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A Bag of Tools R.L. Sharp

SEI 2008. The Georgia SPDG: Update on Interagency Advisory Councils. Tom Erdmanczyk, Ed.S.ConsultantSpecial Education IdeasKarla Mantooth, Ph. D.Transition SpecialistCobb County Schools. SEI 2008. Transition Update Purpose. This presentation will update the status of a portion of the work of

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A Bag of Tools R.L. Sharp

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    1. SEI 2008 A Bag of Tools R.L. Sharp Isn’t it strange That princes and kings And clowns that caper in sawdust rings And common people like you and me Are builders for eternity? Each is given a bag of tools A shapeless mass A book of rules And each must make, ere life has flown A stumbling block or a stepping stone.

    2. SEI 2008 The Georgia SPDG: Update on Interagency Advisory Councils Tom Erdmanczyk, Ed.S. Consultant Special Education Ideas Karla Mantooth, Ph. D. Transition Specialist Cobb County Schools

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    36. SEI 2008 Unique Practices Futures Fair: For all 11th and 12th grade students with disabilities. 4th Annual. Includes all system high schools. 40+ colleges, military recruiters, and businesses. This fair assists students to interview and make decisions concerning the future.

    37. SEI 2008 Unique Practices Department of Labor: Provides staff to teach seven seniors in a study skills session on job/career placement

    38. SEI 2008 Unique Practices Vocational Rehabilitation Coordinates work-study programs for seniors in off site placements

    39. SEI 2008 Follow Up Data Class of 2007 The data collected in Spring, 2008, are preliminary, and while the 15 SPDG schools are located in all regions of the state and in urban, suburban and rural settings, caution should be exercised in considering these data representative of statewide data. Means of exit for the 622 students with disabilities in the class of 2007 of the 15 SPDG high schools. Positive placement statistics for 14 of 15 SPDG high schools.

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    41. SEI 2008 Class Size The number of students with disabilities in the class of 2007 varies from 23 in school 4 to 73 in school 2. The average number of students with disabilities, per school, in the class of 2007 is 41.

    42. SEI 2008 Means of Exit 252 (41%)exited by dropping out. Dropout statistics were controlled for students who re-entered during the 2007-2008 school term not included in the total. 189 (29%) exited with a special education diploma 143 (25%) exited with a general diploma 44 (7%) of the students exited with a certificate of attendance

    43. SEI 2008 Positive Placement Positive placement refers to students who, in spring 2008 follow-up data, were reported to be productively engaged. Positive placements are as follows: college/university full time, college/university part time, vocational training fill time, vocational training part time, post secondary and employed, sheltered work or day habilitation, competitively employed full time, competitively employed part time, on a waiting list.

    44. SEI 2008 High Performing Schools The schools with the highest percentage of positive placements are schools 3, 8, 10, 12, and 13. The positive placement schools exhibiting low drop out rates are schools 8, 10, 12, and 13. The positive placement schools exhibiting high numbers of special education diplomas are schools 8, 12, and 13. The positive placement schools exhibiting high numbers of general education diplomas are 10 and 12.

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    46. SEI 2008 High Performing Schools What are the high performing schools doing?

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    48. SEI 2008 Let’s Look at School 12 Curricular materials employed in the school setting cluster 12 include: Life Centered Career Education (LCCE); Succeeding in the World of Work (AGS); Career Planning; Pace Maker (Fearon) for basic math; Creative Living (Glenco) for money management; SRA.

    49. SEI 2008 Let’s Look at School 12 Instructional tools and strategies include teaching to Georgia Performance Standards and Georgia Alternative Assessment objectives, co-teaching in general education classes, remediation for the Georgia High School Graduation Test, offering of elective courses at an area technical college, offering driver’s education, use of business tours of potential employment sites, job fairs, post-secondary campus tours, Career Technology Instruction classes with a CTI program, and State CTI skills competition.

    50. SEI 2008 Let’s Look at School 12 Cluster 12 reports an extensive community network. In addition to the area technical college which provides some elective courses, the network includes a second technical college, juvenile justice, a client assistance program, the mental health agency, vocational rehabilitation to include Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation, a private service provider, and Georgia School for the Deaf.

    51. SEI 2008 Let’s Look at School 12 Community strategies include vocational evaluations provided through vocational rehabilitation, Work Keys Assessment which involves school system partnership with local businesses and technical colleges, enclaves which involve local businesses providing paid employment targeted to skills acquisition, vocational rehabilitation sponsored community worksites, participation in the High School High Tech program, the Youth Leadership Forum for students interested in post-secondary education, and follow-up by the transition specialist after students exit the system.

