Tips and tools for

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• Tips and tools for
• using the institute model for
• professional development, data-based
  decision-making, and strategic planning

Jennifer Hill, Western Michigan University
Catherine Fowler, UNC Charlotte
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Agenda for session

• Overview goals and key components of state
  planning institute
• Provide resources for planning
• Discuss your plans, ideas, challenges

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Our Challenge

• How do we link what weve learned from transition
  research with practices in our schools and
  communities?

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Our Challenge

• Planning for a new model of professional
  development and technical assistance
• Engaging multiple stakeholders in strategic
  planning

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State Planning Institute
Knowledge of transition education and services
practices
Goal Strengthen transition-focused education
Team building
Strategic planning
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State Planning Institute

• Institute format
• Hybrid Institute/Conference model
• Combines elements of a conference with elements
  of an institute

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State Planning Institute

• Key Components
• Keynote presentation
• Breakout sessions
• Stakeholder teams
• Facilitated team meetings
• Planning tool
• Content resources
• Cadre meetings (NOT once done)

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Planning for Institute

• Identifying content
• keynote, breakouts, content resources, tool
• from your data

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Taxonomy for Transition Programming
Family Involvement
Student-Focused Planning
Program Structures
Student Development
Interagency Collaboration
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Planning for Institute

• Team membership
• stakeholder teams
• Selecting training facilitators
• facilitated team meetings
• Follow-up plans
• Cadre meetings
• regional/ local planning support

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Planning for Institute

• Time
• of meetings
• of breakouts
• planning tool
• days for institute
• content resources
• keynote

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YOUR Plans for a State Institute

• ...

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Resources Available

• Handouts (form samples)
• NSTTAC toolkit (in development)
• NSTTAC intensive states
• Arkansas February 5 7
• Colorado June
• New Mexico Cadre meeting January 24 25 and
  Institute June 9 11
• Oklahoma May

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Contact Us

• Jennifer Hill, jennifer.l.hill_at_wmich.edu
• Catherine Fowler, chfowler_at_uncc.edu
• Paula Kohler, paula.kohler_at_wmich.edu
• www.nsttac.org
• 704-687-8606