Universal Design for Learning Pilot

DSDP Grant

Goal: To help all students achieve by identifying and creating methods for engaging all students in learning.

• Represent information in multiple formats and media.
• Provide multiple pathways for students’ action and expression.
• Provide multiple ways to engage students’ interest and motivation.

Pilot Process:

1. Training: Instructors will participate in training on UDL, Learning Disabilities and Learning Styles, Teaching Strategies, How the Brain Learns and the Screening and Assessment Process. Some instructors will attend the Association on Higher Education and Disability conference.

2. Preparation: Instructors will begin to redesign curriculum delivery and materials.

3. Application: UDL will be used and evaluated in the classroom. Grant staff will assist with adaptive technology, research, coaches, additional training, etc. Instructors may attend conferences to continue training. Instructors will meet regularly to share information.

4. Evaluation and Dissemination: At the end of the first school year, instructors will evaluate and determine best strategies and begin dissemination to other community and technical colleges.

5. Second Round of Instructors: First round instructors will orient and train a new set of pilot instructors and provide coaching during the school year.

Outcomes:

· Adapting Best Practices (teacher-friendly products, resources and strategies) to share with other instructors at RTC and other colleges.

· Evaluate and be able to more effectively use adaptive technologies in the classroom to benefit all students.

· Refine and institutionalize the Screening and Assessment Process for vocational programs.

The concept of UDL is the intersection where all our initiatives--integrated units, multi-sensory teaching, multiple intelligences, differentiated instruction, use of computers in schools, performance based assessment, and others--come together.* *Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age