This video has an overview of how students’ unique fingerprints require educators to minimize the barriers and maximize the learning with flexible curriculum that offers more than access, but challenging work that fuels all students’ interests.
This video has an overview of how students’ unique fingerprints require educators to minimize the barriers and maximize the learning with flexible curriculum that offers more than access, but challenging work that fuels all students’ interests.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a way for students with disabilities to access the knowledge and skills in classrooms. The UDL principles are based upon neuroscience with a belief that curriculum should be diversely presented by educators and expressed by students in multiple ways. The universal aspect of UDL offers a broad range of goals, methods, materials, and assessments for students. Preparing teachers how to deliver the curriculum to students in their classrooms using UDL principles requires training. The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) offers many ideas.
These Wordles depict the most popular comments from Council for Exceptional Children’s Yes I Can Ceremony on 4/13/12 in Denver. They offer visual insights on how these remarkable young individuals achieved such incredible feats. YES, YOU certainly CAN! Congratulations to you, your families, and the educators who support your endeavors. The world awaits your brilliance!
I just had the pleasure of coaching a group of Georgia educators. Collaboratively, we figured out ways to allow the research-based inclusion strategies to come alive in their classrooms. They creatively incorporated good teaching practices such as cooperative learning, technology, VAKT elements, multiple intelligences, study guides, and graphic organizers for instruction and assessments, while thematically teaching figurative language, biomes, WW II, and data analysis in English, Science, History, and Mathematics. Whew-and they made it seem easy with rap songs, word acrostics, PowerPoints, research, and more! Way to go GW Carver MCSD! Looking forward to continuing the learning in February!
The IDEAL School has innovative ways to tap into students’ interests from visual stories of Beowulf to punctuation math, a performance of Where the Wild Things Are, snake stories, mandalas, TaeKwonDo, dance, learning Spanish or Mandarin, place value, history, science, and more. Inclusion is a way of life that as evidenced by the smiling faces of your students, happily lives and breathes at your locale!
Although inclusion is defined by individual students and classroom communities, the first ingredient is a positive attitude. After meeting the educators of Maritime Academy Charter School, I know that their students will experience many successes. Here are just a few of the inclusion definitions that they shared. More customized definitions to follow in the upcoming year!
Inclusion is_______
to involve every student in the classroom.
possible!
evolving the classroom environment for all students to succeed!
collaboration and modification.
an excellent way to ensure students are all given equal opportunities while meeting all needs.
giving all students individual opportunity within each classroom.
the capability and ability of an educational community to reach all learners.
an effective instructional practice to ensure the success of all learners.
great:-)!
a wonderful cooperative learning opportunity for both Gen. Ed & Special Ed. students.
an effective way to ensure social and academic growth for all students.
including ALL students in the classroom environment.
having the resources and opportunities and then making it work!