The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE), a statewide agency that helps county offices of education, school districts and charter schools deliver a quality education for every student, has partnered with educators to create UDL for Educator Empowerment. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework based on research that guides the development of flexible learning environments and learning spaces that can accommodate individual learning differences.

The UDL learning path aims to empower California educators with the needed knowledge and skills to apply UDL holistically to their practices as professionals. Designed in partnership with teachers, for teachers, this path contains six modules of multimedia content, opportunities for reflection and community, and links to resources to deepen participants’ learning and practice.

Through each of the modules, educators are invited on a “choose your own adventure” path of professional self-discovery that equips them with the skills for creating inclusive and equitable lessons and learning environments. Embedded within these learning experiences is the knowledge for diagnosing learning barriers in real time.

The learning path is open to all, on-demand, at no cost, and is the latest in a series of resources created by the CCEE to support the implementation of UDL in schools and districts across the state. Authors include CTA staff consultant on special education policy Karen Taylor. Find it at tinyurl.com/32nnvj8u.