The New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) Chancellor Joel Klein and Laura Rodriguez, Chief Achievement Officer for Special Education and English Language Learners sponsored a breakfeast meeting at Tweed Courthouse on Tuesday 2/2/10 to introduce the DOE's special education reform plan - A Two-Year Phase-in Process Focusing on the Advancement of Student Learning and Achievement. Jean and I were there from RCSN, along with advocates and colleagues from city and state agencies and organizations.
The highlights of this reform plan are:
1. To establish the expectations that all schools and principals educate
the majority of students with disabilities.
2. Create meaningful Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) that guide
instruction and are aligned with long term student goals.
3. Support schools through academic and behavioral interventions, staff
development, access to innovative approaches and supports, and budget
flexibility
4. Facilitate parental engagement
5. Change and implement accountability measures that will ultimately lead
to increases in graduation rates
The DOE's timeline for this reform plan starts this spring via a Capacity Building Campaign involving 10 networks of schools, encompassing 200 schools, and citywide conferences at the schools to inform parents and invite them to come onboard.
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CTT Class
What does this new law mean for my son who should be in a CTT Class but isnt because his local school doesnt have one - and I dont want to send him elsewhere, away from the local school
He is in PS 24 in the Bronx. What does that mean for the middle schools - 141 - where they sometimes have CTT classes and sometimes dont?
Re: CTT Class
It sounds like your son has a Collaborative Team Teaching (CTT) class placement recommendation on his IEP -- an integrated class taught by 1 general education and 1 special education teacher, where 40% of the students are special education students, and 60% of the students are general education students.
For whatever reason, your zone school does not have that type of class placement available in the school. When the local school does not have the class placement that is listed on a child's IEP, the DOE will look for another school that does offer such class placement, which may not always be necessarily close by.
In your case, you need to assess your child's disability and ask yourself if your child's needs can be met in a general education class setting with perhaps Related Services, or Special Education Teacher Support Services (SETSS), or does your child absolutely need that CTT class placement.
If your child's needs are can be met by having a specialist pull him or her aside and provide extra help or educational support services on a regular basis, then perhaps a general education setting would work. If your child needs more hands on help of a special education teacher, and requires a CTT class, then the DOE would look for a school with an opening in that particular class placement.
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