[Simtrainer-l] Alignment of CER's with Universal Design

[Keith Lenz]

HI. I believe SIM PDers have conducted several alignments between UDL and
The Content Enhancement Routines over the years. In general, the CO is a
graphic organizer teaching device designed to be used with students to
visually represent course expectations, facilitate the learning of course
big ideas, and guide students' learning through the course. The research on
the use of graphic organizers for increasing learning for students who
struggle with learning is significant. There is also research that graphic
organizers designed for use to promote learning for individuals also
increases learning when used to teach a group of learners - a key
defining principle in using UDL.  The Course Organizer Routine meets all
the UDL guidelines for promoting multiple means of representation,
engagement, and action and expression.  It is co-constructed with the class
at the beginning of the year and then used to pull together learning of the
big ideas after every unit. It is used to surface, discuss, and promote key
learning outcomes as well as teaching students ways of reaching these
outcomes with a class.

While there are specific instructions related to how to use the CO for
effective learning to promote learning for a whole group while meeting the
needs of individuals, teachers may not use it correctly. However, the
effectiveness of any intervention may be compromised by poor
implementation.

It would be helpful to know what aspects of the use of graphic organizers
and the CO that your colleague believes do not meet UDL guidelines. The CRL
has worked with CAST on many projects that connect graphic organizers to
UDL over the past thirty years. CRL researchers worked with David Rose, one
of the designers of the application of UDL, specifically on the use of the
CERS, as well as other SIM interventions, as specific applications of UDL.
I would be happy to help you more if I can. Keith

Keith B. Lenz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Special Education Graduate Programs
Department of Elementary, Literacy, and Special Education
University of Central Arkansas, Mashburn Hall, Room 132, Conway, AR
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On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 9:26 AM Kathy Spielman via Simtrainer-l <
simtrainer-l at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> Hello SIM Educators,
> I am consulting at a private school for students with diagnosed dyslexia
> and other language-based learning disabilities and am looking for articles
> and charts that show how the CER's and specifically Course Organizers align
> and support the Universal Design approach.
>
> A little background on this school:
> Over the last 20 years, the faculty has been trained in the Course
> Organizer and Unit Organizer routines, and, in recent years, every
> department developed and implemented a CO for each course and was working
> on implementing UO's for each course. Two years ago, the faculty began
> training in Universal Design, and the trainer remarked that the CO's do not
> align with Universal Design. This year, the Curriculum Director who
> coordinated the SIM training workshops in the past and was successful in
> the school-wide implementation of CO's is no longer at the school. Going
> back even farther - I was employed as a teacher and administrator at this
> school from 1985 to 2021 and began using SIM with the teachers in the
> 1990's.  Currently, most of the staff is trained in and uses the
> Paraphrasing Strategy and the Sentence Writing Strategies; this year, as a
> consultant, I will continue to work with department heads in the high
> school to train and further implement these two LS's with new teachers and
> the entire high school faculty. (I trained the entire faculty, from grades
> 2 - 12, in Sentence Writing (Fundamentals) and Fundamentals of Paraphrasing
> in 2021, and the new faculty in Sentence Writing (Proficiency) and RAP in
> 2021 and 2022.)
>
> Thank you for your assistance and any ideas/experiences you can share
> with me!
> Kathy
>
> *Kathy Spielman*
> SIM Learning Strategies Professional Developer
> pronouns: she/her
> Teaching Beyond Limits
> 818-314-9389
> spielmankathy at gmail.com
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