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UDL Leadership:  Professional Learning & Coaching – Session 1

Date: 10/01/2026 Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST Location: Internet Type: Webinar
Price: TBD

Description

This series is designed for educators ready to move beyond “knowing” UDL to modeling and leading it. Whether you are leading a classroom of students, a grade-level team, or a district-wide initiative, this course will equip you with the mindset and tools to design environments where everyone can succeed. You will learn to lead by example—transforming how you design learning, navigate barriers, and empower others to do the same.

The Vision: We aren’t just implementing a framework, we are working to shift an entire culture. This series moves UDL from a checklist to a leadership philosophy. Whether you lead a classroom of students or a district of thousands of learners and educators, our goal is the same: to design environments where barriers are removed and agency is a given.

Goal: To equip leaders at all levels with the mindset and tools necessary to model Universal Design for Learning and lead transformative, inclusive instructional practices. To move from knowing UDL to leading and living UDL.

Dates: 11/05/2026, 12/03/2026, 01/07/2027, 02/04/2027

Learning Objectives

  1. Transform how we view “struggle” by investigating barriers in our environments and setting firm, inclusive goals for ourselves and those we lead.
  2. Develop the art of designing “Firm Goals and Flexible Pathways” to increase agency in your classroom or staff meetings.
  3.  Explore the power of choice and variety to support all learners, focus on how leaders model inclusive practices in every interaction.
  4. Establish predictable, inclusive instructional routines that reduce cognitive load for both leaders and learners.
  5. Create a long-term roadmap (game plan) for UDL implementation by building small, identity-based habits and ‘Look-fors’ that prompt success.

Presenters

Tracy Dabbs

Tracy Dabbs is the Coordinator of Technology and Innovation and UDL Lead for the Burlington-Edison School District. She has nearly 30 years of experience in education with a focus on Leadership, Technology, Professional Learning and UDL.  

Recent projects include:  

  • Featured professional learning provider with SETC  

Contact

Email Sue Wright at the SETC office

Clock hours for this webinar and others in this series are available from ESD105 for a small fee. The following Professional Development Enroller link provides more information about clock hours: Pending