New Plymouth SENCo Workshop #3

August 21st 2014

Today

Sharing session • What’s on top?• What have you done from our last session?

PECs

Universal Design for Learning

Assessment Portfolios – Apiti, Evernote

eLearning opportunities from today

What are Inclusive Schools?

Thanks Melissa – Over to you (I’ll make the tea)

PECS

Purpose:

Get to know ‘Universal Design for Learning’

Outcome:

Plan a lesson using the UDL concepts

UDL

Resources for this section:

1. Video: UDL principles and practice

2. UDL Guidelines Graphic Organiser

3. Video: Implementing UDL

4. Universal Design in elementary school

5. Video: UDL in a NZ context

Universal Design for Learning UDL

The Concept of UDL

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that addresses the primary barrier to fostering expert learners within instructional environments: inflexible, “one-size-fits-all” curricula. It is inflexible curricula that raise unintentional barriers to learning.

UDL

UDL

As you watch the Video think about these questions:• what are the big ideas?• which of these are new to you?• how do these relate to your practice?• what could it look like in your rooms?• what are the implications?

Three primary principles… guide UDL and provide the underlying framework for the Guidelines • Representation• Action and expression• Engagement

Explore these on your UDL graphic organiser

UDL

The guidelines can be used to evaluate and plan goals, methods, materials, and assessments for the purpose of creating a fully accessible learning environment for all.

Four componentsGoals

Materials

Methods (pedagogies)

Assessment

UDL

UDL in a NZ context

Unpacking the Video

UDL

Universal Design for INSTRUCTION

“Teachers have a unique understanding of curricular materials, texts, equipment, and technology within the general education setting that is critical to designing appropriate accommodations.”• Read this article in sections and share with your

group• Discuss findings

UDL

Your Turn:

Use the UDL Guidelines to create an exemplar.• One Lesson• One Subject• One Principle

UDL

Resources for this section:

• Connections to Practice reading• Inclusive statements for sorting

Inclusive Schools

Inclusive Schools

Read Connections to Practice • Discuss the questions at the end• Share thinking

Activity: What is inclusive behaviour?

How are you storing your student evidence?

• Apiti School example• Using Evernote

ePortfolios

Rewindable apps• What you have done with this?

Terence• How could you use this with one of your

children? Share.

Tui• Write up an activity that uses this concept.

Pool everyone’s ideas.

Now: Align all these with UDL

eLearning

Based on what we have been thinking about today;

1. What do you now need to know?

2. How will you develop this?

3. What specific actions will you take?

Summing Up