International Transition Center
Principal: Dr. Steve Frandsen
495 Maltbie Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
School Highlights
The following school highlights showcase how International Transition Center is fulfilling Gwinnett County Public School's four strategic priorities of Empathy, Equity, Effectiveness, and Excellence. Visit the School Profile Dashboard to find more detailed data on our school.
- The ITC is a school designed to meet students’ academic needs as well as their social, cultural, and physical needs. ITC faculty and staff seek to understand the various cultural backgrounds of students and recognize the academic and social issues the students encounter daily.
- Before coming to the ITC, students may not have been able to attend school regularly due to access issues or for financial reasons, resulting in gaps in their education.
- The ITC’s faculty includes fifty-one teachers, two counselors, two social-workers, five clerical support personnel, four assistant principals, and the principal.
- The ITC is now on the campus of six high schools in the county.
- Many ITC faculty and support staff are native speakers of Spanish or are fluent in Spanish.
- The ITC had 276 students take the ACCESS test of English proficiency for the second time and they improved their overall composite scale score by 25.7.
- The teachers of the ITC received multiple trainings with a national Dual Language Immersion consultant, which included individual observation and feedback sessions.
- The ITC held Literacy and Math Parent Workshops in Fall and Spring Semesters.
- The GCPS Bookmobile visited all six sites in Fall and Spring Semester.
- The ITC’s School Social Workers have made home visits throughout the year and have assisted families with obtaining medical care.