Orange County Public Schools Orlando, Florida Ronald Blocker Superintendent

Orange County Public Schools Orlando, Florida

Ronald BlockerSuperintendent

Adding Relevance, Rigor and Accessibility

Through Universal Design for Learning

Anna D. Diaz, Associate SuperintendentRuthie Rieder, ESE Director

Tami Folks, OTR/L, ATPKimberly Byrne, CCC-SLP, ATP

If only......

–I could turn the pages,

–By myself

The book could be on my Braille note taker

– That one word could be translated to......

– The font was a little bigger........

– The font was a different color.....

– The book was lighter......

– What would your if only be.......

–I did not have to ask

someone to read it to me.

Universal Design

Provides students with cognitive as well as physical access to the curriculum.

Provides teachers with tools to differentiate learning.

Provides districts with cost and time effective methods for meeting student needs instead of after-the-fact changes to inflexible curriculum materials.

UDL FAQ, CAST.org

All students need some type of reading and writing support

Research Documentation can be found at:

Center for Applied Special Technology (cast)

National Center for Supported eText (NCSeT)

National Center on UDL

UDL Tool Features for Students

Reading Support

Writing Support

Organizational Support

UDL Tool Features for Teachers

Integrates with mainstream applications

Teacher Tools

UDL Tool Features for the District

Compatible with current IT infrastructure

History of large district implementation

Cost effective

Demo Software

ESE + Curriculum + IT =

Student Success

Implementation Plan Phases

Year 1: Decision Making

Year 2: Installing & Overview Training

Year: 3: Training & Implementation

Year 4: Evaluating & planning for Phase 2

(expansion)

Universal Design for Learning is like a curb cut, once it is in place it allows access to some who would not otherwise be able to enter, and makes lives more productive for the rest of us.

We are looking forward to opening more doors for students to succeed and adding more tools in teachers’ toolboxes to allow all students access to Florida’s Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.

Summary

Contact Us

Ruthie Rieder, ruthie.rieder@ocps.net

Tami Folks, tami.folks@ocps.net

Kimberly Byrne, kimberly.byrne@ocps.net