From Concept to Scale

One District’s Plan for Implementation

Abstract

Chardon School District, in Northeast Ohio, began imple-mentation of UDL with data review, operational change, and professional development. Balancing staff feedback with attention to strategic planning and support from the Ohio Department of Education, the district designed for multi-year implementation of UDL. With emergent teacher leadership, mission-driven administrators, and regional support from the department of education, the district mapped out professional learning, practice, and supports for staff as they developed understanding of UDL and im-plemented it their classrooms.