Slide 1

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
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Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


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Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


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FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 2

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 3

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 4

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 5

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 6

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 7

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 8

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 9

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


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Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 10

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 11

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 12

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 13

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 14

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 15

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 16

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 17

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 18

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 19

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 20

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 21

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 22

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 23

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 24

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 25

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 26

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 27

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 28

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 29

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 30

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 31

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


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Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 32

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 33

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 34

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 35

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 36

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 37

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 38

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 39

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 40

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 41

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 42

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 43

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 44

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 45

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 46

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 47

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 48

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 49

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 50

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 51

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 52

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 53

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 54

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 55

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 56

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 57

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 58

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 59

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 60

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 61

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 62

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 63

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 64

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 65

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 66

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients





Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams







Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
6

Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education


7

Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

37

Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.








The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned












Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

58

OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center


59

Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services


60

FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]


Slide 67

CA Institute on
Secondary Transition
Build a Bridge to the Future
Community Partnerships
to Support Transition
for
Individuals with Disabilities
Anjali Atkins, LBUSD
Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
Linda O’Neal, IUSD
Ann Sebek, IUSD

December 3, 2013

Partnerships are essential…
Organizations cannot afford to provide all services needed by clients
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Increases your organizations ability to access funding and/or services
Helps to eliminate duplication of services
Provides an opportunity for you to become familiar with the organizational
priorities and requirements of partner agencies
Promotes an improved service delivery system in your community

Collaboration helps to promote comprehensive services
for students/clients/consumers

School District Supported Transition Services
 Familiarize yourself with the political structure of your organization

School, department & district
 Work with Special Education Director/ Coordinator/Program Specialists

Check for funding availability & determine the specifics of service delivery

 Reallocation of Funds & Change in Service Delivery
Look for ways to restructure program

 Executive Cabinet Approval / Board of Education Approval
Prepare a presentation, follow all procedural requirements

 Match Time for possible grants

Procedures for documenting match time given to designated staff

Collaboration Strategies
State Interagency Teams


Interagency Agreements Focused on Cooperative Efforts



Identification & Improvement in Systems Issues



Enhanced Funding Streams



Data Collection & Evaluation



Technical Assistance

Collaboration Strategies (continued)
Local Interagency Teams


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

Outcome Focused
Identify, Create and Maintain Services
& Supports.
Flexible in Including New Team Members
Multi-agency service delivery system

 Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Social Security Administration
 Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Disability Navigator/One Stop
 City of Irvine /Disability Services
 Rotary Club
 Parents
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Community Agencies
 Adult Service Providers
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 UCP
 Autism Spectrum of Support
 Educational Agencies
 School Districts
 County Office of Education
 Non-Public Schools
 Private Schools
 Post-Secondary Education
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Community Partnership Committees
CA Consortium for Post Secondary Education,
OC Autism & Related Disorders Task Force

Employment Work Group
College 2 Career
Long Beach TPP Best Practices Committee
Irvine Business Advisory Committee
Orange County Adult Transition Task Force
CA Employment Consortium for Youth (CECY)

Forming a
Best
Practices
TPP/WAI Best
Practices
Committee in
Your
Community

Anjali Atkins
Career Education
Teacher, LBUSD

December 3, 2013

Agenda:
TPP/WAI

Best Practices
Committee
History/Background/Purpose
Start with a survey: Survey
Monkey
Assign duties/share resources
Meeting Topics
Drop Box and Resources

What is TPP?
 Contract

between Department of
Rehabilitation (DOR) and Educational
Agency that is established to:
 Assist high school students with
disabilities transition from school to work
and/or postsecondary
Education/Training through:
 Provide Vocational Training, Work
Experience and Job Placement services
as well as Follow-Up Employment
Services
 The goal of TPP is EMPLOYMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT!

Def. of Best Practices
Best practices are practical
techniques gained from
experience that
organizations may use to
improve internal processes.

Long Beach TPP/WAI
Best Practices Committee
 History/Background/Purpose


Long Beach Unified School District
Workability/TPP program desired to
establish a committee whose purpose was
to share resources and best practices
pertaining to local TPP/WAI programs
(assessments, curriculum utilized, program
systems and protocols, successful job
development methods, use of technology,
special events etc)

Survey Monkey Results
The MATH Speaks for itself!
Received 25 surveys out of the 31 surveys sent (based
on RSVPs)
 This avenue can help us make group decisions save
time and be more efficient
 79.2% would like to hold the meetings here at Tucker.
 76% would like to keep the TPP Best Practices
Committee Meetings from 10am-12pm, every last
Wednesday of the month.
 Changes will be made as needed and are reflected
on the calendar provided
 Food or no food?




