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 ** Categories ** Schools or classrooms identified as meeting the diversity requirement were selected based on the following: ** Schools that meet the diversity requirement: ** Springfield - Chestnut Middle School, Forest Park Middle School, John Duggan Middle School, John Kennedy Middle School, Van Sickle Middle School; Central High School, High School of Commerce, High School of Science and Technology, Putnam Vocational High School
 * Criteria for Diversity Placement for Middle and Secondary Education **
 * A diversity placement is required in one thirty-hour pre-practicum experience (eg, in Education Evaluation and Planning or Methods) OR the practicum.
 * A diversity placement is defined as a school whose demographic profile includes students reflecting a range of income levels and of gender (at least two), //as well as at least one of the following criteria// including a specified (*see categories below) percentage of students of color (African American, Asian, Latino, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Biracial/Multiracial) ; a specified percentage (*see categories below) of first language not English, or limited English proficient learners,; or low income students. The categories selected are used by the Massachusetts Department of Education for its demographics.
 * Westfield State University’s definition of diversity is determined by close examination of Massachusetts state demographics of diversity across schools and districts, in relation to the demographics of the schools in the community’s surrounding the university that reflect shifting demographics reflecting diversity.
 * Category I: Schools with 40% or more students of color
 * Category II: Schools which meet at least two of the three following descriptors: minimum of 30% students of color, minimum of 30% first language not English, minimum of 23% students with limited English proficiency, minimum of 50% low income
 * Category III: In special circumstances, approval may be granted for schools or classrooms representing slight modifications to the above diversity criteria. We believe that although these schools do not meet Category I-II, they offer an important learning experience for our teacher candidates. Therefore these schools could be used as fulfillment of the diversity requirement. In such instances, students may be expected to provide either a letter from the school documenting the diversity of particular classrooms or changing circumstances in the school, or a printed copy of the school profile from the Massachusetts Department of Education site. __Special Approval can be granted by the Chair of the Education Department, the Coordinator of Secondary Education, the Education Placement Officer, the Academic Program Coordinator, or the Methods Course Professor. __

Holyoke - Lynch, Peck, E.N. White, Morgan; Holyoke High School, William Dean Technical and Vocational High School

Chicopee - Bellamy Middle School (Special Circumstance)