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Reflection and Adjustment

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Description	Type	Length	Certificate
Access to the General Education Curriculum/Literacy Access for ALL This FREE, 10-part video series containing over 70 coaching videos and hundreds of resources explores strategies grounded in research that are designed to ensure ALL learners have access to the general curriculum.
Achievement vs Learning A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron conversation with Melissa Emler from Wisconsin‘s "UDL Forward" Part 1
An Incredible Conversation with Andratesha Fritzgerald A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron discussion with author Andratesha Fritzgerald about Universal Design for Learning, Anti-Racism and her book.
An Interview with Colleen Cornish A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron conversation with Colleen Cornish, State Support Team Region 9 in Ohio regarding a recent world-wide book study by the Ohio Universal Design for Learning Collaborative.
Back to School Theme 2 A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron discussion on what we can do to make the start of school positive for all our learners. We must capture their hearts to capture their minds.
Back to School Theme 3 A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron looking closely at executive functions such as goal setting, planning and strategy, and several others.
Checklists A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron covering strategies, discussion, and ideas you can implement tomorrow using the strength of checklists.
Classroom Management Reimagined, Using Expert Learners! A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron discussion about how Classroom Management is different with Expert Learners.
Clear Goals A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron discussion about the importance of Clear Goals, relating them to the Thought Bubbles from an earlier episode.
Designing for the Least Restrictive Environment in General Education Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) is a critical principle of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). School districts and families often struggle with WHERE and HOW to ensure LRE. What does the law really say? How can we use the UDL framework to reduce barriers and ensure that the general education classroom is the least restrictive environment? This presentation offers an engaging discussion that will stretch our thinking, allow for collaboration, and improve outcomes for each and every learner!
EMPOWER Future Ready Learners Through the Lens of UDL Have you ever wanted to integrate your technology in a way that considers where students are in their learning, where they need to be, and permits them to select the pathway to get there? We are living in a digital age where information is just a click away; however, learning should be more than just a Google search. This webinar explores voice and choice with the UDL framework to a personalized playlist for all students.
Empowering Student Voice A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron discussion about empowering student voice.
Expert Learners Through the Lens: How do Kids Know What Helps Them Learn A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron discussion on Expert Learners.
Inclusive Practices That Support Learners With Complex Needs Are Individual Education Programs (IEPs) driving the changes that we want for our learners who are eligible for special education? Or have they become a boilerplate document that teams complete, but don’t use to full capacity within the classroom? The intent of the federal law IDEA is “ensuring equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.”
Lisa Hite a Career Technical Education spends some time talking to Barb and Ron about UDL A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron talk with Lisa Hite Career Technical Education (CTE) about the importance of UDL in technical education/high school.
MTSS and the 3 tiers A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron discussion about Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) and why clear goals are extremely important, especially in Tier 2 and Tier 3.
Rethinking the Design and Implementation of Individualized Education Programs Through a UDL Lens Are Individual Education Programs (IEPs) driving the changes that we want for our learners who are eligible for special education? Or have they become a boilerplate document that teams complete, but don’t use to full capacity within the classroom? The intent of the federal law IDEA is “ensuring equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities.”
The Language We Use When Implementing Universal Design for Learning A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron discussion about how a conversation moves quickly to what a UDL Classroom starts to look and sound like during the implementation process. Items such as communication, tone of voice and even facial expressions.
The Leader‘s Role in Supporting UDL Learn about key leadership practices that support and sustain the use of the UDL framework to ensure that all learners are purposeful and motivated, resourceful and knowledgeable, and strategic and goal directed.
The Power of Questions in a UDL Environment The presenter in this webinar will assist you in discovering the importance and need for well-crafted questions in the classroom. Teaching students how to form questions increases engagement (Engagement, one of the UDL Principles) while thrusting students‘ imaginations into the future to be college or job capable.
Touching upon the Twitter #UDLchat A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron discussion about the #UDLchat which occurs every 1st and 3rd Wednesday evening at 9:00pm Eastern Time on Twitter.
UDL Thinking A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron sharing UDL is all about intentional design.
Universal Design for Learning and Explicit Instruction A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron about Universal Design for Learning and Explicit Instruction.
Using UDL to Leverage Co-Planning Do you regularly collaborate with co-teachers or other school staff to proactively plan to support the learning of all of your students in the general education classroom? If you are a general education teacher, intervention specialist, ESL teacher, speech-language pathologist, OT/PT, title teacher or another collaborative teacher, then this webinar is for you. Join us as we discuss how to use UDL to leverage co-planning. Bring your best ideas as we discuss how to make these partnerships work for the benefit of all students.
Weaving the UDL Framework with Specially Designed Instruction: A Beautiful Tapestry with and without disabilities A quick 30 minutes on how Specially Designed Instruction compliments Universal Design for Learning.
Whoa, Wait! We forgot to lay the foundation of UDL! A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron discussion covering the foundation of UDL.