Universal Design for Learning Pilot Program

Since 2003, the PATINS Project has assisted 44 Indiana schools in implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to the area of literacy/math in their classrooms. Each selected school, referred to as a pilot site, is committed to a three year partnership with PATINS, creating an action plan with UDL framework using supportive technology, developing appropriate tools for data collection, and assessing the effectiveness of their projects on their students.

Click here to see a listing of the current pilot sites with contact information and their team's lesson plans.

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PATINS invites schools to apply to be UDL Pilot Sites!
Deadline October 6,2008

In keeping with this Congressional endorsement, the PATINS Project (Promoting Achievement through Technology and INstruction for All Students), an Indiana Department of Education, Center for Exceptional Learners initiative, will be selecting an additional eight (8) Indiana public schools, this October, to participate in the PATINS Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Pilot Program. These eight (8) schools will join the fifteen (15) current program pilot schools in creating operational models for implementing Universal Design for Learning as an approach for minimizing barriers and maximizing learning for all students. This pilot program is a three (3) year commitment. PATINS is pleased to have twenty-nine (29) schools as successful graduates of this three year UDL pilot site program.

The PATINS Project would like to invite your local school district to participate.
Click here for the guidelines on the application process.
Click here for the application page.

UDL TOOLS

What is Universal Design for Learning?

PATINS UDL Brochure

UDL Team Blog
This is the place to ask questions, share ideas, etc.

UDL Lesson Template*
*Property of the PATINS Project.
Permission to copy or modify is granted if rights are maintained.

Daniel McNulty's UDL Interview with Teach with Tech

CAST Website

http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/ideas/tes/
This is the link to the book “Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age, Universal Design for Learning” by David H. Rose and Anne Meyer.

http://lessonbuilder.cast.org/
This is the link to CAST's UDL Lesson Builder where you can learn about UDL, explore UDL lessons, and create your own lessons.

http://www.cast.org/publications/UDLguidelines/version1.html
This is the link to CAST's Universal Design for
Learning Guidelines version 1.0

This is the link to PACER's Simon Technology Center. They have an online training "Universally Designed Technology in Schools".
This course is free and available to anyone

Directions to M.S.D. Pike Township Training Center