2. Star Middle School- Grades: 6th, 7th, 8th
https://lamburgey.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/universal-design-in-the-classroom/
3. Structure
• One story
• Automatic doors at all
entrances
• Ramps located at all
entrances
• Classrooms are set up
so every student has a
clear line of sight to the
teacher or materials
being used.
4. Classes
• Students grouped by
grade level
• Every class has a co-
teacher.
• Student-teacher ratio- 20-
2
• Technology Station
• Reading Center
• Desks grouped to
encourage student
collaboration and team
building.
• Independent working
area/Quiet area
• Student art/work
displayed in the classroom
• http://simulator.cte.jhu.ed
u/simulations/10#!/scene/
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7. Personnel
• All staff trained in UDL principles.
• Staff believes in providing ALL
students what they need to be
successful.
• Staff is trained on current technology.
• Staff allows students the freedom to
do what they need to be successful.
• Team Players
• Training on the brain networks
• Given time to collaborate with peers
during PLCs .
• Trainings on co-teaching models
• Professional development
opportunities on goal setting,
individual needs of learners, and
technology Source of picture: http://www.middleweb.com/7694/finding-
time-for-udl/
8. Instruction
• All students have access to the grade level
curriculum
– Teachers set individual goals for all
students
– Lessons provide many examples
– Lessons incorporate technology
– Lessons use individual student strengths
– A variety of routines are set up
– Teacher uses multiple methods of
assessing student knowledge May be a
combination of the following: debates,
Socratic circles, essays, objective tests,
projects, skits, lab reports, journals, etc…
– Teachers use more than one presentation
method when presenting material: lecture,
reading text, audio, video. (i.e, teacher
reads directions while projecting them
with document camera, or students watch
a video with closed captioning.)
– Teachers provide centers where students
can learn information on their own (i.e,
read a text, view a video, listen to audio,
work in collaborative group, etc…)
Source of picture: https://sites.google.com/site/nhinstitutes/21st-century-
learner/using-udl-to-support-a-diverse-classroom
9.
10. General Curriculum
• One Common State
Curriculum
– Students will have
individualized goals
created by the teacher to
increase access to the
generalized curriculum.
– These goals will help
students be successful in
the classroom, because
they all have different
talents, learning styles,
interests, and levels of
engagement.
Source of picture: http://www.udlcenter.org/resource_library/videos/udlcenter/udl
11. Technology
• Classroom Technology
– SMART board
– iPad
– Nspire graphing calculator
– On-line textbook
– Text-to-speech software
– Integration Activities that
utilize the Web, PowerPoint,
Excel, and digital photography
– Multimedia Presentations
– Wiki
– Elmo
– Picture system
Source: http://marylandlearninglinks.org/1021
12. Assessments
• Written Test
– multiple choice
– essay
• Comic Strips
• Oral presentations
– Skits
– Plays
• Drawing
• Group projects
• Time lines
• Text-to-speech
• Multimedia project
• YouTube
• Song/Rap
• Debates
• Socratic circles
Source of Picture: https://sites.google.com/site/udllanguagearts/check-your-teaching-
techniques
13. References
• Rose, DH., & Meyer, A. (2002) Teaching Every
Student in the Digital Age. Universal Design for
Learning. Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development, Alexandria Virginia.
