Supporting the NYS Exiting Credentials for Transition-Aged Students

1. Supporting the NYS Exiting Credentialsfor Transition-Aged Students Letah Graff and Candy Tavernier, Transition SpecialistsCapital District/North Country Regional Special Education Technical Assistance and Support Center Charles Miskovsky, Senior Coordinator of Transition The Arc of Rensselaer County www.tinyurl.com/transition123

2. 1. Skills and Achievement Commencement Credentialand2. Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Commencement Credential • Become effective with 2013-2014 school year • No IEP diploma is available on or after July 1, 2013

3. NYSAA Students exit with a SKILLS AND ACHIEVMENT COMMENCEMENT CREDENTIAL Who Is Eligible To Take TheNew York State Alternate Assessment? Students who: • Have severe cognitive disability… and • require highly specialized educational program… and • require educational support systems…

4. Definition Students With Severe Disabilities HAS NOT CHANGED!! Students • with limited cognitive abilities combined with behavioral and/or physical limitations • who require highly specialized education, social, psychological and medical services in order to maximize their full potential for self-fulfillment and meaningful participation in society. • who may experience significant speech, language, and/or perceptual-cognitive impairments • who may have challenging behaviors that interfere with learning and socialization opportunities • may also have extremely fragile physiological conditions and may require personal care, physical/verbal supports and assistive technology devices. Intellectually Disabled, Multiply Disabled, Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury, Deaf/Blind

5. What is the Purpose of the SKILLS CREDENTIAL? • Emphasize curriculum and instruction related to CDOS Learning Standards • Promote learning and work-based experiences to support functional, basic academic and career skills • Provide documentation of a student’s strengths, independence and level of skill achievement • Improve post-secondary outcomes for students with disabilities

6. What Is The Student Exit Summary for Students Obtaining a Skills Credential? A Document that must be completed before they exit school that: • Describes student’s strength and interests, achievements and accomplishments • Indicates student’s academic skills as measured by NYSAA • Indicates student’s level of achievement and independence for CDOS Learning Standards

7. NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Commencement Credential • Certificate, not a diploma • Recognition of student’s preparation for entry-level employment • Students must still be provided with opportunities to earn a Regents or local high school diploma • Meaningful access to participate and progress in the general curriculum

8. NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Commencement Credential • Supplement to a Local or Regents Diploma (students with disabilities only) OR • Exiting credential For a student with a disability who is unable to earn a regular diploma and is not taught/assessed on NYSAA With exiting credential, parent must receive written notice that the student is still eligible for a free appropriate public education (FAPE) until he/she earns a Regents or local high school diploma or until the end of the school year in which the student turns age 21, whichever comes first

9. NYS CDOS Credential – Option #1

10. Documentation: The Career Plan • Student Developed • Annually reviewed, and as appropriate revised • Ensure active engagement in career exploration • Includes but not limited to: • Student-identified career interests • Career related strengths and needs • Career goals • Career and technical coursework and work- • based learning experiences

11. www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/careerplan

12. CAREER ZONE http://www.careerzone.ny.gov

13. Developing the Career Plan How can Agencies support schools to complete the Career Plan? • Interest Inventories • Transition Assessments • Work Based Learning Assessments • Person Centered Transition Planning • OTHER IDEAS

14. Job-siteAssessment Developed by the Northeast ARC Collaborative Special thanks to Gretchen Lesson

15. Developing the Career Plan Questions about the Career Plan

16. CDOS Instruction and Skills Career Development and Occupational Studies • Part of NY STATE Learning Standards • Not just a special education initiative– for ALL students • Should be integrated into instruction in ALL CLASSES • 3 Levels (elementary, intermediate, commencement)

17. CAREER DEVELOPMENT Self-knowledge Who am I? Career exploration Where am I going? Career Plan How do I get there? INTEGRATED LEARNING What am I learning? Why am I learning it? How can I use it? knowledge application UNIVERSAL FOUNDATION SKILLS (SCANS) What do I need to know? What skills are important for me? skills CDOS Standard 1 CDOS Standard 2 Questions students should be able to answer CDOS Standard 3A • CDOS learning standards http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/cdlearn/documents/cdoslea.pdf

