Third Annual UDL-IRN

Great Lakes UDL Experience

Featuring National Speakers

Kate Edgren UDL Facilitator, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation

Joni Degner UDL Facilitator, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation

Bryan Dean Space Futurist, NorvaNivel

October 21st and 22nd, 2019

8:30am - 3:30pm

at

Macomb ISD 44001 Garfield Road

Clinton Twp, MI 48038

Join your colleagues from around the region to explore how Universal Design for Learning can help you create a welcoming, responsive, student-centered classroom that cultivates expert learners. This year the event features national presenters who will focus on:

UDL and performance assessments UDL and space and environment design UDL and executive function

Day one includes a variety of sessions, including featured speaker, breakout, and panel sessions, from national UDL leaders and local UDL practitioners. Day two provides participants with a deeper dive into the content and gives you the opportunity to meet with UDL experts to help you develop your personal implementation plan.

Learn more at http://udl-irn.org/great-lakes/

Put your learners at the center of the educational experience. Join us for this two-day celebration of learners in all their diversity. Discover how the UDL framework can help you design flexible, equitable learning opportunities and environments to address the cultural and learning needs of your students. You’ll leave armed with proven tools and strategies to support students on their way to becoming expert learners. With the support of UDL experts and practitioners, individual participants and school teams will construct an effective implementation plan. Educators, school leaders, and instructional coaches interested in UDL implementation should attend. This special event is sponsored by Macomb Intermediate School District and the UDL-IRN.

Dive Deeper into design practices that support cultural diversity, flexible instruction and student success.

Collaborate with national experts and your school team to design an implementation action plan for your school or classroom.

Network with other practitioners to build a Great Lakes Region UDL consortium.

About the UDL-IRN The Universal Design for Learning

Implementation and Research Network (UDL-IRN) supports the scaled implementation

and research related to Universal Design for Learning. Through collaboration, we support and promote the identification and development of models, tools, research, and practices designed

to foster effective UDL implementation in educational environments. We encourage and

welcome participation in these discussions.

October 21st, 2019 Day 1: Deep Learning

Join us for an immersion into the principles and practices of UDL student-centered design. Through featured speaker, breakout and panel sessions, you'll

learn practical strategies from UDL leaders and experienced local practitioners. Leave with the

resources you need to get started in your classroom.

October 22nd, 2019 Day 2: Facilitated Planning

You're in the driver’s seat. Our national facilitators Kate Edgren, Joni Degner, and Bryan Dean, along

with leaders from the IRN, will be on hand to help you & your team design an effective implementation

action plan. We'll share more in-depth information on designing instruction for diverse learners.