The UDL Journey Guide

This digital travel companion guides district leaders and teams through four stages of implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL), with connections to state and national supports along the way. This guide is based on CAST’s School Implementation Certification Criteria (UDL-SICC) and has been developed with the help of CAST, the California Coalition for Inclusive Literacy, and Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP).

So, whether you’re brand new to UDL, or you’ve already begun your implementation journey, we’ve got you…

Why UDL?

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The Path

Getting Ready

You’re interested in learning where to start when applying UDL to create inclusive instructional environments that foster students’ ability to be expert learners.

Starting

You’ve developed a shared vision and gathered baseline data, now you need to set goals and create plans for moving forward with UDL as a distric

Scaling Up

You’re on your way within your plans and your monitoring your progress as you scale UDL to broader segments of your system.

Scaling Out

UDL is now embedded within the culture of your organization with educators finding new ways to apply their UDL lens and you’re now sharing your practices with folks outside your system.

The UDL GPS Implementation Tool

The UDL GPS Tool

Answer a series of questions to receive personalized suggestions of tools and resources to aid you in your UDL journey.