Universal Design for Learning Guidelines in Career Education

Overview

The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines in Career Education resource provides educators with tools and suggestions on engagement, representation, and action & expression in career education. It also includes a self-assessment survey, evaluating the alignment of your current career education practices with UDL principles.

UDL Guidelines in Career Education

Objectives

  • Engagement in career education means motivating and inspiring students to envision their future careers and take proactive steps toward these goals.
  • In career education, representation refers to how information and content about different careers, career paths, and career-related skills are presented to students.
  • Action & expression refers to how students can demonstrate what they’ve learned about careers and how they can express their career goals, interests, and skills.

Instructions

The Universal Design for Learning Guidelines in Career Education resources includes self-assessment tools, virtual or augmented reality, career exploration games, personalized career plans, and more. These tools can be found by accessing the resource here.

Key Highlights

  • Examples and tools on how to carry out UDL guidelines in Career Education.
  • Self-assessment tools to evaluate educators’ current career education practices with UDL principles.