Earlywood Educational Services and Goalbook partnered to explore how perceptions of educators’ self-efficacy influence educator practice in applying UDL strategies to support specially designed instruction (SDI) and foster collaboration with general educators in supporting ALL students with MTSS-appropriate tier 1 best practices. 

This interactive session will dive into the findings from years 1 and 2 of this mixed-methods inquiry. The successes, challenges, and findings of UDL strategy implementation by special education personnel provide valuable insights into the connection between special educator efficacy as an “expert learning specialist” to the utilization of UDL strategies as a co-contributor to teaching and learning in the general education classroom to address learner needs.

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This session will recognize pointers on what to think about when trying to embed UDL within an MTSS. We will also encounter revelations in viewing our system of instruction and intervention as a network with the ability to make the primacy of purposeful interactions more obvious. Finally, we will embrace rejuvenation through examples of growing pains that go into an implementation and sustainability plan for an effective UDL within an MTSS.

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Within an MTSS-RtI problem solving process the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles in Tier 1 can reduce incorrect identification of Tier 2 instructional needs and provide an anchor for Tier 3 service generalization. This resource will highlight how Florida is including UDL and specially designed instruction within a multitiered system of supports.