    52. SEI 2008 Let’s Look at School 12 “(The) transition specialist continues to maintain contact with students to assist in communication with special needs coordinators at the post-secondary education campuses, with vocational rehabilitation, with the Department of Labor, and with potential employers.”

    53. SEI 2008 Let’s Look at School 12 Cluster 12 reports the systematic use of traditional tools: IEP, transition plan, summary of performance, progress reports, reports from ancillary agencies, attendance sheets, work performance reports, and case notes in the transition program.

    54. SEI 2008 Interagency Transition Councils

    55. SEI 2008 “The last day of school should be no different than the day after.” Point of Service Integration Model Interwork Institute San Diego State University http://interwork.sdsu.edu/web_programs/potsip.html

    56. SEI 2008 Collaborative Interagency Transition Council -a group of individuals and organizations who come together to address a common need and agree to pursue a common goal. Over time and with much effort, the group becomes a team if its members agree to common values and a mission, set clear goals and objectives, design an organizational structure and operating procedures, develop common communication patterns, and pursue agreed-upon roles and activities Building Statewide Transition Services through Collaboration and Teamwork. Everson and Guillory (1998)

    57. SEI 2008 Developing an Interagency Transition Council Confirm the need for a team Define the team’s goals Establish roles Follow Processes Test, D.W., Aspel, N.P., Everson, J.M. Transition Methods for Youth With Disabilities, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc.

    58. SEI 2008 Developing an Interagency Transition Council Confirm the need for a team Is what we are currently doing working? Are the various players working together effectively? Can formation of an Interagency Transition Council serve to fix what is not working?

    59. SEI 2008 Developing an Interagency Transition Council Define the team’s goals Development of Vision and Mission Statements regional council vs local council Long Range Goals vs Meeting Goals

    60. SEI 2008 Developing an Interagency Transition Council Establish Roles Who is included? Who is in charge? What roles are essential/who will fill them? What is the charge to members Homework: what information and resources will members bring to the team?

    61. SEI 2008 Developing an Interagency Transition Council Follow Processes How will the agenda be structured to accomplish the goals? How much time is needed? What paperwork, forms and data are required? How will communication be enhanced? How will conflict be managed? How will agreements be reached? What happens after meetings end?

    62. SEI 2008 Transition Councils Start-up Considerations Formative Questions: How does the Council stay connected to youth with disabilities? What is the role of founders vs. role of members in start-up decision making? What decision making model will the founders employ? Who does the work?

    63. SEI 2008 Transition Councils Start-up Considerations Membership: Geographic – where? Representative – who? (categories of representation, essential qualities of members) Recruitment – how?

    64. SEI 2008 Transition Councils Start-up Considerations Purpose: Vision Mission Goals Initial Project(s) Action Plan(s)

    65. SEI 2008 Transition Councils Start-up Considerations Structure: Name for council Timeline for council development # of meetings Meeting format Location of meetings Officers/Members: roles and responsibilities Committees Funding Decision making model/processes Evaluation Model

    66. SEI 2008 Transition Councils Start-up Considerations Organization: Bylaws/Guidelines Minutes Agendas

    67. SEI 2008 Transition Councils Start-up Considerations Sources: NCSET: Essential Tools, Interagency Transition Team Development and Facilitation, December, 2004. www.ncset.org Transition Coalition: Community Transition Teams Training 2007 – 2008, Developing Comprehensive Community Wide Systems to Improve Results. www.transitioncoalition.org

    68. SEI 2008 Transition Councils Start-up Considerations Resources: Georgia Interagency Transition Councils: http://gatransition.org Transition Coalition: http://transitioncoalition.org/transition/index.php National Center on Secondary Education and Transition: http://ncset.org Georgia Transition Manual: http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_exceptional.aspx?PageReq=CIEXCTransMan

    69. SEI 2008 National Model Minnesota Legislation: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=125A.22 Suburban Hennepin County Community Transition Interagency Committee: http://www.hennepinctic.com/default.asp

    70. SEI 2008 Georgia Models Gainesville-Hall County Transition Council Susan Wright: ID & Transition Specialist susan.wright@hallco.org Cobb/Marietta/Douglas Interagency Transition Council Karla Mantooth, PhD: Transition Specialist karla.mantooth@cobbk12.org

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