UDL Coaching Planning Guide

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UDL Coaching Planning Guide Team: PES Coach/coaches: Veronica August, Kim Marvel, Sandy Smith

What is our common vision? By June 2015 given UDL training the PES staff will implement the Access (SMART* GOAL) Guidelines and checkpoints in one content area .

How will we know we got there? Survey Data, Pre and Post assessment (Contact Patty) (MEASUREMENT) Turn in one lesson plan at the end of the year with the UDL access guidelines embedded within the lesson.

1. UDL training from coaches during faculty meetings What steps need to be taken to 2. Q/A sessions/Debriefing accomplish our vision/ goal? 3. UDL ‘Help Desk” to meet with teachers ½ an hour before or after (STEPS) school every other week . 4. Turn in

What are our Strengths / Weaknesses & Opportunities / Threats? (See S.W.O.T. Analysis) UDL Coaches Who will take action? Administration (RESPONSIBILITY) Books- Universal Design for Learning in Action by Whitney Rapp What materials / media & Design and Deliver Planning and Teaching Using Universal Design for resources do we need? Learning by Loui Lord Nelson, UDL Now by Katie Novak, per grade level (RESOURCES) Handouts: (One for each teacher) Universal Design for Learning Guidelines Check progress at the end of Jan. and then review again at the end of the How and when school year with lesson plan and end of the year survey. will we review our progress? (TIMEFRAME) Writing SMART* Goals

Teams can write more effective goals when they consider these characteristics:

 Is it Specific? A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal.

 Is it Measurable? Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of each goal. How will we know that we’ve achieved the goal? What change(s) can we measure?

 Is it Attainable? Lofty goals are often abandoned.

Start with something we can see happening within a reasonable amount of time.

 Is it Relevant? Identify goals that are most important to us and ones that will make a difference.

 Is it Timely? Ground goals within a time frame and review progress at reasonable intervals. Community of Practice - Professional Learning Community

UDL Coaching Planning Guide

*Adapted from : Meyer, Paul J (2003). "What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? Creating S.M.A.R.T. Goals". Attitude Is Everything: If You Want to Succeed Above and Beyond. Meyer Resource Group, Incorporated.

S.W.O.T. ANALYSIS

Strengths Weaknesses What are our strengths that support UDL implementation? What weaknesses do we need to address?

Grade level teams are encouraged -Inequitable access to technology

Attempted common planning among special education -Unreliable technology teachers and general education teachers -Lack of communication and time between administrators, supervisors, and teachers. -Math manipulatives available for all student use Professional Development takes teachers out of the classroom. -Access to a variety of materials and resources (Conceptua, manipulatives, online literature sources, mobile computer - Same professionals are utilized to fill positions carts, repeatedly rather than varying the individuals

-Openness to Professional Development at the Elementary Level

Opportunities Threats What opportunities does UDL implementation offer? What threats exist that negatively impact UDL implementation? Community of Practice - Professional Learning Community

UDL Coaching Planning Guide -Increase of student learning - Falling behind county mandated pacing guides

-Increase of collaborative teaching - More professional development

-Increase of access of content for all students - More work

-More opportunities for discovery learning

- Collabrate between grade levels and schools in the Southern End of the County (FES)