1. UDL Academy Lesson Building Break out session Cohort 1 February 5, 2013 Rachel Currie-Rubin Allison Posey

2. Goal of this break out session Develop strategies for how to implement UDL in lesson design towards your district goal during this pilot phase

3. 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!

4. 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

5. Take a moment think about your classroom: Know what you’ve got: worksheet help you lesson design and consider resources you already have

6. 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?

7. Choose a lesson for this pilot Examples: 7 th Math teacher, I will do a lesson on multiplying fractions that I already have 3 rd grade teacher, I will teach a lesson on butterfly metamorphosis and I’ll remix a lesson from UDL Exchange 11 th grade English, I will teach a lesson on the book Hamlet and I’ll use the lesson I co-teach

8. Lesson Example: UDL Exchange

9. What was different about this process? UDL District goal Measurable and observable

10. 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

11. 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!

12. 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!

13. Clear goal: Flexible means!

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

15. In summary, lesson design with UDL: http://animoto.com/play/YLHE7PcWzzJSFlD07 AyvJw# http://animoto.com/play/YLHE7PcWzzJSFlD07 AyvJw#

16. Reflect What was different about ‘doing’ UDL? What are you excited about? What are you nervous about? Questions?