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Joy Zabala Receives 2016 OCALI Award!
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At this year's OCALICON Conference, OCALI formally recognized and acknowledged the impact, leadership, and accomplishments of individuals across the nation who help improve the outcomes for people with autism, sensory disabilities, and low-incidence disabilities. To this end, the recipients of the 2016 OCALI Awards were Jerry Whittaker, Jerod Smalley, Ohio Representative Jon Peterson, and CAST's very own Joy Zabala!
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Top 5 UDL Tips for Learning Environments
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At CAST, we reflect on all aspects of a learning environment before a learner walks into the room. Using the UDL framework, we can proactively design learning environments so that everyone can work towards becoming expert learners. Use the Top 5 UDL Tips for Learning Environments as a tool to reflect on your learning environment.
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UDL Webinar Series & Recordings
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Have you missed any of our free UDL webinars? No worries, you can access the archive of recordings right on our site! Check out the recording of our most recent webinar: UDL and Cultural Variability. Visit our website to view our other webinar recordings and learn about upcoming free webinars.
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Announcing Three New Titles!
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It's been an amazing year at CAST Professional Publishing and we're excited to announce three new titles that we've recently added to our catalog. These new books support our ongoing mission to aid educators at all levels of an organization, to help them improve their practice, and create a life changing environment for students and communities through Universal Design for Learning.
Enter the code UDLSALE to save 20% on all CAST books through December 31 when ordering through the CAST Professional Publishing website.
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Upcoming Professional Learning Offerings
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We have a number of upcoming Professional Learning opportunities, including:
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Sign Up for One of Our Intro to UDL Self-paced Courses
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CAST offers two self-paced course options that provide participants with an introduction to UDL, both titled: UDL1: A Framework for Addressing Learner Variability: Theory Into Practice.
In the "Facilitated Self-paced" course you can work at your own pace but have the benefit of interacting with a CAST facilitator, participating in discussions and completing a course project where you can apply the UDL Guidelines to a lesson in your own context. There is also a "Self-paced" learning option of UDL1: A Framework for Addressing Learner Variability: Theory Into Practice. In the self-paced course you can manage your own learning process and take advantage of our Online Learning Experience Guide to help you navigate the course.
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U.S. Education Department Releases Guidance on Education of Children with Disabilities Attending Public Virtual Schools
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The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services issued guidance in the form of a Dear Colleague Letter regarding the requirements in the Individual with Disabilities Education Act that apply to public virtual schools.
Over the last decade, there has been a proliferation of educational models involving varying degrees of in-person and online instruction and practice. This letter addresses the state’s general supervision responsibilities and the applicability of IDEA’s child find provisions to children attending public virtual schools.
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Using UDL to Design Standards-Based Lessons
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The UDL framework can be used to proactively design lessons that address learner variability. Using UDL guidelines, teachers can integrate flexible options and supports that ensure that standards-based lessons are accessible to a range of learners in their classrooms. This article, written by Kavita Rao and Grace Meo, presents a process that teachers can use as they develop standards-based lesson plans. Kavita Rao is part of the CAST UDL Cadre and an associate professor at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa College of Education. Grace Meo was the former Senior Director of Professional Learning and Outreach Services and managed CAST’s professional learning programs for preK-12 teachers and administrators.
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Looking for some like-minded educators to discuss UDL implementation strategies and different models of Universal Design for Learning in practice? Follow the #UDLchat hashtag on Twitter and join the group for lively conversations on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month from 9:00-9:30 PM EST. Whether you are new to UDL or UDL is a way of life, all are welcome! Have a look at the November 16 #UDLchatarchive. Want to get text reminders before each chat? Sign up at remind.com.
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How Universal Design for Learning Creates Culturally Accessible Classrooms
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Read Education Week's article How Universal Design for Learning Creates Culturally Accessible Classrooms by Joni Degner. Joni Degner is a UDL facilitator for the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in Columbus, Indiana.
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