WECTransition ICN 91608

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WEC/Transition ICN9/16/08
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SF 2216, 8th Grade Plan and Choices

• All previous requirements for 8th grade plan
  still in place
• Plan for completing the core curriculum
• Career options
• Coursework needed to support the students
  postsecondary education and career options

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SF 2216, 8th Grade Plan and Choices

• Beginning with this years 8th graders, must also
  include
• Timeline for each student to complete components
  of the state designated career information and
  decision-making system prior to graduation
  (Choices)

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State Component within Iowa Choices

• Interest inventory or assessment
• Career options
• Career options research
• Course plan
• Approval form with parent approval
• Summary of components within student portfolio

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• Contact Linda Berg
• [phone]
• Linda.berg_at_iowa.gov

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Is Work Experience an AEA or LEA service?

• Iowas new administrative rules identify work
  experience as an instructional service which
  means that in most locations, for most students
  it will be provided through the LEA.

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But Iowa Rules still list WEC as a support staff?

• Iowas administrative rules define a work
  experience coordinator as an individual who
• . . . plans and implements sequential secondary
  programs that provide on- and off-campus work
  experience for individuals requiring specially
  designed career exploration and vocational
  preparation when they are not available through
  the general education curriculum.
• This means AEAs may spend support dollars for WEC
  positions.

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Do you have to write a goal for WEC?

• Depends on the students needs
• If a student needs specially designed
  instruction around work, then the students IEP
  is to contain an annual goal (or goals).
• If a student does not need specially designed
  instruction for the targeted postsecondary work
  goals, but needs extra supports or
  accommodations, the IEP should describe those
  needs on Page F.
• If a students postsecondary work goals are
  attainable without special education, then the
  general education that the student will receive
  is to be described in the course of study. Any
  accommodations or modifications the student
  requires to progress in the general curriculum
  should also be described.

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What type of certification is necessary to
provide Work Experiences?

• Type of certification based on type of services
  provided
• If job shadow/exploration is time limited and
  supports classroom activities no special
  endorsement needed

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Type of certification necessary (contd)

• If work-based activity is intended to develop
  general employability, job-specific or technical
  skills then
• Job development and job placement must by done by
  or with a teacher with an MOC or WEC endorsement.

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What if no one in my building/district has the
proper certification?

• Figure out your options
• Re-examine who might have appropriate
  certification and develop a co-teaching model
• Apply for a provisional and begin work on the
  endorsement
• Work with your AEA

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Other Policy/Procedural Highlights
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Outside Agency Invitation

• Still must invite any agency likely to be
  responsible for providing or paying for
  transition services.
• Parents or age of majority students must now
  consent to the invitation.

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If an agency is invited, but cant attend

• No further action is required by IDEA
• IEP teams should consider how to effectively get
  input from the agency prior to the meeting

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Can adult service providers be invited without
parent/student consent?

• If an adult service agency is not providing
  services to the student prior to the IEP meeting,
  but may provide services sometime in the future,
  then the parent (or student who has obtained
  majority age) must consent to invite the adult
  service provider.

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Adult Service Provider Invitation to IEP Meeting

• If an agency is providing services to the student
  prior to the IEP meeting, then the LEA may invite
  the agency as someone who has special knowledge
  or expertise about the student. Parent consent
  is not needed when the agency is providing
  services prior to the IEP meeting.

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Does IVRS need student/family consent to access
student records?

• No. IVRS is a division of the Iowa Department of
  Education and as such, qualifies as an
  educational agency under 34 CFR, Section 99.3 of
  the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
  (FERPA). This means that student records can be
  shared between the school and IVRS without
  additional consent.

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Activities, services, supports, linkages

• Activities events or tasks the student needs to
  pursue a postsecondary expectation, but tasks in
  which the student does not need specialized
  instruction to learn skill

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Services are

• work or actions designed to meet the unique needs
  of a student. They may be things that are
  required to assist the student to take advantage
  of, or respond to, educational programs and
  opportunities includes specialized instruction.

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Supports are

• things or persons provided for the student,
• or professional development provided for school
  personnel that allow the student to have access
  to education.
• includes assistive technology devices or
  paraprofessionals supports provided for students
  or in-service opportunities or professional
  literature provided for school personnel

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Linkages are

• those actions that need to be taken in order to
  connect with any agency or organization that
  might be helpful or provide funding or services
  in the postsecondary living, learning, and work
  environments.
• Typical linkages disability support service
  providers at postsecondary colleges and
  universities, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation
  Services, Social Security Administration and
  other adult agencies

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Next ICN 1-20-09

• Were starting a fresh list of sites
• Email Beth by October 16, 2008 of your desired
  site(s).
• These will be requested for remaining ICNs
• We will take changes up to Wednesday prior to the
  ICN.
• Next ICN 1-20-09

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Possible topics

• FLSA
• Transition assessment with individuals with
  significant disabilities