University of Dayton Transition to Teaching

T2T Partner School Districts

Cincinnati Public Schools is Ohio ‘s third largest public school district. It operates 58 schools including 13 high schools.
The Student Services Department specializes in ensuring that students with disabilities receive the instruction and support they need to achieve. Special education and related services are offered to children age three through twenty-one in public and non-public schools. The district is also well known for serving a large population of English Language Learners (ELLs) and has a welcome center designed to help these students achieve high academic standards in English. There are 63 languages other than English spoken by CPS' students and families. Spanish, French and Arabic are the most common languages found among CPS' families. Cincinnati Public Schools has been part of the Transition to Teaching project since 2006 and has been extremely satisfied with the quality of teachers trained through the University of Dayton. The new T2T focus on ELLs has also been an incentive for the district to partner with the T2T project in 2011.

Website: www.cps-k12.org

Columbus City Schools is the official school district for the city of Columbus, Ohio, and serves most of the city (portions of the city are served by suburban school districts). The district has over 56,000 students enrolled, making it the largest school district in the state of Ohio as of August 2006. The district is known for supporting English Language Learners and their families and deals with 90 languages in their districts alone. Dr. Gene T. Harris currently serves as the 19th superintendent of Columbus City Schools. The district has been part of the Transition to Teaching project since 2002 and has been extremely successful in obtaining highly qualified Intervention Specialists, some of whom are in leadership roles today.

Website: http://www.columbus.k12.oh.us

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is partnering in T2T via the Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County (ESC-CC).
The primary goal of the Cleveland Metropolitan School Districts (CMSD) is to become a premier school district in the United States of America.  CMSD envisions 21st Century Schools of Choice where students will be challenged with a rigorous curriculum that considers the individual learning styles, program preferences and academic capabilities of each student, while utilizing the highest quality professional educators, administrators and support staff available. The district provides support for students of many background and also focuses on Multilingual Multicultural Education, which happens to be one of the new focuses of the 2011 T2T project. This is the first year for CMSD to work with the Transition to Teaching project.

Website: www.cmsdnet.net