CONTEXT The widespread use of qualified inclusive education has become an important goal in many EU countries. They have embraced and adapted their support services to improve their quality of inclusive education. As in many European countries, support services are required. Among these support services in inclusive education, resource room (RR) model is also widely used in schools. However, the teachers who are not in the special education area who provide services in this application need support in giving education at all levels according to the potentials of students with special needs (SEN). It is necessary to go through a number of improvements in the nature of both the teachers, the programs to be implemented. OBJECTIVES The UDL4U project aims to increase the quality of support education services by planning activities such as organizing workshops to determine needs and problems; organizing the mobility to see the applications in place by partner countries in the project; developing a number of standard development activities that can measure the quality of RR model; developing the general education teacher (GET) training program, named GETInvolved, based on Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles; organizing an international congress. We anticipate that the vocational qualifications of teachers who provide RR model will be improved through education and training program through the UDL4U project. All teachers providing supportive education services will learn new methods, techniques and approaches to provide education to European standards for children with different and special needs.They will also have the opportunity to learn innovative teaching methods such as creative drama as well as scientific-based applications used in the field of special education. By learning the UDL principles, students will learn to offer effective learning opportunities at every level. PARTICIPANTS In UDL4U project there will be 8 Institutions.Coordinator IRIPS from FR, 3 Local authorities for education,Directorate of educations from Rezekne LV,Antalya TR and Rodopi GR.Akdeniz University is higher education authority.Duraliler and Gulveren school from TR and Jankow school from PL are the partners of the UDL4U project. Although the beneficiaries of the project are GETs who are applying the RR model, the main beneficiaries will be SEN students and their families.Teachers-staff who work with SEN students in the RR. Representatives of civil society organizations, public institutions and organizations, representatives of local authorities,decision makers and related associations, local, national and international media and NGO members, local universities participants with fewer opportunities. OUTCOMES -''UDL'' GET involved Cirriculum module (IO1) -''UDL" GET involved practice Book (IO2) -resource room (RR) model -''UDL'' Webinar -A template for an Individual Support Plan(ISP) -A questionnaire to identify individual strengths and weaknesses for inclusive education ACTIVITIES -TPMs There will be 4 transnational project meeting to plan,review and evaluate the project activities with the 3 participants from each partner.1.TPM in TR, 2.TPM in PL, 3.TPM in GR ,4.TPM in LV. -LTTs The content of GET Involved training of Trainers(C1) will be entirely focused on improving the ability of teachers to meet student needs. In addition to face-to-face training In Bastia, this development will be achieved through on-site observations of good practices, e-learning opportunities (e-module, online courses, forum etc.), confererences.3(Three) participants from each partner. -Local Trainings After C1 ToT in Bastia,Trained teachers will transfer these qualifications to other teachers locally so that it is possible to grow the effectiveness by local trainings with 500 local participants in Bastia,Antalya,Rezekne,Rodopi and Jankow. -IOs -IO1"The Get Involved Vet Module" -IO2 "Get Involved Practice book" -MEs There will be Congress-Conferances with 8 different Multiplier events in Bastia,Antalya,Rezekne,Rodopi and Jankow with the participation of 30 participants for each partners" target group.Totally 240 participants for MEs. IMPACT UDL4U has local, national and international impacts and a dissemination plan is presented for dissemination of the impactsThe most important effect expected in the project is that the teachers have to gain proficiency through the developed GET Involved program and to offer effective teaching by applying the UDL principles to the SEN students.It will reduce early school leavers by develop new form of SEN education in the school context. LONGER TERM BENEFITS The UDL4U project will respond to the Europe 2020 priorities in the area of education and training, youth and early school leaving in the context of SEN education.Thanks to the intellectual outputs and activities,It will serve to reach 2020 and further European strategic targets in the field of general education and SEN education.
The transnational consortium carrying the UDL4U project has worked to improve the professional qualifications of teachers who practice the RR model through an education and training program within the framework of the UDL4U project. The aim was to provide this target group with new experiences and to enrich their knowledge and practices, in particular through the development of the general education teacher training program (GET) called GETInvolved, but also through the acquisition of new methods, techniques and approaches to provide education in line with European standards for children with special needs, innovative teaching methods such as creative theater for example.
Generalizing the use of inclusive education has become an important goal in many EU countries. The latter have adapted their practices to improve the quality of inclusion in the field of education. As in many European countries, support services are needed. Among these inclusive education support services, the Resource Room (RR) model is widely used in schools. However, teachers who are not in the field of special education but who provide services in this sector need support to provide education at all levels and according to the potential of students with special needs (SEN ). It was therefore necessary to make a number of improvements both on the side of the teachers and also of the programs to be implemented. The main objective of the UDL4U project, "Universal Desinged Learning for You" was to contribute to strengthening the quality of education services.