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Pre-ETS: A Look at What Your Neighbors Are Doing

Learn about the Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) program and how it is providing new opportunities for students with disabilities to access impactful services and prepare for the workforce.

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Pre-ETS: A Look at What Your Neighbors Are Doing

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  1. Title: Credits: Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS): A Look at What Your Neighbors Are Doing September 8, 2014

  2. Welcome and Introductions….. Brenda Simmons, Missouri DESE-VR Bob Simpson, ED.S. – MU Pre-ETS Project Director Pat Bauer, Ed.D. – MU Pre-ETS Specialist Jodi Turnbough, Ed.S. – MU Pre-ETS Specialist

  3. WIOA • Signed into law July 22, 2014 • “WIOA is designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy.” WIOA is about new opportunities: • for more students with disabilities • for more impactful services • At an earlier age WIOA is about new partnerships: • That will enhance post-secondary outcomes • That will better prepare youth for todays workforce Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

  4. Pre-employment Transition Services More coordinated services at an earlier age with meaningful opportunities for real world work experience and training relevant to business needs leading to competitive, integrated employment

  5. A New Partnership

  6. Common Foundation • Ensure students with disabilities have every opportunity to maximize receipt of pre-employment transition services for as long as they need those services, prior to graduation or high school exit. • Ensure Pre-ETS services supplement IDEA transition or 504 services. • Ensure Pre-ETS are provided in collaboration with the school, aligned within a career pathways model, and promote competitive, integrated employment.

  7. Information Sharing • Communication – Communication • Document Pre-ETS services • Develop a process to share/exchange student information, and data for VR federal reporting

  8. How We Deliver Services • Regional Transition Specialists • Teachers vs. Counselors • Meet Schools Where They Are • Never add to their plate • Relationships/Friend Making Business • Results Orientation – Baldridge • Training

  9. Transition Portfolio • Communication – Communication • Document Pre-ETS services • Develop a process to share/exchange student information, and data for VR federal reporting

  10. Our Columns - WIOA • Job Exploration • Work Based Learning • Post-secondary Counseling • Work Place Readiness • Self Advocacy/Peer Mentoring

  11. Data – 23 Specialists • Referrals to VR = 665 (average per specialist was about 6) • Student contacts (all columns) = 24,245 (Dec.-May) • By columns • # of profiles (job exploration) = 1983 • # college and career readiness surveys (workforce readiness) = 1505 • # of student-led conferences real or mock (self-advocacy) = 594 • # of work-based referrals (work-based experiences) = 954 • # of summer work referrals regardless of placement (work-based experiences) = 317 • # of post-secondary referrals with ADA support services (post-secondary counseling) = 73

  12. Data – 23 Specialists

  13. What Worked • Educational approach vs. case mgmt. • Individualizing for schools • Not adding to their load – Supporting teachers • Scaling up • Continuous improvement • Ongoing training • Relationship building • Allowing innovation

  14. Moving Forward • Increasing # of Pre-ETS Specialists • Expanding Students Served (Pilot Program) • Guiding Questions – Are We Making A Positive Difference

  15. Bringing It Home • Jody and Pat Share success stories

  16. Closure, Reflection and Evaluation September 8, 2014

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