Universal Design for Learning
Davis Joint Unified School District
Problem of Practice
In order to change student outcomes in DJUSD we plan to implement UDL in all classrooms TK-12 on every site. This initiative will include providing foundational training to 80% of DJUSD certificated staff and 70% of paraeducator staff.
Goals
Teachers and paraeducators will experience foundational understanding of UDL.
Teachers will implement a philosophy of UDL +1 and as a result students will report increase in perception of access, engagement, and agency in their own learning
Strategies
Provide school year launch on UDL from CAST partners, open to all certificated and paraeducators for compensation.
Provide monthly sessions (synchronous) during staff collaboration on UDL
Identify and provide asynchronous training options for paraeducators on professional development platform
Each month, CAST and the DJUSD Instructional Team will facilitate collaboration and professional development on UDL practices.
Each professional development will ask for teacher reflection on the implementation of practices over the course of the month and to identify a goal for the upcoming training.
Staff will receive a synthesis of student perception data from Youth Truth and empathy interviews from site leadership.
Point of Contact:
Name: Troy Allen, Associate Superintendent of Instruction
Email: tallen@djusd.net
Name: Sarah Dhah, Director of Special Education
Email: sdhah@djusd.net