What are School Partnerships?
Current School Partners
Previous School Partners

Instructional Consultation Teams (IC Teams) have been implemented
successfully in more than 175 schools across 7 states over the past eighteen years. Beginning with the "Early Intervention Project" in Connecticut in the mid-1980's, the IC concept was introduced to address the over-representation of minority students in special education programs in urban areas. An early version of the teaming structure was subsequently implemented in New York and Pennsylvania schools with success in increasing student academic and behavioral achievement, reducing the overidentification of students in special education and improving the quality of teaching within the general education classroom. Since 1990, IC Teams have been refined and implemented in school districts throughout the states of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, Michigan, Texas, and Nevada.

Currently there are over 175 schools partnered with the Lab for IC Teams, including 27 schools in 3 Maryland school districts, 27 schools in 9 Delaware school districts, 43 schools in 14 Virginia school districts, 62 schools in 24 Michigan school districts, 14 schools in 8 North Carolina school districts and 13 schools in 12 Nevada school districts. Through our partnerships, often funded by school budgets or external grants, we offer the training and technical support necessary to develop, implement, and evaluate Instructional Consultation Teams in elementary or middle schools. Typically, schools will work with their district to create a vision and plan for adopting the IC Teams model in a few pilot schools to start. For more information about how your school or district can become a school partner, please visit our Getting Started with IC Teams page.