This document provides research on the benefits of and design considerations for effective instructional coaching. It uses evidence from across the field of education to demonstrate how coaching supports successful initiative implementation.

How does it relate to the UDL-SICC?

This article supports the Professional Learning Domain, Element 4, which focuses on providing job embedded professional learning opportunities. Coaching ensures that educators are provided the best opportunities to successfully transfer new skills into classroom practices that meet the needs of all learners.

How might you use it?

• This resource could help coaches and school leaders develop a common understanding of effective coaching to support UDL implementation.
• School leaders can use this document to design an effective coaching model to support UDL implementation.

This CAST webinar features the authors of the book, Supercharge your Professional Learning, Nicole Tucker-Smith and Kasia Derbiszewska. Nicole and Kasia share strategies for designing effective professional development. They focus on using the UDL Framework to remove barriers,  reduce fatigue and energize adult learning.

How does it relate to the UDL-SICC?

This webinar aligns with the Professional Learning Domain, Element 2, which focuses on school leaders using the UDL framework to provide professional learning opportunities to their educators that are personalized, job-embedded and promote professional growth. Element 2 of this domain stresses the importance of providing professional learning that is flexible to address staff variability. It emphasizes the need to meet school-wide and individual staff goals by providing flexible pathways with options and choice.

How might you use it?

• School leaders can incorporate the strategies reviewed in this webinar in staff meetings, professional learning experiences, etc.
• School leaders can share this webinar with staff responsible for professional learning so that they can design learning experiences that are flexible and meet the needs of all staff.

This post on the ISTE website contains an article that explores ways UDL can be used to guide professional development and professional learning. The article identifies five (5) ways UDL drives professional learning, keeping in mind concepts like learner variability, options for engagement and leveraging technology. Additional concepts are also discussed.

How does it relate to the UDL-SICC?

This article supports the Professional Learning Domain, Element 2, which focuses on school leaders using the UDL framework to provide professional learning opportunities to their educators that are personalized, job-embedded and promote professional growth. Element 2 of this domain stresses the importance of UDL professional learning that is flexible to address staff variability.

How might you use it?

• This article can be used as a guide for developing professional learning experiences that considers adult learners’ interests and preferences as they engage in professional development
• Individuals responsible for designing and delivering professional development can explore recommendations of this article to integrate elements of UDL in both the design and delivery of professional learning opportunities.
• Elements of the article can be used to empower educators to develop a growth mindset as it relates to UDL implementation in their classroom.

This session aims to answer the question, “What strategies can educators use to support effective UDL implementation among teachers in their community?” Participants will learn about and experience 6 concrete strategies that have been refined through years of supporting UDL implementation and are designed to inspire and sustain changes in teaching. Using a holistic design approach, these 6 practical strategies transform traditional PD by focusing on removing barriers to adult learning, sustaining effort and persistence, and maximizing transfer of professional learning into classroom practice. These strategies help teachers understand what UDL implementation looks like in their context and provide flexible methods for monitoring progress. Participants will gain knowledge and takeaway materials to incorporate these PD strategies into their UDL implementation initiatives. 

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The purpose of this resource is to highlight Universal Design for Learning as a framework for designing highly effective professional learning experiences. All learners vary in the way they engage with new information, perceive content, and in the strategies they use to make sense of knowledge. Professional learning opportunities must recognize and address variability in adult learners, just as we recognize it in younger students. While the UDL framework can enhance the design and delivery of professional learning on any topic, it is crucial to apply and model the foundations of UDL when delivering professional learning on UDL.

This resource will explore how the P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School is increasing the school’s capacity to respond to learner variability through new teacher induction, practitioner research, and professional opportunities that blur traditional beliefs about professional learning in schools. 

This resource will provide an overview of the Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) strategic plan for communication, professional development, and stakeholder buy-in about UDL. This resource highlights professional learning options that must be considered by any district planning to embrace the UDL framework.