Transition Planning and the CDOS Credential

Transition Planning and the CDOS Credential

Presented By:

Matthew Jurgens

LI RSE-TASC: Transition Specialist

Suffolk County

Transition Planning and the CDOS CredentialAgenda

o Inclusion Activity: What is the Point of School?

o FAPEo Transition Assessment Overviewo The CDOS Learning Standardso Diploma and Credential Options

for Students with Disabilitieso Brief Overview of CDOS

Credential

2L.I. Regional Special EducationTechnical Assistance Support Center

http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/home.html

What is the point of school?


Inclusion ActivityQuotation Reflection

o The IDEA Statement on the purpose for Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE):20 U.S.C. 1400(d) “The purposes of

this chapter are to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free, appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living.”


The Purpose of FAPE

“The mission of the __________ School District is to develop each child's full potential in a nurturing and supportive student-centered environment that will promote a foundation for lifelong learning.”

Within the culturally and ethnically diverse community that is ___________, the public schools occupy a unique position. It is our responsibility, in partnership with parents and the community, to enable every student to reach high levels of individual academic achievement, to acquire the sophisticated skills necessary for life and work, and to become informed, concerned citizens of a rapidly changing, interdependent society.


Our Visions Align…

The __________ School District’s mission is to educate all students to their fullest potential by providing opportunities for learning that are challenging and effective. The education will enable all students to master the knowledgeable skills, strategies, and attitudes necessary to become responsible citizens.

“The mission of the _________ School District is to empower and inspire all students to apply the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to be creative problem solvers, to achieve personal success, and to contribute responsibly in a diverse and dynamic world.”


Our Visions Align…

The ongoing process of collecting data on the

individual’s needs, preferences, and

interests as they relate to the demands of current and future

working, educational, living, and personal and

social environments.

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(CEC-DCDT, 1997)

What is Transition Assessment?Educatio

n“Learn”

Employment“Earn”

IndependentLiving“Live”

L.I. Regional Special EducationTechnical Assistance Support Center

o Assessment data serve as the common thread in the transition

process.

o Forms the basis for defining goals and services to be included

in the IEP.

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EarningProfessional/Technical

Entry LevelSupported employment

LivingIndependentlyWith Support

High School

Middle School

Elementary School

LearningCollege/University

Trade SchoolAdult Education

Career Cluster Selection, Advanced Academic SkillsRelated Work Experience

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Career ExplorationAcademic Foundations

Job Shadowing & Mentoring

Career Awareness & Self-awareness

Ongoing Assessment

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Career Exploration

Applied Academics

Soft Skill Development

Technical Skill Development

Career Development

and Occupational

Studies (CDOS):

A Progression of Learning Standards


o Part of NY STATE Learning Standards

o For ALL students – Have been around since inception of NYS Learning Standards

o Should be integrated into instruction in ALL classes

o 3 Levels (elementary, intermediate, commencement)

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The CDOS Learning Standards


1. Career Developmen

t

2. Integrated Learning

3a. Universal Foundation

Skills

3b. Career Majors

CDOS learning standards are available at: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/cdlearn/documents/cdoslea.pdf

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Instruction in CDOSSchool and Community Based, as

appropriate


http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/cdlearn/documents/cdoslea.pdf


CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Self-knowledge Who am I?

Career exploration Where am I going?

Career Plan How do I get there?

knowledgeINTEGRATED

LEARNING

What am I learning?

Why am I learning it?

How can I use it?application

UNIVERSAL FOUNDATION SKILLS

(SCANS)

What do I need to know?

What skills are

important for me?

skills

Questions students

should be able to answer


Personal Qualities

Selects /Applies TechnologyMaintains EquipmentDesigns and Creates To Meet Needs

Technology

Thinking Skills

Can Think CreativelyUses Decision Making SkillsThinking Leads to Problem Solving Knows How to LearnApplies Knowledge to New Situations

Systems

Improves & Designs SystemsMonitors & Corrects PerformancesUnderstands How Systems Perform Related to Goals, Resources and Organizational Function

Demonstrates:ResponsibilityAbility to PlanAbility to Take Independent ActionIntegrity/HonestySelf-determination and ability to self-evaluate knowledge, skills and abilities

Basic

Skills

Can ReadCan WritePerform Math FunctionsListens EffectivelySpeaks Clearly

Career Development and Occupational

Studies Standard 3A

Universal Foundation SkillsManaging Resources

Understands how to use:MaterialsFacilitiesTimeMoneyHuman ResourcesNetworking

Acquires and Evaluates InformationOrganizes/Maintains InformationInterprets/Communicates InformationUses Computers to Enter, Modify, Retrieve and Store Data

Managing Information

Teaches OthersServes ClientsExercises LeadershipNegotiates/CommunicatesWorks as a Member of a TeamWorks with Diversity

Interpersonal Skills


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Elementary Intermediate Commencement

