Differentiated Instruction & UDL Planning Toolkit — 20 Editable Planning Tools for Flexible, Accessible & Responsive Teaching
The Differentiated Instruction & UDL Planning Toolkit is a practical professional resource designed to help teachers plan flexible, accessible, and responsive learning experiences for diverse classrooms.
The toolkit contains 20 editable planning tools that bring together Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and differentiated instruction in a practical, classroom-ready format.
It helps educators move from identifying learner variability and potential barriers to designing meaningful supports, flexible learning pathways, accessible assessment, and effective lesson reflection.
What’s included:
- Learner Variability Profile
- Learning Goal Clarity Planner
- Barrier Anticipation Map
- UDL Engagement Planner
- UDL Representation Planner
- UDL Action & Expression Planner
- Differentiation by Readiness Matrix
- Differentiation by Interest Planner
- Differentiation by Learning Profile Planner
- Flexible Grouping Planner
- Scaffold Selection Planner
- Task Analysis & Chunking Template
- Choice Board Planning Template
- Tiered Task Design Template
- Accessible Materials Adaptation Checklist
- Differentiated Questioning Planner
- Inclusive Formative Assessment Planner
- Feedback & Revision Planner
- Differentiated Lesson Planning Template
- Post-Lesson UDL & Differentiation Reflection
Ideal for:
Classroom teachers, special educators, SEN/SEND professionals, inclusion coordinators, learning-support teams, teacher educators, instructional coaches, school leaders, and educational consultants.
Why this toolkit is useful:
The tools help educators:
- anticipate learning barriers before instruction begins;
- maintain clear learning goals while varying access and support;
- plan multiple ways for learners to engage with content;
- present information in accessible formats;
- provide different ways for learners to demonstrate understanding;
- differentiate by readiness, interest, and learner profile;
- plan flexible grouping and scaffolding;
- design accessible formative assessment and feedback; and
- reflect on the effectiveness of differentiation and UDL after teaching.
Editable and printable:
The purchase includes both a printable PDF and an editable Word version, allowing the buyer to adapt the templates to their own classroom, school, subject, learner group, or professional context.
Single-user licence:
One named purchaser may use, print, and adapt the materials for their own professional practice and the learners they directly support. The files may not be resold, redistributed, uploaded, shared, sublicensed, republished, or placed in shared organizational resource libraries. A separate school or multi-user licence is required for use by multiple staff members.
Important note:
This toolkit is a professional educational planning resource. It does not replace applicable legislation, official school-system documentation, safeguarding procedures, formal diagnostic or psychological assessment, or qualified professional judgment.
