As a team, we need to develop and organize an effective professional development experience to introduce and raise awareness of U.D.L principles for all staff.
What is the goal? What do we hope to accomplish?
· All staff will implement UDL principles into teaching practice
· Increased student learning based on formative assessments and standardized test scores
What are the demands? What is required to get to the goal?
· Faculty, administration, parents buy in
· Knowledge of UDL principles and guidelines
· Derive to improve practices by trying something new/positive attitude
· Preparedness with examples and models of best practices
· District and school support
· Commitment and sustainability
What are the current resources?
· A team that is committed to addressing the need
· Willingness to try something new and commit to it
· A team that buys into UDL principles and guidelines
· UDL training, websites, and videos
· Lesson plans and curriculum ideas from good faculties already using UDL
What does success look like? How will we measure this?
What do you see at the student level?
What do you see at the teacher (general/special ed/specialist) level?
What do you see at the principal level?
What do you see at the central-office level?
How will we use UDL Guidelines to achieve the goal?
What action will the team take in short-term, mid-term, and long-term?
Timeline – short term (1 – 3 months) / Timeline – mid term (3 – 9 months) / Timeline – long term (9 – 15 months)
What materials and methods will I use to achieve the goal?
As a teacher, I / As a building based administrator I / As a central office administrator, I
Team Members / Roles – what does each team member contribute to the process
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