation)• Planning activities, metacognitive steps in lessons

Medical• Nate (ADHD) – difficulty

with staying focused

Language• Peter – ESL 2• Cory, Doug & Ellie ESL 3 • 6 other students ESL 4 and 5

Learning• Allen, Marley, Derek – frontload, key

ideas, adapt outcomes, reduce workload• Nate: Alphasmart

Socio-Emotional• Nate: tunes out, seeks

attention, few friends

Other• Lonnie (gifted)• Marley (gifted)

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Source: Curriculum for All – Shelley Moore

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Collecting Student Profiles

• Google Forms (Sample) • Teacher View – http://bit.do/udlsamplesurvey• Student View – http://bit.do/sd48studentprofile


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Compiling Student Profiles:Most Preferred Learning Styles


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If this were your class:• What are some interests?• What strengths do you notice?• What stretches do you notice?• What are some goals you would set?• How will you meet these goals?


Getting to know you:

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Student Profiles

• Interests – What does he/she like?

• Strengths – What is he/she good at?

• Stretches – What areas could he/she develop?

• Goals – What will he/she focus on?

• Decisions – What will help him/her meet their goals?


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Student Self ReportsWords that describe me

My favorite books/ stories

Things I like to do when I’m alone

Things I like to do with my friends

Things I like to do with my family

Things I’m very good at or interested in

Things I’d like (or need) you to know about me

My hopes and dreams for myself

The easiest way for me to show what I know is:

Things I would like to get better at in this class are:

Name:Who Am I? Profile

Schnellert & Brownlie, 2011

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Providing CHOICE


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Discussion

What have you done to get to know your students individually?

What have you done to get to know your class as a whole?

Completing your class profile



• www.udlresource.ca

• https://www.setbc.org/course/curriculum-for-all/

UDL Resources:

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For next week:

• Please come with a unit or project idea that you will be working on in the upcoming weeks (brief beginning stages is great).

• There is no need to look up the curriculum expectations as we will do this next week.

• We will continue with goals and guidelines.

Documents

SD85 UDL 1...Socio-Emotional • Nate: tunes out, seeks attention, few friends Other • Lonnie (gifted) • Marley (gifted) 24 Source: Curriculum for All – Shelley Moore 10/01/2017