This week, we are exploring the sustaining effort and persistence aspect of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. We'll go over the four key checkpoints within effort and persistence as well as explain how you can start to implement some ideas in your classroom. If you like what you hear, we would love it if you could share this episode with a colleague or friend. And make sure you subscribe so that you don’t miss out on any new content! And consider supporting the show by buying us a coffee or two! We would love to hear from you – leave a comment on our website OR check out our FLIPGRID! Featured Content **For detailed show notes, please visit our website at https://edugals.com/111** CAST.org - Universal Design for Learning frameworkHow to get students thinking - E110Sparking Excitement and Curiosity for Learning - E108Four checkpoints:Heighten salience of goals and objectivesVary demands and resources to optimize challengeFoster collaboration and communityIncrease mastery-oriented feedbackGoals and Objectives:I can statements are a great start, have students re-state objectives in their own wordsBig picture to small objectives - what steps can we take?Use planner documents, scaffoldsEngage learners in assessment discussions, rubric creation, review of exemplarsVary Demands and Resources:Knowing that learners vary in abilities and skillsKnowing your learners, background knowledge, learned experiencesDifferentiation!Implementing Mastery Learning by Thomas GuskeyLots of parallels with mastery-based learning - all students can succeedLesson classifications - Modern Classrooms ProjectCollaboration & Community:Feeling safe in the classroom = engagementSelf-pacing and ungrading helps!Peer interactions and supportProvide prompts for asking questions, using ask 3 before me and other structuresGroup work norms - great 1st week activitySchool-wide programs that are differentiated?Mastery Feedback:Constructive, timely, specific, focus on learning and improvementFocus on the skills you want students to improve onBuild strategies for future successSpecifications Grading - E107Our Favourite Formative Assessment Tools - E101Descriptive Feedback to Boost Student Learning - E091Support the showConnect with EduGals: Twitter @EduGals Rachel @dr_r_johnson Katie @KatieAttwell EduGals Website Support the show