UDL in 15 Minutes

90: Gahlya Auel and Liza Sejkora: Accelerating UDL-aligned inclusive practices through focused leadership support

Gahlya and Liza share how Ocean Beach School District has used administrative PLCs to look at LRE data and student report data on their sense of belonging, make decisions, and affect significant change in their schools around inclusion and instruction.

89: Jenny Parker talks about replication and other simple tips to help you adopt UDL

Jenny Parker, the regional administrator for special programs and professional development with ESD 113 in  the state of Washington brings us the overarching ideas that can help teachers start with UDL: replicating the practice of others who are more experienced, co-planning, and self-reflection using video recording.

The second episode in the Association of Educational Service District’s (AESD) Inclusionary Practices Project series.

88: Cassie and Lori share details and outstanding results from their statewide inclusion project in Washington.

The Inclusionary Practices Project in the state of Washington has had a statewide impact that every educator needs to hear about. This is the first podcast in a series that shares how these educators have improved inclusive practices across the state and it all started during covid lockdown!

87: Two principals share how UDL has helped their school include students with significant disabilities

Current principal Katie Day and former principal Brett Boezeman share how Schmitt Elementary's inclusion of students with significant disabilities in general education settings has grown over the years through the implementation of UDL.

86: MS Principal Evan Burton’s leadership in inclusion at a middle school in BCSC

As principal of Northside Middle School in Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation, Evan uses his leadership to guide his staff to include all students in the general education setting, including students with significant disabilities.

85: Betty Lou Rowe on including students with significant disabilities in the general education setting in BCSC.

Betty Lou Rowe shares the work she and UDL coordinators at Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation are doing to truly and fully include all learners. Hear about a tool they created that communicates who as student is, strengths, and how to support that student from day 1.

84: UDL Coordinators for BCSC share tools, resources, and what sets BCSC up for UDL success.

The role of UDL Coordinator has matured over the past 14 years in Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation and Rhonda Laswell and Tina Greene have helped shape that role. During this episode, they describe what changes have occurred over time as well as the resources and supports so BCSC’s teachers can become more invested in designing UDL-aligned lessons and environments.

83: George Van Horn shares how UDL enables the BCSC district to achieve their vision. The first episode in a series about BCSC.

This episode kicks off a special series about UDL in Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in Columbus, Indiana. During this episode, George Van Horn, their Director of Special Education, offers the history of how they got started with UDL and the supports they put in place for themselves along the way.

82: How her UDL mindset helped her turn her lesson unit on a dime

This episode shares how kindergarten teacher Melanie Smith used the UDL framework to rework her unit in the moment to bridge the social-emotional gap her students were experiencing so they could access the academic content.

81: Hear about two CAST projects that support all classroom teachers

Tara Courchaine of CAST talks about two programs that directly support classroom educators: The Accessible Educational Materials Center (the AEM Center) and the Center on Inclusive Technology & Education Systems (CITES).