UDL RESOURCES

UDL General Resources

• UDL Guidelines

• UDL Progression Rubric - determine what
  UDL looks like at each phase of implementation.

• Collection of exemplar UDL lessons in numerous grades/subjects.

• Top 5 Tips for Fostering Expert Learners

• Access the inclusive practice look-fors. (DESE)
  Here are look-fors for specific grades and
  content areas.

Laurie Casna Resources

• Self-Assessment Exit Ticket 

• Playlist Example with Pomodoro in it 

• Teacher Toolkit 

• Choice Board

• UDL Resource List  

UDL Scaffolding

• Katie Novak's post, How Accommodations Help All Students Access Grade Level Content, explains how scaffolding can support all students as they learn
  at high levels.

• This is the UDL and SDI crosswalk which outlines how UDL provides a foundation for specially designed instruction. Review the “universal accommodations” and identify  some you can provide as options to all students within lesson design.

• If you’d like to know more about how UDL is different from Universal Design, you can check out this short blog or watch the video.
  
  

Resources Focused on UDL
and Differentiated Instruction 

• Here is an article that addresses the differences between UDL and differentiated instruction and how they can be used together in an inclusive classroom.

• Read this blog or watch the video on UDL and Differentiated Instruction and the dinner party analogy.

• A short and sweet reflection from an educator in Catholic Schools on how UDL and differentiated instruction can be used together to meet the needs
  of all learners.

UDL Assessment Resources

• Review the UDL Lesson Design Scaffold for
  critical considerations for transitioning high-quality curriculum into more inclusive and equitable
  learning opportunities.

• Read the article Assessment For Learning; Assessment As Learning: Changing Practices Means Changing Beliefs by Lorna Earl to learn about assessments of, for, and as learning.

• Here is a blog post on how to universally design assessments (written by Katie Novak’s dad!).
  There is also a protocol, which is a step-by-step flowchart for thinking about whether assessments are universally designed.

UDL Grading Practices

• Learn more about how UDL aligns with standards-based grading in this blog post.

• Check out these grading practices to reconsider
  by Mike Anderson.

• Learn more about three different types of rubrics that are universally designed so students can see it, want it, and get it.