{"id":2117,"date":"2026-02-03T16:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:38:14","slug":"slg-leaders-learn-about-udl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/2026\/02\/03\/slg-leaders-learn-about-udl\/","title":{"rendered":"SLG leaders learn about UDL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/slg\/contact-us\/#:~:text=7441%20ext.%204116-,Navneet%C2%A0Sidhu%2C%C2%A0MEd,-Coordinator%2C%20Supported%20Learning\">Navneet Sidhu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Training sits at the heart of our SLG Program because strong facilitation doesn\u2019t happen by accident \u2014 it\u2019s built through intentional professional development. Our student leaders are continuously developing the skills to guide collaborative learning, ask purposeful questions, and use evidence-based learning strategies that help students become more independent and confident learners.<\/p>\n<p>In the last training session, we were fortunate to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/teaching-and-learning\/contact-us\/hay-claire.htm\">Claire Hay<\/a> from the Teaching and Learning Centre lead a session on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), further strengthening this foundation. By exploring ways to offer multiple ways for students to engage, access information, and demonstrate understanding, leaders are learning to design sessions that are more inclusive, flexible, and responsive to different learning preferences and needs. The result? Study sessions where more students can participate meaningfully, feel supported, and find strategies that actually work for them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some leader testimonials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think this training session was really eye opening and help me learn about new perspectives to involve in teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe part that I found most helpful was the different ways on how to make an inclusive environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was helpful to learn how I can make my sessions better.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by Navneet Sidhu Training sits at the heart of our SLG Program because strong facilitation doesn\u2019t happen by accident \u2014 it\u2019s built through intentional professional development. Our student leaders are continuously developing the skills to guide collaborative learning, ask purposeful questions, and use evidence-based learning strategies that help students become more independent and confident &#8230; <a title=\"SLG leaders learn about UDL\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/2026\/02\/03\/slg-leaders-learn-about-udl\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":2118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2123,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions\/2123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/tlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}