Differentiated UDL. DI UDL GoalsCycle. Bringing UDL to Your District: What You Need to Know First - Katie Novak, Ed.D. If we approach UDL implementation as a new thing that goes on top of everything we’re already doing, it won’t be successful. Our approach needs to focus on optimizing what we’re already doing using the innovative strategies outlined in the UDL framework.
How can you rally your district into full UDL implementation? Full implementation happens in five stages: explore, prepare, integrate, scale and optimize. This post will focus on the preparation phase. This post assumes you have already explored the UDL framework and are preparing to implement. This preparation step is crucial. First, it’s important to determine interest and willingness of all the stakeholders in the district. Key questions to ask at this point: What strategies will we use to conduct a self-reflection to examine district policies, process and practices, strategic personnel and organization structure so we can create an action plan? Once this work is done, the UDL team can begin to develop an action plan for implementation. What's the Role of a Literacy Coach? - Katie Novak, Ed.D. Many districts are lucky enough to have literacy coaches, but what is the best model to utilize these talented individuals?
I reviewed the research on literacy coaching and summarized information from various sources to help define the role of literacy coaches in our schools. The roles of coaches are organized into the four Literacy Coaching standards outlined in The International Reading Association (IRA) report, created in collaboration with NCTE, NCTM, NSTA, and NCSS, that outlines the ideal of what a literacy coach should know and be able to do. Roles under each standard are summarized from the IRA report, A Study of the Effectiveness of K–3 Literacy Coaches conducted by the National Reading Technical Assistance Center, and Literacy Coaches Roles and Responsibilities published in the SEDL Letter.
Standard 1: Literacy Coaches are Skilled Collaborators who: Standard 2: Literacy coaches are Skillful Job-Embedded Coaches who: Standard 4: Skillful Instructional Strategists who: Like this: Goal_graphic_organizer. Flex_udl. GoalBankWorkflowGuide. GoalBankWorkflowGuide. Melissa_UDL_CCSS_Math. UDL | Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (TEAL) WhitePaper: UDL & CommonCoreELA pdf. About UDL.