Model Schools

• Strode Station Elementary
• Leslie Co. Middle School
• Mercer Co. High School
• Martha Jane Potter Elementary
• South Livington Elementary

About Models Schools

In October 2004, the University of Louisville, in conjunction with the Kentucky Department of Education, requested proposals from all public K-12 schools in Kentucky for three School Based Universal Design for Learning grants. These were three-year grants, beginning January 1, 2005 and running through August 1, 2007, which provided each school $30,000 per grant year for a total of $90,000. The intent of this funding was to support development of three working models of how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) concepts can be fully implemented across school settings to improve performance of all students.

Specifically, the funding was to support:

1. development of a school-wide plan for integrating UDL concepts and technologies into instructional routines to support all students
2. systematic implementation of the plan with full faculty and administrative involvement
3. demonstration of strategies for creation and delivery of a school-wide accessible digital curriculum
4. dissemination of the school-wide UDL implementation plan across the district, region, and state

The University of Louisville received 34 responses, from 28 different counties, to the call for applications. The applications included 16 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, 8 high schools, 1 middle/high school, 1 ninth grade school, 1 district-wide application, and 1 model laboratory school.

Based on the quality of their proposals, the following schools were offered grants:

• Strode Station Elementary School (Clark County)
Winchester, KY
http://www.clarkschools.net/sse/UDL/index.htm
Project Co-Directors:
Amy Shoemaker
amy.shoemaker@clark.kyschools.us
Jennifer Bell
jennifer.bell@clark.kyschools.us
Other authors of proposal:
Sherrye Browning – 4th grade teacher
Marty Park – District Tech. Coord.
Beth Blankenship – AT Spec./SLP
Beth Gibbs – Parent

• Leslie County Middle School
Hyden, KY
http://www.leslie.k12.ky.us/lcms/UDL/home.html
Project Director:
Diana Fortney
diana.fortney@leslie.kyschools.us
Author of proposal:
Nathan Ambrose

• Mercer County High School
Harrodsburg, KY
http://www.mercer.k12.ky.us/mchs/UDL/index.htm
Project Director:
Roni Gilpin
roni.gilpin@mercer.kyschools.us
Author:
Terry Yates, Principal
terry.yates@mercer.kyschools.us

Other schools that have been provided funding to support UDL implementation in Kentucky are:

• Martha Jane Potter Elementary School (Letcher Co.)
Whitesburg, KY
http://www.letcher.k12.ky.us/mjp/UDL/UDL.htm
Project Director:
Mark Young
mark.young@letcher.kyschools.us

• South Livington Elementary School (Livington Co.)
Smithland, KY
http://www.livingston.k12.ky.us/grant/grant.html
Project Director:
Patty Hubbard
patty.hubbard@livingston.kyschools.us
Other authors or proposal:
Tammy Sayle – School Psychologist
Danny Whitlock - Consultant