TOP RATED TOPICS 85% and up
Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections
Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies
TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website InformationTPP Curriculum and Instruction
Career & Vocational Strategies
Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration
Assessment Tools

SAMPLE (BPC) Meetings Schedule
February

9th

Job Development: Networking/ Share Employer Connections

March

30th

Job Development: Implementing an Employment Action Plan,
Corporate Job Development and Connecting with Human
Resources, Compton Unified Overview

April

20th or
12th

Job Development: Job Retention Strategies

May

25th

TPP Technology: Programs Share TPP Database/ TPP Website
Information- LAUSD- Joseph Green Filermaker/DOTS Lausd
Website
Christine Suh-Green Dot-Share Website?

June

15th

TPP Curriculum and Instruction 4 hour meeting with lunch potluck
9:30-1:30

July

27th

JD Workgroups/ Curriculum work groups, TPP BPC group activities

August

24th

TPP Local/Regional Culmination Honoring Students/Employers?

Sept

28th

Career & Vocational Strategies

October

26th

Methods of effective DOR Counselor/ TPP Staff Communication and
Collaboration

November

30th

Assessment Tools and Plan Meeting Dates for Year 2012

OTHER TOP RATED TOPICS




Program Structure-organizational
staffing and structure of the
program
Program Referral/ Recruitment
Process

(To be incorporated into monthly
meetings)

MONTHLY MEETING SCHEDULE
10:00-10:20 A TPP Program Overview
Presentation
10:20-10:30 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas
10:30-11:15 BPC Monthly Topic
Presentation or Session
11:15-12:00 Question, Answer, Share
Ideas, Networking Time

Monthly Meeting Structure
At each meeting, 1 TPP Program will sign up to do a
less than 20 minute PPT on their Program Overview :
 Program Structure-organizational staffing and
structure of the program (4 slides or less)
 Program Referral/ Recruitment Process (2 slides or
less)
 Top ten resources/lessons that are the essential to
the success of their program (with websites,
handouts) (ie. http://www.cacareerzone.org/index.htm used for Interest Profiler
and Budgeting) (2 slides)
 After the presentation, their will be 10 minutes of
question and answer time

MEETING STRUCTURE CONT.
Each month, 1-2 programs who know that they
have a strength or a best practice in the topic of
the month, will discuss the topic of the month (3045 minutes) or facilitate the topic
 Please sign up to facilitate a meeting or discuss
your best practices for the topic specified
 Survey Monkey if needed, LBUSD TPP can help with
this
ie:
March Meeting Topic: JD: Implementing an
Employment Action Plan
Richard Rosenberg Whittier Union- signs up as BPC
speaker
He presents on the topic for 30-45 minutes and there
is question answer, sharing of ideas session for 30
minutes.


TPP BEST PRACTICES COMMITTEE ROLES
 Blogger,

Google Group Co-OP Tech

Person
 Recorder- TPP Staff
 Organizer-?
 Host-TPP
 Speakers-need to sign up
 Time keeper
 Other roles?

Drop Box
Drop

Box is an online tool that is
utilized by LB TPP/WAI BPC to share
and update resources/documents.
Refer to Handout
All folders/subfolders included in
the TPP/WAI BPC Drop Box

LB TPP BPC Members:


The committee involves many programs from
various districts in the region that include:
 Whittier

Union High School District
 Irvine Unified School District
 Los Angeles Unified School District
 Torrance Unified School District
 Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach Unified School
District
 Compton Unified School District
 Anaheim Unified School District
 …and more

Topics Addressed/Presented/ How
it could enhance your program
systems Delivery
o

Refer to Handout

 Mention

how it has benefited your
programs

 What

topics would you want to address
and have presented at your Best Practices
Committee meetings?

Brainstorming
What

steps would you take in
establishing a similar
committee?
Who would you want involved
in the committee?

