The document discusses a professional learning community (PLC) meeting at Pine Grove Middle School about incorporating small group instruction through a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. It shares the process of how they used small group instruction, including starting a dialogue about concerns, trying different approaches that failed and succeeded, and creating resources. The PLC provided roles like thinker, encourager, recorder, presenter, and artist to structure small groups and presented the results of their journey with small group instruction using UDL.

1. Take a Walk in Our Shoes: How we are
moving from exploring to integrating small
group instruction through the lens of UDL.
PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL PLC

2. Activating Prior Knowledge
With a neighbor or neighbors, brainstorm
some advantages and disadvantages of
incorporating group work into your
classroom.

3. OBJECTIVE: Today we will share the process
of how we used small group instruction within
the UDL framework and provide resources.
• What did we do?
• What worked?
• What would we do again?
• What would we change?
• What did we create?

4. What Did We Do?
• Started a dialogue 
• Worried
• Student Engagement, Student Accountability,
Time Management, Classroom Environment,
Grouping
• Tried
• Failed
• Succeeded

6. Our Journey…
Dr. Walton

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10. Job Title Responsibility Things you might say Name
Thinker Contributes ideas to the project
I know…
I’ve got an idea…
EVERYONE
Encourager
Makes sure that every voice is heard
Focuses work around the learning task
Let’s hear from ____ next.
That’s interesting, but let’s get back to our task.
Recorder
Compiles group members’ ideas on
collaborative graphic organizer
Writes on the board for the whole class to
see during the presentation
I think I heard you say________; is that
right?”
How would you like me to write this?
Presenter
Presents the group’s finished work
to the class
How would you like this to sound?
I think I’ll say…
Artist Draws the necessary images on the project
for presentation
I could draw that like this…
Then we should add______ to the image.

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14. 5 Rs
1. Routine & Expectations
2. Relationships
3. Responsibility
4. Respect
5. Reflect

15. Resources & Lessons
http://udlexchange.cast.org/collection/1098607

16. Q and A