Today I spoke at the CASE (Council of Administrators of Special Education) conference. I was thrilled to have been asked to be a part of this conference and very much enjoyed sharing the exciting things that have been happening in Coquitlam. I based most of what I said on my "How UDL has changed my job" post and my "UDL Success" post. The most important messages I wanted people to take from my presentation were: ~Our appreciation to the vision of the Ministry of Education and SET BC for their role in bringing the UDL movement to BC. We are very excited to be a part of this shift in paradigm. ~That the timing of this project is perfectly timed with a change in the questions educators are asking about technology. In the past educators questioned "why" and "should we" use technology in education. Now educators are asking "what?" and "how?". Universal Design for Learning provides a framework within which teachers can make informed decisions about the use of technological tools to help students succeed at school ~The progress our students have made since we began the project and what we believe to be the reason for their success.

1. BC Universal Design for Learning Project
School District #43 (Coquitlam)
Anita Strang
CASE Presentation

3. What we've been doing...
LATA Conference (Burnaby)
October 2008
Inservice
BC UDL project
Online PD
SET BC
Pat Mirenda
LATA Conference (Burnaby)
October 2008
School Tours
PITA Conference (Whistler)
Twice Monthly
May 2008
Smartboard
Thinking UDL
Presentations
Forum
OnLine Presence UDL / Smartboard
Monthly
Full-Day Inservice
Smartboard Forums
BC UDL Ning Coquitlam
CEET
(Community of Expertise in Education)

4. Universal Design for Learning
Birchland's UDL Journey... CASE Conference
April 17, 2009
Anita Strang
Community Belonging
Inclusion Ownership
Universal Design for Learning
Anita Strang
UDL February 13, 2009
Multi-age grouping
Project-Based Learning
Cooperative Learning
Multiple Means of Expression Self-Directed Learning
Accessibility
Explicit Learning Intentions
Multiple Means of Engagement
Assessment for learning
Assessment as Learning Web Resources
Assessment of Learning
Smartboards
Write Online
Kurzweil
Multiple Means of Representation

5. Change at Birchland...

6. The results so far...

7. The results so far...

8. The results so far...

9. http://lisaslingo.blogspot.com/2008/05/successful-inclusion-program.html

10. Why???
Support for teachers...
~inservice
~collaboration
~technology
Support for kids...
~Short-term Pull-out groups with a purpose
~visual & background knowledge
~joint attention
~in class support
~accessibility
the message we send...
~their teachers can teach them
~they can learn
~there are tools they can use
~different is not only acceptable but encouraged
~they are valued and supported
~they belong
...a shift in Paradigm

11. Shift in Paradigm...
from assistive to mainstream
from separate to included
from child as problematic
to curriculum as potentially problematic
from fixing the child
to fixing the curriculum
from accepting differences
to valuing and encouraging differences

12. quot;The curriculum is disabledquot; (David Rose, LATA Conference, Oct. 2009)
David Rose
LATA UDL-Themed conference October 2009
http://events.insinc.com/setbc/20081024/

13. Teachers get it...
Hazel Trembath Elementary
Porter Street Elementary Alderson Elementary
Hillcrest Middle School James Park Elementary
Irvine Elementary Miller Park Elementary
Coquitlam
Parkland Elementary Harbourview Elementary
Kilmer Elementary Lord Baden-Powell Elementary
Pinetree Way Elementary Heritage Mountain Elementary
Nestor Elementary
Hampton Park Elementary Castle Park Elementary
Mountain Meadows Elementary
BC USA
Abbotsford Virginia, USA
Lord Tweedsmuir
Assistive Technology Coordinator
New Westminster Special Education Supervisor

14. Inclusion Universal Design for Learning
CASE Conference
April 17, 2009
Anita Strang
Learner Diversity
Learning Disabilities Developmental
Coordination
Disorder
Engagement
Learning Styles
Universal Design for Learning
Anita Strang
February 13, 2009
Motivation
etc...
etc...
Engagement
etc...
technology makes differentiation accessible

15. http://udl4all.ning.com/

16. Parents get it...
Hazel Trembath Elementary
Irvine Elementary
James Park Elementary
Coquitlam
Kilmer Elementary
Miller Park Elementary
Castle Park Elementary

17. Universal Design for Learning
Kids get it... CASE Conference
April 17, 2009
Anita Strang
strategies
independence
culture of acceptance
Write OnLine
Kurzweil Universal Design for Learning
Anita Strang
February 13, 2009
Toolbelt theory
control
- drawing by Martha Perske

18. The time is right...
Technology Integration
The questions are no longer quot;why?quot; or quot;should we?quot;...
Universal Design for Learning
...the questions are quot;what?quot; and quot;how?quot;
It is now a question of style and purpose
accessibility - leveling the playing field
tools
increased visual engagement

19. UDL Belonging
Community
Ownership
Inclusion
...a shift in paradigm