We Are All In This Together

A Universal Design forLearning In ALCDSB, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Supporting every student means celebrating strengths and ensuring the curriculum is accessible to all students. This session will focus on sharing our learning of the opportunities and challenges associated with advancing educator practice in Universal Design for Learning in a district where full inclusion is the standard within all 38 schools; elementary and secondary. We will share the story of how a variety of organizational barriers had to be removed in order to create fertile ground to advance student-centered pedagogy. The strategic moves we have made as a district have energized our system and are supporting our goal of creating expert learners, young and old!