Alternative Education

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Alternative Education

• Albemarle County Public Schools

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Differentiation

• What is Differentiation?
• Differentiation of instruction is simply
  providing instruction in a variety of ways to
  meet the needs of a variety of learners.

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Alternative Education

• What Is Alternative Education?
• a public elementary/secondary school that
  addresses the needs of students which typically
  cannot be met in a regular school and provides
  nontraditional education which is not categorized
  solely as regular education, special education,
  vocational education, gifted and talented or
  magnet school programs (U.S. Department of
  Education, 2002).

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Alternative Education

• Public Alternative Schools
• 1993 1994 2,606
• 1997 1998 3,850
• 2000 2001 10,900

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Alternative Education

• Variations in Programs
• Enrollment Criteria
• Funding Sources
• Curriculum/Educational Program
• Staffing
• Outcomes

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Albemarle County Programs

• Community Public Charter School
• Murray High School
• Charlottesville City Schools Alternative School
  Program
• K 12 Homebound Instruction
• Enterprise Center
• Middle and High School
• TAP
• ISAEP

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Work Sessions

• Session 1 Room
• What alternative programs are available in
  Albemarle County?
• Session 2 Room
• How are student needs being met?
• Session 3 Room 241
• What are our student needs?