This Toolkit was developed by CAST through a Subcontract Agreement with the Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K8 at the American Institutes for Research. This work was funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (Cooperative Agreement #H326K02003).

What is the "Guide for a One-day Workshop the UDL way"?

The "Guide for a One-day Workshop—the UDL way" is a practical toolkit for professional development providers/teacher trainers who develop one-day informational workshops that are focused on specific content. This toolkit guides professional development providers through a step-by-step process for designing and implementing a face-to-face informational workshop of approximately six hours? length. The toolkit helps the user define workshop goals, materials, methods, and assessments, and provides sample lessons, resources to support the workshop, and a venue for sharing ideas and information with other educators. In addition, the toolkit offers a model of a one-day workshop, focusing on "Universal Design for Learning and Differentiated Instruction". The model includes a workshop agenda with identified goals and objectives, activities, materials, PowerPoint? slides, and other workshop resources.

Maximum benefit from this Guide is achieved when this workshop is linked to other professional development initiatives that address specific content and is supported by on-going professional development for participants.

To get the most out of the One-day Workshop Guide and gain a full understanding of the UDL design procedures, it is suggested that you read, "Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age", the foundation text on Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

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What can I do here?

• Understand and apply the toolkit structure to design and implement a one-day face-to-face informational workshop.
• Explore an application of the toolkit to specific content, i.e. UDL and Differentiated Instruction in classroom practice.
• Learn about the principles of UDL and Differentiated Instruction
• Find resources that support understanding of UDL and Differentiated Instruction

What Does The Toolkit Include?

• Procedures
  The steps and key UDL-based concepts of this toolkit. They tell you what to do and how to do it.
• Examples
  Classroom applications of the toolkit and guidance in applying UDL in your classroom. Examples may include case stories, model instructional units, and/or model lessons.
• Resources
  Further information, tools, templates, and related materials via online links and downloads.
• Share
  Connects you with others engaged in related work.