Thank You for all you do for
students!
Feel

free to contact us, we
love collaborating and
sharing resources:
Anjali Atkins
[email protected]

Collaborating
with PSE
Advisory/
Steering
Committees
in Your
Community

Kurt Kosbab
Vocational
Specialist,
HBUHSD

December 3, 2013

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

Why Postsecondary Education (PSE)?
Research finds … “Students with intellectual
disabilities who had some type of PSE experience”
o

o
o
o
o

were much more likely to obtain competitive
employment,
required fewer supports, and
earned higher wages
had increased self-esteem and
expanded social networks that included students
without disabilities.
(Zaft, Hart & Zimbrich 2004)

Community of Practice Partnership
Dept. of Rehabilitation & CA Community Colleges
College to Careers Programs (C2C)

Effective 2011, DOR is making
$1,250,000.00 available per year, $250,000.00 per site,
for 3 years to fund 5 community colleges
to develop pre-vocational, vocational, job training
& placement programs and services.
Colleges currently participating:
Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
College of Alameda, Santa Rosa JC, and
North Orange County Community College District

The More You Learn…the More You Earn

Wagner & Cameto, 2005
2007 Median Earnings: 20-25yr olds

Higher Education Opportunities Act
Signed in to law 2008

Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education
Programs for Students with ID
Desired Outcomes:
 The college experience
 Mirrors ITP Outcomes
Education/Training, Employment, Independent Living
 Support Services ~ Guidance and Advisement
 Inclusive Opportunities, Community Integration

California Employment Consortium for
Youth (CECY)
 Stakeholders

& Collaborators:

 DoR
 Education
 Developmental

Disabilities (DD)
 State Council on DD Agencies
 Disability Rights CA
 Self-Advocacy Group
 Family Resource Centers Network
 Association of Regional Center Agencies
 Tarjan Center
 Others

Meaningful Outcomes ~
Bill
 Exited

June 2013
 Employed @ Vons
Courtesy Clerk
 Attends Community
College
 Agency Support
DOR
RCOC
OCAAC
WA I / Transition

Transition Planning & Collaboration

Daniel
 Exits

December 2013
 Employer - Landmark
Federal Court Bldg
 Attends Continuing Ed
 Agency Support
DoR
RCOC
Goodwill SE
WA I / Transition
 OCTA Independent Travel

What is Postsecondary Education?
PSE is education beyond what is considered typical
of high school education (ages 18-22)
Options for students with intellectual disabilities
include:

Transition Adult community-based, functional
instructional program on/off campuses
o Community College
o Four-year colleges and institutions
o Vocational & technical colleges
o Various forms of adult-education
o

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Forming a
Business
Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Ann Sebek
Job Developer,
IUSD

December 3, 2013

Business Advisory
Committee Description

The BAC was established to promote a partnership
between local businesses/employers and employment
& training programs.
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

The general purpose of the Business Advisory Council is to
provide advice, guidance, and support for the continuing
development of high quality work force development
programs.
Business partners are recruited to share their insight and
expertise specific to their company and the industry sector
they represent.
Employment preparation programming staff from a variety
of agencies learn from business experts.
Business partners and programming staff are provided
opportunities to highlight success stories
Programming staff share workforce development strategies
& supports

BAC Membership
 Businesses

Representing Job
Sectors with work training and
employment opportunities in your
county/community
 Agriculture
 Fashion
 Health & Science
 Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation
 Public Service
 Marketing, Sales & Service
Industry

BAC Membership continued…
Education
Post-Secondary

Education
Department of Rehabilitation
City Government
One Stop Center / Employment
Development Department
Union Representative
Other specific to Your Community

Recruitment Strategies
 Recruit

business partners that represent industry
sectors that represent current & future
employment opportunities. (Become familiar with
labor market Information from your local
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
 Indicate the marketing strategies that you use to
promote our business partners
 Twitter
 Pinterest
 Brain Shark
 Face to Face Invitations
 Request business partners share success stories

Participant Roles

Director/Administrator
 Develops procedural guidelines for BAC operations
 Oversees the development of the Agenda
 Approve BAC venue
 Assists with identification of BAC participants
 Develops materials to be distributed
 Develop power-point if needed
Job Developer
 Secure the BAC venue & determine amenities
 Invite BAC Partners to attend (6 weeks ahead of
time)
(This may involve face to face contact…let business
partner know why we need them at the meeting.)
 Send a reminder one week ahead of time with the
agenda
 Send second reminder the day before meeting
(attach revised agenda with address of the meeting
location)

