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EXPLORATION TO OPTIMIZING: ONE DISTRICT’S JOURNEY – ARE WE THERE YET?

Tina Greene, Rhonda Laswell, Angie WienekeBCSC

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We know the only thing universal… is variability.

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Disability is Contextual

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Key Connection

“Don’t try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.”

Marva Collins

BCSC believes Universal Design for Learning IS the framework for teachers evaluate themselves and design their instructional practices and their learning environment.

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Access for All:

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How does BCSC address:

12,000 +/- StudentsSpeaking 51 Languages

Students with Disabilities: 13.9%Economically Disadvantaged: 50%

Minority: 16%English Language Learners: 11%

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Time Line: Outline

Instructional Service Delivery 2001-2006

Positive Behavior Instructional Supports 2003-ongoing

Universal Design for Learning 2006-ongoing

Instructional Consultation Teams 2007-ongoing

Project based Learning 2008 - ongoing

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CAST’s UDL Implementation Process

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Need for Change

Random Acts of Improvement

Many systems were in need of integration, alignment, and expansion

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Explore:

Initiative Action Taken Data Collection / Usage

Explore Internal inquiry about how special education decisions were made

Created a service delivery plan which was special education focused

Provided corporation-wide plan for service delivery

Explore Learn more about the technology available to accommodate all learning styles and needs.

Six schools developed a three year UDL-focused technology action plan

Reported to PATINS project coordinator

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Explore/Prepare:

Initiative Action Taken Data Collection / Usage

Explore Introduced Positive Behavior Instructional Supports as an optional initiative

Participating schools created action plans

Monthly data evaluated for Disproportionality and annual SET conducted

Explore/Prepare

PBIS transitioned from optional do district wide

PBIS coaches and facilitators were indentified

Monthly data evaluated for Disproportionality and annual SET conducted

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Prepare:

Initiative Action Taken Data Collection / Usage

Prepare Move UDL from special education focus to school-wide focus

Trained building level teams in UDL; placed UDL goals in school improvement plans

Reviewed school improvement plans

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Integrate

Initiative Action Taken Data Collection / Usage

Integrate & Scale

Look closely at inclusion in the school district

Trained and implemented Instructional Consultation Teams

Initiative

Integrate & Scale

Measure school-wide understanding of UDL principles

Broadened the training of UDL to school-wide

Disseminated/collected the UDL Rubric, CAST

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Scale

Initiative Action Taken Data Collection / Usage

Scale Identify school-specific needs related to the application of UDL

Identified a point person for corporation to provide school specific and teacher specific support

Visited classrooms with follow-up feedback and suggestions, CAST

Scale Identify specific classroom implementation issues and opportunities for integration of PBIS and ICT

Teacher takes the UDL coordinator role, partner with ICT coordinator, teacher evaluation rubric pilot

Teacher evaluation rubric pilot, University of Kansas, CAST

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Optimize

Initiative Action Taken Data Collection / Usage

Scale Identify school-specific needs related to the application of UDL

Identified a point person for corporation to provide school specific and teacher specific support

Visited classrooms with follow-up feedback and suggestions, CAST

Scale Identify specific classroom implementation issues and opportunities for integration of PBIS and ICT

Teacher takes the UDL coordinator role, partner with ICT coordinator, teacher evaluation rubric pilot

Teacher evaluation rubric pilot, University of Kansas, CAST

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Staff Support for UDL Implementation:

3 UDL Coordinators: Central Office

9 UDL Facilitators: ½ Time 1 per building

Request for Educational Planning

UDL Professional Learning Communities

Quarterly UDL Professional Development Sessions with UDL Experts outside of BCSC

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Upon Reflection

Challenges

Logistics

Successes

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