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Indiana’s Transition To School Initiative

Indiana’s Transition To School Initiative. Dr. Susan Lockwood Juvenile Education Coordinator Indiana Department of Correction. Overview. Profile of Indiana Department of Correction Juvenile Facilities Individual Learning Plans Education Transition Portfolios

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Indiana’s Transition To School Initiative

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  1. Indiana’s Transition To School Initiative • Dr. Susan Lockwood Juvenile Education Coordinator Indiana Department of Correction

  2. Overview • Profile of Indiana Department of Correction Juvenile Facilities • Individual Learning Plans • Education Transition Portfolios • Transition Coordinators • Data Collecting/Results

  3. IDOC Juvenile Facilities • Six Facilities • Approximately 1,000 students • Comprehensive Case Management • All schools are accredited by the North Central Association (AdvancEd) as Comprehensive Special Purpose Schools

  4. IDOC Education Programming • Junior High Curriculum • High School Diploma • GED • Career/Technical (Vocational) • Post-Secondary

  5. Transition Data • Title I Accountability • Credible Outcome Measures

  6. Relating Individual Learning Plans to Transition Juvenile Justice education is always a bridge between school experiences. A bridge must connect two specific sides.

  7. Individual Learning Plan • The “vehicle” • The “glue”

  8. Relating ILPs to Transition • We must know where the Individual has been and where he/she will go next. • Because the primary educational services occur in a classroom, the value of the ILP for the student is directly related to its value to the classroom teacher.

  9. Components of the ILP • Personal characteristics • Valid test scores • Learning Styles • Career Interests • Barriers to Learning Objectives • Goals and Objectives

  10. Assessments • TABE 9/10 • Brigance • Student Styles Questionnaire (SSQ) • Self Directed Search (SDS) • Formal Writing Sample

  11. Barriers To Learning Objectives • Personal habits, family resources • Contrasting goals and abilities.

  12. ILP Goals and Objectives • Derived from assessments which provide information regarding the student’s present levels of performance • Provide a logical bridge from a well understood picture of the student’s current status and the next educational objective after release.

  13. ILP Summary Juvenile Justice education is always a transition from previous educational experience to the next educational experience.

  14. So Where’s the Glue? Education Transition Portfolio (ETP) • To streamline initial education assessments at the intake level in order to expedite the process of student enrollment into school at the receiving facility • To transition students back to public school after they are released from the facility, using the student’s Individual Learning Plan (ILP) or Individual Education Program (IEP) as the vehicle for achieving this task

  15. Education Transition Portfolio • Information that goes to the “receiving” school or educational placement • Transcripts • Certificates • Assessments • ILP/IEP • Work Samples

  16. Transition Coordinator • Assembles documents and places them in the ETP • “Transition” Activities • Facilitates school enrollments and transfer of ETP • Post-Secondary (FAFSA, etc.) • Employment • Vocational Rehabilitation/Community Services

  17. Transition Coordinator • Confirms/verifies enrollments, job placement, education “completers” • Reports enrollment/completion data to IDOC Central Office Administration on a monthly basis.

  18. Next Steps • Resolving issues related to “summer releases” • Further collaboration among transition coordinators and other education staff • Continued Monitoring

  19. Contact Information Dr. Susan Lockwood Indiana Department of Correction IGC-S E334 302 West Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 slockwood@idoc.in.gov (317) 233-4458

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