Participant Roles

continued…

Program Staff
 Prepare materials for the meeting
 Make a sign-in sheet
 Develop contact directory
 Make name card or tags
 Make direction signs
 Order snacks and coffee if not provided by the business
partner
Day of the Event:
1) Bring all materials
2) Put up direction signs at the venue
3) Set up snacks if not provided by the business partner
4) Set up audio visual
5) Place agendas on the table
6) Pass around sign-in sheet
7) Pass around contact directory for revisions

Provide an
Agenda…

BAC Meeting Venues
PUBLIC
 Cal

Trans
 One Stop
Center
 Irvine City Hall
 Irvine Valley
College
 IUSD
 WUHSD

PRIVATE

 REI

 Romano’s

Macaroni Grill
 Paradise Perks
 Double Tree Hotel
 Pretend City
 IHOP
 Chapman
University

Lessons Learned


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

Poll your membership for a consensus on the best
day and time to meet
Include very specific agenda items. Business
partners buy in to the need to be at the meeting.
Include input request from business
(what do we need to learn from them?)
Provide businesses information that will benefit
them
WOTC
Other Business tax incentives
Information regarding Paid & non-paid internships
Summer Youth Employment Programs
Keep the meeting to one hour or less
Start on time and end on time

Certificate of Appreciation

The Benefits of
Forming a Local
Task Force
/Advisory
Committee
in Your
Community

Linda O’Neal
Transition
Specialist, IUSD

December 3, 2013

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OC Adult Transition
Task Force (OCATTF)
 Orange

County Adult Transition Task Force
Meets monthly usually on the first Thursday
10:00 AM-11:30 AM

 OCATTF

Education Work Group
Meets prior to OCATTF Meeting from
9:00-10:00 AM

ORANGE COUNTY
ADULT TRANSITION TASK FORCE (OCATTF)

Service Agencies
 Department of Rehabilitation
 Regional Center
 Health Care Agency/Dept of Mental Health
 Disability Rights California
 Community Agencies
 Best Buddies
 Special Olympics
 Easter Seals
 One Stop/America’s Job Center
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Task Force Partnerships (continued)
Parents
 Individuals with Disabilities
 School Districts/Adult Schools
 ROP
 Adult Service Providers
 Advocacy Groups
 NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness)
 City & County Government
 Disability Services
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FUNDING

Community Partnerships
Funding

SERVICES
Community Partnerships

OC-Links

Services BEFORE Collaboration
WORKABILITY I
JOB COACHING

TPP/DOR
JOB COACHING

School
District

WORK EXPERIENCE

STUDENT

Employer
BENEFITS

SSA

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

COMMUNITY ACCESS

OCTA

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS
RCOC
BRIDGES Grant
HUD HOUSING

WORKABILITY 1

DOR
Support
Services

TPP/DOR

WORK EXPERIENCE

SSA

JOB COACHING
AGE 18
SPECIALIZED
WORK EXPERIENCE
REDETERMINATION
JOB
WORK INCENTIVES
DEVELOPMENT JOB COACHING

BENEFITS PLANNING &
MANAGEMENT

MEDI CAL
HEALTH CARE NEEDS

SELF-SUFFICIENCY

HEALTH CARE NEEDS

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

STUDENT
& FAMILY

CREDIT & BANKING
ASSISTANCE

JOB TRAINIG OPPORTUNITTIES
CAREER
PATHWAYS

SPECIALIZED JOB DEVELOPMENT

BUSINESS
PARTNERS

INTERNSHIPS
CERTIFICATIONS

JURY DUTY

TICKET TO WORK

MEDICARE

ROP

TAX FILING SUPPORT (IRS)

PAID JOB

JUDICIAL
NATURALSUPPORT
FOOD

SUPPORT SERVICES

EMPLOYER
FAMILIES FORWARD

ONE STOP

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETING

COLLABORATIVE JOB
PLACEMENT SUPPORT

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

COMMUNITY ACCESS

WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT

ILS SUPPORT
ADULT SERVICE
AGENCY

OCTA
AMERICA’S JOB
CENTER Center

For More Information…
 Anjali

Atkins, LBUSD
(562) 986-6870
[email protected]
 Kurt Kosbab, HBUHSD
(714) 962-1356
[email protected]
 Linda O’Neal, IUSD
(949) 936-5040
[email protected]
 Ann Sebek, IUSD
(949) 936-8640
[email protected]