2016 Annual Conference

In this interactive session, instructors will receive an overview of the three primary principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Using real-world scenarios and standards, participants in this workshop will leave with ready-to-use UDL activities that meet the demands of the ELA CCRS.

Adult Basic Education teachers and professional developers are encouraged to attend this session. It does not matter what content you are teaching, you will learn about engaging ways to provide access to all students during this session.

In this interactive session, instructors will receive an overview of the three primary principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL is an approach to curriculum design that can help teachers customize curriculum to serve all learners, regardless of ability, disability, age, gender, or cultural and linguistic background. UDL provides a blueprint for designing strategies, materials, assessments, and tools to reach and teach students with diverse needs (TEAL Fact Sheet: Universal Design for Learning). While UDL may not new to adult education teachers, we can revisit these research-based principles and learn how to support the teaching and learning of the College and Career Readiness Standards. Using real-world scenarios and standards, participants in this workshop will leave with ready-to-use UDL activities that meet the demands of the CCRS. This workshop will focus on how UDL can support the English Language Arts standards and is open to all teachers.