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Working with Your RRC to
Improve Secondary Transition
Education
Presented by:
Lucy Ely Pagán, NERRC
and Jeanna Mullins, MSRRC
US Department of Education
OSERS/OSEP
Policy
National Technical Assistance Infrastructure
RRCs/FRC Other TA & D Projects
Other TA Providers,
e.g., Regional Labs, Comprehensive Centers
Research
&
TA & D
State Departments of Education
General Ed. with Special Ed.
Implementation
Schools and Communities
Practice
Children and Families
Impact
The Regional Resource & Federal Centers
Program includes six RRCs serving all states
and territories, and the Federal Resource
Center (FRC).
The RRCs help states
find ways to improve
results for children and
youth with disabilities
and their families by
improving systems of
services and supports.
REGIONAL RESOURCE AND FEDERAL CENTERS NETWORK
Technical Assistance Activities
• Individual States
• Regional
• National
National
Regional
Individual States
RRC Roles
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Catalyst
Capacity Builder
Communicator
Convener
Conveyor
Collaborator
Connector
Consultant
Annual
Report
Monthly
Progress
Report to
OSEP
Needs Assessment/
Work Plan
TAA Cycle
Build State Capacity
Improve Students’
Outcomes
TAA/TAP
Implement TAA
Evaluate TAA
State Performance Plan/Annual
Performance Report Requirements
• OSEP’s State evaluation procedure to measure
student outcomes under IDEA is the State
Performance Plan (SPP).
• IDEA 2004 mandated submission of SPP by
states to OSEP.
• SPP is a six year plan.
• Progress is reported annually via Annual
Performance Report (APR) using valid and
reliable data.
Reporting Requirements
• State shall use the targets in the SPP to analyze
the performance of each LEA program in the
State;
• State shall report annually to the public on the
performance of each LEA program in the State
on the targets in the SPP
SPP Indicators
Indicator 1 – Graduation
• Percent of youth with individualized education
programs (IEPs) graduating from high school with a
regular diploma compared to percent of all youth in
the State graduating with a regular diploma.
Indicator 2 – Drop Out
• Percent of youth with IEPs dropping out of high
school compared to the percent of all youth in the
State dropping out of high school.
SPP Indicators
Indicator 13 - Quality of Transition Services in
the IEP
• Percent of youth aged 16 and above with an IEP that
includes coordinated, measurable, annual goals and
transition services that will reasonably enable the
student to meet the postsecondary goals.
Indicator 14 – Follow Up
• Percent of youth who had IEPs, are no longer in
secondary school and who have been competitively
employed, enrolled in some type of secondary school,
or both within one year of leaving high school.
Ed O’Leary
So, What Are RRCs Doing
to Help States?
Information Dissemination
• Conducts information searches and shares
scientifically based research or evidence
based practices on transition (e.g. articles,
guidance documents, etc.)
– Gathers information from other states about how they
are approaching specific issues (e.g. plans for state
reg for transition age --14 or 16)
– Searches information on transition post school followup studies
Multi-state Sharing
• Conducts regional, videoconferences or
teleconferences
– Hosts monthly regional call, in collaboration with the
NDPC-SD, for state transition contacts. TA Centers
announce upcoming events and states share
experiences, challenges, and products, and discuss
common issues.
– Leads OSEP’s CoP on Exiting
– Manages listserv for state transition consultants in
region
Workgroup Facilitation
• Uses transition expertise to guide state task
forces or regional workgroups
– Designs group process and leads development of
strategic plan, including committee action plans, for
state interagency transition council
– Facilitates interagency workgroup planning to develop
MOUs, technical assistance guidance documents and
state policies
Consultation and Training
• Consults with SEAs and LEAs and provides
training
– Advises SEA on transition issues (e.g. policies,
guidance to LEAs on specific topics such as dropout
prevention, graduation, transition in the IEP, and postschool outcomes data gathering)
– Provides TOP training for state and locals
– Provides training to state’s regional transition team
facilitators
Collaboration across
OSEP funded Centers
• Coordinates services for states by arranging
involvement of other TA topical centers (via
brokering or partnering)
– APR development: Recommend SEA contact NPSO
Center to seek guidance on using calculator for
Indicators 14 and 8)
– Serves as advisory board member and expert panel
members
– Partners in planning and providing TA to states
Group Dialogue
• What are the challenges you are facing
now, that an RRC staff can assist you
with?
• How can we support you/your state best?
• Do you have suggestions for technical
assistance and collaboration among TA
centers?
Resources
• Regional Resource Center Network
www.rrfcnetwork.org
• National Dropout Prevention Center-SD
www.ndpc-sd.org
• Check and Connect
http://ici.umn.edu/checkandconnect/
• National Post-School Outcomes Center
www.psocenter.org
Resources continued
• National Secondary Transition TA Center
www.nsttac.org
• Transition Outcomes Project (TOPS)
http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/content/view/204/47/
• What Works Clearinghouse
www.whatworks.ed.gov
Presenters
• Jeanna Mullins, MSRRC
[email protected]
Mid-South Regional Resource Center (MSRRC)
Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute/UK
1 Quality Street – Suite 715
Lexington, KY 40507
Tel: 859-257-4921
• Lucy Ely Pagán, NERRC
[email protected] and [email protected]
Northeast Regional Resource Center
Learning Innovations @ Wested
20 Winter Sport Lane
Williston, VT 05495
Tel: 802-951-8216
May 2, 2007 NSTTAC Secondary Transition State Planning Institute