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Making Transition from Planning to Implementation

This article focuses on the preparation phase of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) implementation by describing processes that ensure readiness to begin implementation.

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This article focuses on the preparation phase of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) implementation by describing processes that ensure readiness to begin implementation. Within this article, there is a review of preparation activities of a large suburban school district where UDL is being implemented with fidelity across multiple schools. 

How does it relate to the UDL-SICC?

This article aligns with the Leadership and Management Domain, Element 2 (D3, E2), which focuses on school leaders leading, supporting, and monitoring UDL implementation across the school community.

How might you use it?

  • School leaders can review this article with leadership teams to identify similarities that may exist between schools described in the article and their own school to move through the preparation phase of UDL implementation.
  • School Leadership teams can use aspects of the article (including proposed “Preparation Timeline”) to determine whether their school is ready to begin the UDL journey.
  • School Leadership teams can identify steps and activities discussed in this article to prepare the team and school to begin UDL implementation.

Authors/Creators
Denise C. DeCoste, Ed. D.

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Drivers Best Practices Assessment

This tool helps school leadership teams assess, plan for and monitor the school’s status related to key implementation drivers that support systemic implementation of new practices.

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This tool helps school leadership teams assess, plan for and monitor the school’s status related to key implementation drivers that support systemic implementation of new practices. Regularly using this tool throughout the implementation process, keeps implementation drivers in the forefront as implementation practices develop and grow. It provides teams with a practical, repeatable, and useful tool for action planning as innovations in practice develop.

How does it relate to the UDL-SICC?

This tool aligns with the Leadership and Management Domain, Element 2 (D3, E2), school leaders collaborate to design a systematic, school-wide UDL implementation process that is intentional, collaborative, iterative, and data-driven.

How might you use it?

  • School leadership teams use this tool at the beginning of their UDL implementation to determine which of the necessary implementation drivers they have in place, and to make plans to add or improve implementation drivers as needed.
  • School leadership teams use this tool periodically (e.g. each semester), to monitor progress toward installing and using implementation drivers to support UDL implementation.

Authors/Creators
Dean Fixsen
Caryn Ward
Karen Blase
Sandra Naoom
Allison Metz
Laura Louison
A. Loper
D. Cusumano

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Brighter Future for Personalized Learning

In this article, author, Bill Wilmot, explores how school leaders can apply UDL to support personalized learning. The article explores ways principals, as instructional leaders, can create school structures and environments that help educators  focus on student learning.

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In this article, author, Bill Wilmot, explores how school leaders can apply UDL to support personalized learning. The article explores ways principals, as instructional leaders, can create school structures and environments that help educators  focus on student learning.

How does it relate to the UDL-SICC?

This article aligns with the Leadership and Management Domain, Element 1 (D3, E1), and it explains how school leaders actively lead, support and monitor UDL Implementation across the school community ensuring systematic, intentional and sustained UDL implementation.

How might you use it?

  • School leaders can use the article to reflect on how these elements exist within their school.
  • Principals can reflect on how their practices promote conditions for the growth of UDL in supporting new mindsets, envisioning teachers as expert learners, and implementing structural changes.
  • School leaders can solicit feedback from educators at their school to discover elements of the three areas discussed in this article, supporting new mindsets, envisioning teachers as expert learners, and implementing structural changes, and how their practices support these ideas.

Authors/Creators
Bill Wilmot

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