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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Remember, ITS is actually ITDS -- it's a Demonstration School for the Center for Inspired Teaching (professional development for teachers all over the city and beyond). Thus, unlikely to change its mission.[/quote]

One of the areas of most needs for teacher professional development is training teachers how to work with diverse populations, including students with disabilities. So it should actually be right up their alley.

FWIW ITS has 16% students with SN. Most are Level 1, but they are on track with most DCPS schools, save for those with self-contained classrooms, who only serve students who are in general education classrooms with supports.[/quote]

Great point.  How can ITS claim to be serving DCPS with teacher training if special needs teaching is not part of their training?  [/quote]

Serving kids with SN is most definitely part of the training resident teachers receive at ITS, and there are many additional staff members on the special ed team. There are teachers who've moved from the special ed team to lead gen ed classrooms, and they are excellent teachers (and train resident teachers, too). The PP says there are 16% of kids at ITS with SN, which is on track with most DCPS schools. I'm less familiar with those particular stats, but they seem about right. I hear that you want ITS to offer self-contained special ed classrooms, but that's pretty different than arguing that they don't train teachers to teach kids with special needs. [/quote]

Offering self-contained came up as a way to get a more diverse student body outside the lottery.  [/quote]

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