TRANSITION PORTFOLIO PLANNING IDEAS for Middle School Students

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TRANSITION PORTFOLIO PLANNING IDEASforMiddle
School Students 

• kimosborne_at_sevier.org 
• Northview Middle School  933-7985 
• Special Education Consultant
• Sevier County Schools

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  Remember to consider
  INTERESTS
  LEARNING STYLES
  APTITUDE
NEEDS
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Sevier Co. Required Transition Portfolio
Components

• Transition Timeline
• Student Portfolio Transition Assessment
• Measure of Aptitude and/or Achievement
• Measure of Learning Style
• Interest Inventory 
• Measure of Self-Advocacy and/or
  Self-Determination
• 8th grade Four-year plan

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Examples from other systems

• UT Partnerships for Edexcellence - (UT)
• Transition Coalition - (TC)
• Fairfax Co., Virginia - (FF)
• Georgia Department of Education - (GA)
• QuickBook of Transition Assessment - (QB)
• Tennessee Transition Manual 2005-06

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Measures of Aptitude or Achievement

• Achievement
• Woodcock-Johnson
• Brigance
• STAR Reading/Math
• Current TCAP scores 
• Other 

• Aptitude
• EXPLORE Test
• Kuder
• Oasis
• Other

Needs EXPLORE Test
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Interest Inventory Examples

• EXPLORE Test
• Career Clusters Interest Survey
• Tennessee Career Information Delivery System
  (TCIDS)
• Student Interest Inventory - (FF p. II-15/16)
• Student Interest Inventory 
• Student Inventory
• Pictorial MI Survey - (UT)
• Interest Inventory

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Learning Styles Inventory

• VARK (Visual/Auditory/ReadWrite/Kinesthetic)
• Student Multiple Intelligences Survey
• Memletics Learning Styles Inventory
• Learning Style Inventory
• CITE Learning Styles Inventory - (QB p. 97-101)
• Pictorial MI Survey - (UT)
• Multiple Intelligences Survey
• Learning Style Preferences Inventory 
• Multiple Intelligences Teacher Inventory

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Self-Advocacy/Self-Determination

• Self-Advocacy Posttest 
• Self-Advocacy Questionnaire - (QB p. 124-125)
• AIR Self-Determination Scales (Student, parent,
  teacher)
• Self-Determination Teacher Perception Scale
• Self-Determination Student Scale
• Self-Determination Parent Perception Scale 
• Academic Self-Advocacy Questionnaire 

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Other Assessments for Consideration

• Behavioral Assessments
• Personality Profiles
• Parent Input - (QB p. 73-82)
• Parent Guardian Questionnaire - (UT)
• Study Skills Inventory
• Student Skills Inventory - (FF p. II-17)
• Work Attitude Inventory - (FF p. II-18)
• Confidence Inventory - (FF p. II-19)
• Working Conditions Inventory - (FF p. II-22)
• Study Habits Questionnaire - (QB p. 109-110)

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Other Assessments for Consideration (cont)

• Vocational Evaluation - (QB p. 139-140)
• Functional Skills Inventory - (QB p. 141-145)
• Communication Summary Form - (UT)
• Home/Community Activities Inventory - (UT)
• Health History - (UT)
• How Do I See Myself? - (FF p. II-20)

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Other Links of Interest in Transition Planning

• Tennessee Disability Pathfinder
• Middle School Transition Portfolio - (TC)
• Casey Life Skills Guidebook
• Cornerstones to Effective Transition Planning 

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Four Rules for Effective Transition Planning

• Be future-oriented,
• Start early, and review annually,
• Revise, revise, revise, and
• Focus on the process rather than a realistic
  outcome.

Fairfax County p. 1-3
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List of Transition Links

• http//web.utk.edu/7Eedex/
• http//transitioncoalition.org/transition/index.ph
  p
• http//www.fcps.edu/ss/careertransition/Transition
  ResourceGuide.pdf
• http//public.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_exceptional.aspx?Pa
  geReqCIEXCSampTrans
• http//www.tslp.org/docs/QuickbookIEPChecklistFina
  l091407.pdf
• http//actstudent.org/explore
• http//careerclusters.org/resources/ccinterestsurv
  ey/InterestSurvey.pdf
• http//tcids.tbr.edu/questionnaire.php
  http//www.orange.k12.nj.us/InclManualOrange/Inclu
  sionForms/
•                         STUDENTINTERESTINVENTORY-O
  rangeInclusionManual.pdf
• http//www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?padvic
  e
• http//www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/
• http//kc.vanderbilt.edu/tnpathfinder/searchdb/
• http//www.caseylifeskills.org/pages/lp/lp_quick_s
  tart.htm http//www.tslp.org/docs/Tacklebox/Corner
  stones.pdf
• http//www.rockingham.k12.va.us/rcps_sped/SVRP/Tra
  nsition-Portfolio.htm
• http//www.coach.net/personal.htm
• http//education.ou.edu/zarrow/?p38z3rd1

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