18. 1. Career Development: Commencement Level Performance Indicators This is evident when students Complete Career Plan to permit entry into career of interest Analyze job skills and relate to your skills Use academic skills/knowledge in an occupational context Demonstrate application of skills in school learning, work and personal lives Complete an internship and do presentation on skills required Read job descriptions to identify application of academic and technical skills and job outlook Develop resumes, letters of application Use effective skills in a simulated job interview STANDARD Students will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings. STANDARD Students will be knowledgeable about the world of work, explore careers and relate personal skills, aptitudes, and abilities to future career decisions. Research a job including job requirements Examples from CDOS Standards 2. Integrated Learning: Commencement Level Design a plan containing steps to attain goal Performance Indicators This is evident when students Analyze skills and abilities required in a career and relate to own skills and abilities

19. Thinking Skills Technology • Can Read • Can Write • Perform Math Functions • Listens Effectively • Speaks Clearly • Can Think Creatively • Uses Decision Making • Skills • Thinking Leads to • Problem Solving • Knows How to Learn • Applies Knowledge to • New Situations Basic Skills • Selects /Applies • Technology • Maintains • Equipment • Designs and Creates • To Meet Needs Interpersonal Skills Systems CDOS Standard 3A Universal Foundation Skills • Improves & Designs Systems • Monitors & Corrects Performances • Understands How Systems Perform • Related to Goals, Resources and • Organizational Function • Teaches Others • Serves Clients • Exercises Leadership • Negotiates/Communicates • Works as a Member of a Team • Works with Diversity Managing Resources Personal Qualities Managing Information • Understands • how to use: • Materials • Facilities • Time • Money • Human Resources • Networking • Demonstrates: • Responsibility • Ability to Plan • Ability to Take Independent Action • Integrity/Honesty • Self-determination and ability to • self-evaluate knowledge, skills and • abilities • Acquires and Evaluates • Information • Organizes/Maintains Information • Interprets/Communicates Information • Uses Computers to Enter, Modify, • Retrieve and Store Data

20. Supporting CDOS Learning Standards Look at the CDOS Learning Standards Examples • Brain Storm and Shout Out…. • Take 60 seconds to brain storm your ideas • about how you can help students to meet • the CDOS Standards? • Turn to a colleague and combine your ideas. • Shout Out - What are your ideas and • off the wall thoughts about how you can • help students to meet the CDOS Standards?

21. NYS Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Commencement Credential Student will successfully complete not less than the equivalent of 2 units of study in: • Career and technical education course(s) and/or • Work-based learning experiences • Minimum of 54 hours of documented, school supervised WBLE

22. Registered Work-Based Learning Programs * Paid experiences http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/wbl/home.html Memo June 2013 – Attachment 3

23. Other (Nonregistered) Work Based Learning Options CDOS Memo Attachment 3

24. CTE Courseworkand/orWBL Minimum hours WBL # hours CTE course # additional WBL The minimum equals 54 + 216

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26. Documentation Requirements:Employability Profile Documents the Student’s • Attainment of each of the CDOS standards • Attainment of technical knowledge and work-related skills • Work experiences • Performance on industry-based assessments and other work-related academic achievements Completed by designated staff and/or other individuals knowledgeable about the student; must be maintained in the student’s permanent record

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28. Employability Profile How can Agencies support schools to complete the Career Plan ? Look at the employability Profile Find 3 items that your program could address. Provide 2 reasons that you can do it better than the school Identify 1 person that you can follow up with on this idea.

29. RARC CDOS Instruction andWBL Activities – Agency Perspective • Classroom Instruction (CDOS) • Job Shadowing • Tours- Business and Community • Guest Speakers • Senior Projects • Career Fairs • Internships • Paid Employment • Summer Employment • World of Work Class • College Next

30. RARC Post Secondary Ed • College • Degree and Certificate Programs • Trade Schools • Apprenticeships • Identified group of students earning diplomas • Under represented in post secondary education • Connected with local colleges/Trade Schools- Improve retention • Imagining College or Continuing Ed as an option • Families not familiar with college entry process • Can I afford it?

31. RARC College Next- Today50 Students a Year Entering College • Campus Tours • Attend a College Class • Disability Resource Center- Apply, Visit and Practice • College Applications Assistance • Financial Aid- visit, revisit and revisit again • College Sponsored workshops at High Schools • Student Guest Speaker

32. RARC ACCEPTED!!! (but more to do…) • Placement Test • Class Schedules • More Tours • Practice Using Assisted Technology • Letters of Accommodations

33. OPTION #1 C D O S C R E D E N T I A L and/or This option must also include a minimum of 54 hrs. WBL Student’s Career Plan OPTION #2