Nancy C. SteveninDirector of Regional Transition

Phone: 401-278-0520Nancy.Stevenin@ppsd.org

Provide a more formal practice of transition instruction to 11th grade students within

district

Present transition requirements to an increased number of students across district

Bring transition related requirements to the attention of administrators at the building

level

Questions we must help students answer:

What are my Post-School goals for . . .. . . education/training?. . . employment?. . . independent living?

How will I meet my Post-School goals? What transition services would help me reach my

goals? What program of study/courses would help me

reach my goals? What IEP goals would help me reach my goals?

This elective is not going to fix the transition issue for the district

We are still going to have the “nay-sayers”

Only targeting 11th grade students; what about the other students

This elective is NOT a transition program BUT an elective that will provide the necessary broad stroke of transition

Include:

Accountability

Summary of Performance Emphasis on Standards-Based/Transition-

Focused IEP Goals

Develop realistic and meaningful IEP goals & objectives

Make instructional programming decisions

Students learn about themselves

Inform the IEP and Summary of Performance

All IEP academic goals and functional learning goals must create a connection to one or more of the student’s broad transition outcomes

Academic goals must be directly referenced to a GLE/GSE

Functional learning goals can be connected to measureable annual goals and objectives/GSEs, addressed, directly, as transition services ,or through program of studies

Quarterly meetings will be held to discuss- Curriculum challenges

- Review of syllabus- What’s Working; What’s Not….

- Discussion for next year

Monthly Updates- On agenda at building level on early

release days