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

Lesson Example: UDL Exchange

What was different about this process?

• UDL• District goal• Measurable and observable

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!

Clear goal:Flexible means!

It may ‘look’ different! But if they meet the goal…

In summary, lesson design with UDL:

• http://animoto.com/play/YLHE7PcWzzJSFlD07AyvJw#

Reflect

• What was different about ‘doing’ UDL?

• What are you excited about? What are you nervous about?

• Questions?