Career Development

•Demonstrate an awareness of their interests aptitudes and abilities•Know the value of work •Explore preference for working with people, information and/or things

Career Development

•Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among personal interests, skills and abilities and career research•Understand the relationship of personal choices to future career decisions

Career Development

•Complete the development of a career plan that would permit eventual entry into a career option•Analyze skills and abilities required in a career option and relate them to their own skills and abilities

3 Levels of CDOS


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21st Century Skills in Action


www.p21.org

Life and Career

Flexibility and adaptabilityInitiative and self-directionSocial and cross-cultural skillsProductivity and accountabilityLeadership and responsibility

Critical thinking and problem solvingCreativity and innovationCommunicationCollaboration

Core Subjects

English, reading, language artsMath and economicsArts, Science History etc.21st Century interdisciplinary themes


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Student ExitCollege and Career Ready

NYS Options:Regents - 65 Pass on 5 Regents Exams

(ELA, Math, Sci., US History, Global History) * Regents diploma with advanced designation * Regents diploma with technical endorsement

Local - via Safety Net for SWD 1. 55-64 pass option (low pass option)2. RCTs for cohorts prior to September 20113. Compensatory Option – effective 10/31/12

Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential

• NYSAA eligible & assessed

• Accompanied by new model of Student Exit Summary

High School Exiting

CREDENTIALS(beginning 2013-2014)

High School DIPLOMAS

High School Equivalency

GED TestTo change in Jan. 2014

• McGraw Hill to provide Test Assessing Secondary Completion

(TASC)• Notify “near passer” students of need to

complete current GED exam by 2014

NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Commencement Credential

Only for Students with Disabilities

1) To supplement diploma, or 2) As exiting credential for students

unable to earn a HS diploma

Documents preparation for entry-level employment


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o No IEP Diplomas issues after June 30, 2013.

o Credential, not a diploma

o Recognition of student’s preparation for entry-level employment

o Students must still be provided with opportunities to earn a Regents or local high school diploma

Meaningful access to participate and progress in the general curriculum

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o Supplement to a Local or Regents Diploma OR

o Exiting credential For a student with a disability who is unable to earn a regular

diploma and is not taught/assessed on NYSAA. With exiting credential, parent must receive written notice that the

student is still eligible for a free appropriate public education (FAPE) until he/she earns a Regents or local high school diploma or until the end of the school year in which the student turns age 21.

NYS CDOS Commencement Credential


Principal’s Discretiono The principal, in consultation with relevant staff, to award the

certificate if the student has demonstrated, in other ways, they have met the requirements of the credential. Prior to July 1, 2015 for all students with disabilities For transfer students (permanently)

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NYS CDOS Commencement Credential


Targeted Use of IDEA Grant Funds*A school district that awards this credential to more than 20 percent of the students with disabilities in the cohort, where it is not a supplement to a HS diploma, shall be required to use a portion of its Part B IDEA grant funds for targeted activities to ensure that students with disabilities have appropriate access to participate and progress in the general education curriculum necessary to earn a regular high school diploma.

*Case by Case Basis

Instruction, Coursework and Work-based Learning

Meaningful access to participate/progress in gen ed curriculum (opportunities to

earn a HS diploma)

CDOS Learning Standards

Equivalent of 2 units of study in CTE Coursework and/or Work-based Learning

(WBL)(at least 54 of the 216 hours must be

WBL)Documentation Requirements

Commencement Level Career Plan

Employability Profile20L.I. Regional Special Education

Technical Assistance Support Center RIGOR

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Concluding Thought…

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“Our goal is to get more students with

disabilities employed, not to make them non-

disabled.”



• National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC): http://nsttac.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdf/pdf/ebps/PredictorSelf-Assessment.final.pdf

• New York State Work-Based Learning Manual: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/wbl/

• New York State Career Plan: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/careerplan/

• The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: www.p21.org

• Career Development and Occupational Studies Learning Standards: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/cdlearn/documents/cdoslea.pdf

• Career Development and Occupational Studies Commencement Credential: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/CDOScredential-memo-613.htm

• Career Development and Occupational Studies Sample Lessons: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/cdlearn/cdosresourceguide.html

• New York State CareerZone: http://www.careerzone.ny.gov

Resources

http://nsttac.org/sites/default/files/assets/pdf/pdf/ebps/PredictorSelf-Assessment.final.pdf



http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/wbl/



http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/careerplan/



http://www.p21.org/



http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/CDOScredential-memo-613.htm




http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/cdlearn/cdosresourceguide.html

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/cdlearn/cdosresourceguide.html

http://www.careerzone.ny.gov/

Thank You!


Matthew JurgensSuffolk Transition

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Cathy PantelidesNassau Transition [email protected]

Long Island RSE-TASC Transition Specialists

631-218-4197www.esboces.org/page/89

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