Resources
Engage the Brain (book)
Research on the brain has shown that emotion plays a key role in learning, but how can educators apply that research in their day-to-day interactions with students? What are some teaching strategies that take advantage of what we know about the brain?
Engage the Brain answers these questions with easy-to-understand explanations of the brain's emotion networks and how they affect learning, paired with specific suggestions for classroom strategies that can make a real difference in how and what students learn.
Unlearning (book)
By Allison Posey & Katie Novak
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) suggests exciting ways to design and deliver engaging, rigorous learning experiences-as a growing international movement of UDL practitioners can attest. However, implementing UDL also requires us to unlearn many beliefs, assumptions, and teaching practices that no longer work.
In this lively and fun book, UDL experts Allison Posey and Katie Novak describe colleagues who have implemented UDL and experienced exponential success: increased graduation rates, an increase in the number of students taking AP exams, and decreased special education referrals and out-of-school suspensions.
Articles & Templates
Leveraging Neuroscience in Lesson Design
Learn two important facts about the brain to incorporate into your lesson planning (Article)
Lesson Planner Template
Review and article and use the lesson planning template that aligns with Universal Design for Learning (Article & PDF)
Equity isn't a Product. It's a Process
Grab a co-planning partner and design lessons to meet the needs of all students using a 5-15-45 tool (Blog & Tool)
How to Support the Emotional Link to Learning
Gain strategies to incorporate emotions into the learning process (Article)
Online classes
with Novak Ed
Learning and the Brain
An asynchronous opportunity to learn more about learning and the brain and how it connects to teaching.
Inclusive Practices in Science Classroom
An asynchronous course focusing on integrating UDL and inclusive science teaching strategies for any grade.
Book Chapters
Stretching UDL Beyond the Classroom: Affordability, Quality, and Belonging in Higher Education (2021) by Johnston and Posey. Handbook of Research on Applying Universal Design for Learning Across Disciplines: Concepts, Case Studies, and Practical Implementation
UDL in American colleges and universities: A common pathway to success (2024) by Behling and Posey. Handbook of Higher Education and Disability
A Case for Unlearning in Higher Education (2023) by Posey. New Directions for Teaching and Learning Volume 2022, Issue 172