TransQUAL Online: Improving Student Transitions

1. www.edi.cornell.edu Employment and Disability Institute TransQUAL Online:Improving Student Transitions to Life After SchoolVersion 2.1 Employment and Disability Institute Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations Extension Division 201 ILR Extension Building, Garden Avenue Ithaca, New York 14853-3901 Telephone: (607) 255-7727 TTY/TDD: (607) 255-2891 e-mail: ilr_edi@cornell.edu Website address: http://edi.cornell.edu

2. TransQUAL Online Main Menu What is TransQUAL Online? Getting a TransQUAL Online Account Team Assessment Work Plan Development Impact Reporting Online Resources -- Links and Discussion

3. What is TransQUAL? TransQUAL Online is a tool to support school district teams as they collaboratively review and improve their practices in career development and transition. Intro: 1 of 10

4. Features of the TransQUAL Web Site Password-Protected Accounts Intro: 2 of 10

5. Features of the TransQUAL Web Site Collaborative Self-Assessment Intro: 3 of 10

6. Features of the TransQUAL Web Site Work Plan Development Intro: 4 of 10

7. Features of the TransQUAL Web Site Impact Reporting Intro: 5 of 10

8. Features of the TransQUAL Web Site Help and Discussion Forum Intro: 6 of 10

9. Yearly Growth of TransQUAL Teams and Plans Intro: 7 of 10

10. Numbers of school district planning teams who have saved TransQUAL Online Work Plans in New York State from January 2000 through December 2005 Intro: 8 of 10

11. Back to Menu TransQUAL Resources Project • Maintain and Enhance the TransQUAL Web Site • Provide Technical Assistance Statewide • Summarize Data on the Uses of TransQUAL • Research the Impact of TransQUAL -- comparative data Intro: 10 of 10

12. http://www.transqual.org Click here for a test drive of TransQUAL Click here to get a Username and Password DownIoad TransQUAL documents Register: 1 of 6

13. Select the your user type Select your Transition Coordination Site region Click here to continue… Register: 2 of 6

14. BOCES/ NYC Region Click here to continue… Select your BOCES/NYC Region Register: 3 of 6

15. Click here to continue… Select your school district Register: 4 of 6

16. Click here if your team is district-wide, or… Select your school, or… Click one of these and fill in text to describe your program Register: 5 of 6

17. Back to Menu Completely fill in your remaining contact information Click here to complete your registration Register: 6 of 6

18. Pose questions for discussion Measure student results Log out of TransQUAL Back to the start Contact TransQUAL Central! View/Edit your contact info Explore web resources Assess: 1 of 7

19. Step-by-step instructions Quick-start menu View previous records Assess: 2 of 7

20. Select the month and year of your meeting Click here to continue… Assess: 3 of 7

21. Type the name of a team member, select a role, or type in the “Other” box, then click on “Add new member” Click here to continue… Assess: 4 of 7

22. Click on these links to learn more about each Topic Check one or more of these check boxes for your team assessment Click here to continue Assess: 5 of 7

23. Rate each indicator: 5 = Exemplary, can educate others about this issue 4 = Indicator evident across all situations 3 = Indicator evident across some, but not all, situations 2 = Indicator not evident, planning is underway 1 = Indicator not evident, no planning has been initiated Check here if the team wishes to create a plan to improve this indicator Assess: 6 of 7

24. Back to Menu Click here frequently to save your work during discussions “Quality” indicators represent promising practices, “Compliance” indicators represent State/Federal regulations Assess: 7 of 7

25. To begin Work Plan development, click here Plan: 1 of 8

26. Click on one of these Indicators to develop a Work Plan Plan: 2 of 8

27. Information entered automatically What is the need? How will this issue improve? What will be your 1-5 rating when your work is done? Plan: 3 of 8

28. What will your team do, overall? Who will do what, by when? Plan: 4 of 8

29. How will this Work Plan be supported? How will your team measure success? Describe your team’s reflective process How will other’s know of your work? Plan: 5 of 8

30. Check these boxes to tie your Work Plan to New York State educational reform indicators Click here to save your work and to develop new Work Plans Plan: 6 of 8

31. Click here to create an additional Work Plan Click here to view or edit an existing Work Plan Plan: 7 of 8

32. Back to Menu Need your record re-opened? Contact Us! By closing your record, your team will have a printer-friendly document Plan: 8 of 8

33. To complete an Impact Report, click here Impact: 1 of 7

34. Select a Work Plan to review Impact: 2 of 7

35. Information entered automatically Impact: 3 of 7

36. Update your team’s task completion Enter additional tasks or changes here Impact: 4 of 7

37. What worked? What didn’t work? Impact: 5 of 7

38. Select a new 1-5 Rating What evidence supports your new rating? What’s next? What do you need to keep going? Click here frequently to save your work during discussions Impact: 6 of 7

39. Back to Menu Enter names and roles of Impact Report team members Select the current month and year Click here to save your Impact Report Impact: 7 of 7

40. Click here to go to the Links pop-up web page Click here to go to the Discussion Forum pop-up web page Help: 1 of 4

41. The web Links are organized by the five TransQUAL topic areas Click on these to navigate to each web site listed Help: 2 of 4

42. Click on these to post a question, reply to someone else or learn from previous discussions The Discussion Forum is organized by the five TransQUAL topic areas Help: 3 of 4

43. Back to Menu For More Assistance: David Brewer drb22@cornell.edu 201 ILR Extension Employment and Disability Institute Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 254-4696 AIM: dbrew826 Online Access to Cornell Publications http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/ Help: 4 of 4