Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Planner for Teachers
This planner is designed to assist you as you plan implementation of UDL in your
classroom.
Connect UDL
to CCSS
Evaluate and
Adjust
Know Your
Students &
Identify
Barriers
Assess
Student
Progress
Create and
Implement a
UDL Plan
Teach Using
UDL
Strategies
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Section 1: Connect UDL to Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
Choose one standard that you will teach next quarter. You may pick a math or
language arts standard.
Common Core State Standards for Mathematics can be found here:
http://www.corestandards.org/Math
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts can be found here:
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy
The standard I have chosen is:
Does the standard you chose work in a UDL framework?
□ Yes
□ No
Why?
If your standard does not work in a UDL framework, reword it below:
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Section 2: Know Your Students and Identify Potential Barriers
and Missed Opportunities
2a. Know Your Students
Use the UDL Class Profile Spreadsheet and the Student Qualities Handout to create a
class learning profile. This tool will show you the strengths and challenges for
students in your class, for each of the three networks.
2b. Identify Potential Barriers and Missed Opportunities
You may complete this using the prompts provided in this planner or by continuing
to use your class profile maker.
Think about the methods you plan to use to teach the objective you listed above.
Make a list in the box. You might include lectures, small group work, independent
study, peer tutoring, or other methods.
Methods I may use:
Now think about the materials you will use. Will you use technology, textbooks, penand-paper activities, or others? List them in the box.
Materials I may use:
Pick 1-3 methods and materials you have listed and think about what barriers and
missed opportunities may be in place for some of the challenges that were identified
in your class learning profile. For example, if quite a few of your students have an
identified auditory challenge for their receptive network, presenting a lecture may
be a barrier to gaining information for those students.
Method
Strengths and
Challenges Identified
Recognition
Potential Barriers or
Missed Opportunities
Strategic:
Affective:
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Recognition:
Strategic:
Affective:
Recognition:
Strategic:
Affective:
Material
Strengths and Challenge
Identified
Recognition:
Potential Barriers or
Missed Opportunities
Strategic:
Affective:
Recognition:
Strategic:
Affective:
Recognition:
Strategic:
Affective:
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Section 3: Create and Implement a UDL Plan
Restate your CCSS objective:
Use the process that follows to find strategies that would work to eliminate the
barriers or extend the opportunities you identified in Section 2.
3a. Multiple Means of Representation (the “What”)
Review the online resources related to multiple means of representation:
http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle1
http://technoaim.wikispaces.com/
For the potential barriers and/or missed opportunities related to recognition that
you identified in Section 2b, identify at least one strategy you will implement to
provide multiple means of representation, and your next steps.
Next steps may include learning more about the strategy, writing the strategy into a
lesson plan, gathering materials for the strategy, or other activities.
Barrier or Missed
Opportunity
Strategy I Will Implement
Next Steps
3b. Multiple Means of Action and Expression (the “How”)
Review the online resources related to multiple means of action and expression:
http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle2
http://technoaim.wikispaces.com/
For the potential barriers and/or missed opportunities related to the strategic
network that you identified in Section 2b, identify at least one strategy you will
implement to provide multiple means of action and expression and your next steps.
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Next steps may include learning more about the strategy, writing the strategy into a
lesson plan, gathering materials for the strategy, or other activities.
Barrier or Missed
Opportunity
Strategy I Will Implement
Next Steps
3c. Multiple Means of Engagement (the “Why”)
Review the online resources related to multiple means of engagement:
http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle3
http://technoaim.wikispaces.com/
For the potential barriers and/or missed opportunities related to the affective
network that you identified in Section 2b, identify at least one strategy you will
implement to provide multiple means of engagement and your next steps.
Next steps may include learning more about the strategy, writing the strategy into a
lesson plan, gathering materials for the strategy, or other activities.
Barrier or Missed
Opportunity
Strategy I Will Implement
Next Steps
Note that when you use this planner in your classroom, you should now jump to
Section 5 to plan your assessment so that it aligns with your instruction and
objective. Your assessment should be planned prior to teaching.
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Section 4: Teach Using the UDL Strategy
4a. Reflecting on the video of UDL in Action
After viewing the video of the elementary school teacher implementing UDL, answer
the following reflection questions.
What did you notice about how she addressed the needs of all her students?
How did she effectively include UDL strategies in her whole group instruction?
Did watching this video make you think about additional or alternate strategies you
might use to teach the objective you identified in this planner? How?
4b. Reflecting on your own teaching of UDL
The questions below will guide you through reflection after you teach using the UDL
strategies you identified in Section 3.
What went well with the strategies you tried? What were you comfortable with?
What challenges did you encounter?
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What changes would you make next time?
Other thoughts
Section 5: Assess Student Progress
Think about methods of assessment you have used in the past. For the strengths and
challenges of students that you identified in Section 2, list any potential barriers or
missed opportunity students may face for each method of assessment.
Method of Assessment
Potential Barriers or
Missed Opportunities
Strength or Challenge
Recognition:
Strategic:
Affective:
Recognition:
Strategic:
Affective:
What is the GOAL of your assessment for this objective?
What supports will be provided to the student during instruction?
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Section 6: Gaps Analysis
Revisit each of the implementation steps above to complete the gaps analysis chart
below for each stage of UDL implementation.
Stage of
Implementation
Essential Elements
Already in Place
That We Can Build
On
What We Need to
Stop or Change
Essential Next
Steps for Moving
Forward
Questions I Have
or Support I Need
Connect UDL to
CCSS
Know Your Students
Identify Barriers or
Missed
Opportunities
Create and
Implement a UDL
Plan
Teach Using UDL
Strategies
Assess Student
Progress
Evaluate and Adjust
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