1. Universal Design for Learning: Optimizing Through the Systems Lens Dr. Katie Novak www.katienovakudl.com @KatieNovakUDL

2. The Dance Routine Analogy Environmental Changes Flash mob, every one is doing it At a wedding after the toast with the lights low In your bedroom by yourself After months of training

3. How Learners Learn

4. Multi-Tiered Systems in Higher Ed

5. Integrated Comprehensive Cornerstones

6. UDL Implementation: Systems Lens The scientific implementation process recognizes that systems are complex. Context matters and the identified needs of all stakeholders directly impact the implementation process. Even if initiatives have been demonstrated to be effective in the research, if they are not implemented and supported by an integrated and sustainable plan, they are likely to fail (Fixsen, Naoom, Blase’, Friedman, & Wallace, 2005).

7. Professionalization of Teaching Staff Research suggests that in order to have any impact on student achievement, staff must receive a minimum of 14 hours of study in the same professional development focus area (Hill & Wellesley College, 2012). Teachers who receive substantial professional development (intensive, sustained and strongly implemented)—an average of 49 hours a year— can boost their students’ achievement by about 21 percentile points (Chung Wei, Darling-Hammond, & Adamson, 2010).

8. UDL Staff Development Process PD Committee: partnership admin and teaching staff to begin to collect evidence about what teachers need to implement UDL effectively Multi-part Series: an effort to maximize choice and empower colleagues to share content knowledge and instructional strategies in collaborative sessions that focus on inclusive practice (see link to PD Catalogue)PD Catalogue Graduate Courses: Offered 6 graduate-level courses in-house PD Book Clubs: self-paced book clubs for all staff to earn PDPs when it’s convenient for them Reflection and follow-up

10. Engagement Defined.

11. No one in the group has any money/credit cards/etc… You have no access to a knife. Electricity goes out. The Executive Function Challenge

12. 21 st Century SkillsUDL Alignment Clear and Effective Communication Task, purpose, audience Effective, expressive, receptive 5. Provide options for expression and communication 7. Provide options for recruiting interest Self-Direction Set goals and make decisions Persevere in challenging situations 6. Provide options for executive functions 8. Provide options for sustaining effort and persistence Creative, Practical Problem Solving Identify patterns and trends Persist in solving problems/learn from failure 8. Provide options for sustaining effort and persistence 9. Provide options for self-regulation Responsible and involved citizenship Respect diversity and different points of view 7. Provide options for recruiting interest (minimize threats and distractions) Informed and integrative thinking Hold two opposing ideas and find merit in both 1. Provide options for perception 2. Provide options for language, mathematical expressions, and symbols 3. Provide options for comprehension 4. Provide options for physical action

13. Firm Goals, Flexible Means Knowledge: We all have knowledge, and concepts that we want our students to acquire. What is that knowledge and why is it important? Skills: There are specific skills students will have to complete to be successful. What are these competencies and why are they important?

14. Where Do You Start? With UDL! Building engagement is all about building an environment that values feedback, collaboration and community. Consider the environment of your institution and begin to consider how you would build an integrated plan based on the foundation of stakeholder feedback, collected using multiple means of expression. Feedback Principles Receiving feedback well is a skill. However skilled we are at it now, with some thought and application, we can get better Leaders who receive feedback well provide an invaluable model for others and create a culture where feedback is valued. One of the best ways to improve our ability to give feedback well is by improving our understanding of what it takes to receive feedback well.

15. Action Plan – Executive Function Deep Dive How can UDL support continued improvement and inclusive practice in your institution by leveraging the UDL Implementation Process? As a first step, collect data to understand the culture and the current needs of all stakeholders using multiple means of action and expression? What is your goal and what is the first step you will take?

16. Closing: Speed Reflecting You can virtually chat on Twitter, LinkedIn,etc… or in person. Choose one question for your final reflection. 1.What you would like your retirement speech to say about your career accomplishments and the types of impacts you left at your institution? 2.If absolutely no obstacles stood in the way of your achieving UDLtopia, what would you most like to attain in your career? 3.Imagine yourself in the future at a point in which your instituition has achieved UDL nirvana. What is it that you have accomplished?