District Curriculum Accommodation Plan
The following information is provided to comply with the Massachusetts General Laws Ch. 71 Section 38Q ½ mandating that school districts provide a District Curriculum Accommodation Plan designed to assist Principals in ensuring that all efforts have been made to meet students’ needs in regular education and avoid unnecessary referrals to special education. In addition, Section 59C of Ch.71 mandates that each School Council meets with the Principal “for the development, implementation and assessment of the curriculum accommodation plan” to be individualized for each school.
Public Schools ensure that every effort is made to meet individual students’ needs within the regular education program. This District Curriculum Accommodation Plan is designed to assist principals and teachers meet the needs of diverse learners in the general education program. The plan will assist the regular classroom teacher in analyzing and accommodating diverse learning styles of all children in the regular classroom and in providing appropriate services and support within the general education program.
A DCAP has four main objectives:
• To assist general education teachers in analyzing, assessing and accommodating diverse learners
• To increase, through the DCAP’s articulation, support services and instructional delivery options available within general education settings
• To recommend instructional interventions for struggling learners
• To delineate resources available to teachers in the areas of student support, mentoring, professional development and coaching
Sample DCAP Documents:
Needham
Framingham
Saugus
Scituate
Brookline
Wareham
Westford
Public Schools ensure that every effort is made to meet individual students’ needs within the regular education program. This District Curriculum Accommodation Plan is designed to assist principals and teachers meet the needs of diverse learners in the general education program. The plan will assist the regular classroom teacher in analyzing and accommodating diverse learning styles of all children in the regular classroom and in providing appropriate services and support within the general education program.
A DCAP has four main objectives:
• To assist general education teachers in analyzing, assessing and accommodating diverse learners
• To increase, through the DCAP’s articulation, support services and instructional delivery options available within general education settings
• To recommend instructional interventions for struggling learners
• To delineate resources available to teachers in the areas of student support, mentoring, professional development and coaching
Sample DCAP Documents:
Needham
Framingham
Saugus
Scituate
Brookline
Wareham
Westford