Remote and Rural: Transition Services

1. CCTSCenter for Change In Transition Services Seattle UniversityOSPI STATE-NEEDS PROJECT Remote and Rural: Transition Services Website: www.seattleu.edu/ccts Email: CCTS@seattleu.edu Phone: 206.296.6494

2. Review of Transition Services • Challenges in remote and rural districts • Solutions • Local labor market analysis • Student interest surveys and career planning • Use online tools to create job discovery opportunities Agenda

3. 34 CFR 300.320(b) - WAC 392-172A-03090(1)(j)(i) Transition assessment • The ongoing process of collecting data on the individual’s needs, strengths, preferences, and interests as they relate to the demands of • current and future working environments • educational, living, personal and social environments • Assessment data serve as the common thread in the transition process to form the basis for defining goals and services to be included in the IEP. These data are gathered from multiple sources. Review: Transition Services

4. High school completion • Post-secondary participation • Employment • Community Inclusion • Living Situations • Daily Living Activities • Adult service agency connections Goals of Transition Planning

5. Opportunities for internships, job shadows, and employment are limited in remote and rural areas • Limited local industries • Economic challenges • Transportation • Limited support programs for individuals with disabilities • Teachers may not have training in transition services (and may be teaching K-12 special education!) Challenges

6. Local Labor Market Analysis • What are your local and community resources? • How do you develop opportunities for your students? • Use of online tools create opportunities not previously available • Wealth of in-depth career information • Virtual job shadows • Training and degree programs • Keep up with ever-changing job market Solutions

7. Career Clusters and Pathways (http://www.careertech.org/career-clusters/clusters-occupations.html) (Agriculture, Architecture & Construction, Arts, A/V Technology & Communications, Business Management & Administration, Education & Training, Finance, Health Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Human Services, Information Technology, Law & Public Safety, Manufacturing, Marketing, Science Technology, Transportation) Local Labor Market Analysis

8. ACT’s Career Clusters (http://www.act.org/wwm/overview.html) • Administration & Sales, Business Operations, Technical, Science & Technology, Arts, Social Service • ACT’s World of Work Map (http://www.act.org/wwm/index.html) Labor Market Analysis

9. Springdale, pop. 279 (2009 census) • 38 miles to Spokane (51 minutes on good, dry roads. Winter?) • Median household income: $27,760.00 • Median gross rent: $725.00 • Information gathered from: http://www.city-data.com/ Town: Springdale

10. Chamber of Commerce • Geronimo’s Restaurant • Springdale Grocery • Kountry Korner • Community Depot • Mary Walker School • Frontier Days Rodeo Association Springdale: Resources

11. Farmer’s Market • Tree of Sharing • Grange • Cottage Industries (quilting, painting, pottery, jewelry, bread making) • Masseuse • Higher Elevations Company (HVAC) • Homestead Caskets Springdale: Resources

12. Springdale Community Health Center • Springdale Community Dental Clinic • McKillip & Associates Consulting (Family Counseling) • Deer Park Family Care Clinic • Loon Lake Community Health Center • Northeast Washington Alliance Counseling Services • Wendy Biondi, Deer Park • Professional Hearing HealthCare, Deer Park Springdale: Resources

13. Most common industries in Ferry County • Health care (19%) • Construction (13%) • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%) • Wood products (8%) • Metal and metal products (6%) • Educational services (6%) • Public administration (5%) Accommodation and food services (4%) County: Ferry

14. Most common industries, continued • Accommodation and food services (8%) • Public administration (6%) • Social assistance (6%) • Food and beverage stores (4%) • Finance and insurance (3%) Read more: http://www.citydata.com/county/Stevens_County-WA.html#ixzz1ljn2MuLM County: Ferry

15. Teach a lesson or unit on career clusters • Identify all the businesses and organizations in town • Identify specific jobs within those businesses and organizations • Sort jobs into career clusters • Sort jobs by level of training/education required, temperaments, use of data, etc. • Have students do as much of this work as possible Strategies

16. Develop relationships with local business/organizations • Join Chamber of Commerce • Visit and get on the agenda at the Grange • Take students with you! • Develop job shadows • Develop job sampling opportunities • Develop data base for all contacts Strategies

17. Once we have completed the local labor market analysis and determined the jobs that are available, we return to the Age-Appropriate Transition Assessment • If it has not been completed already, do a career assessment • This includes an interest and skills survey Applying the Analysis

18. O*Net Interest Profiler http://www.onetcenter.org/product.html • Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS-II) www.keirsey.com • Inside Jobs www.insidejobs.com • Career exploration website with job information including basic tasks and responsibilities, statistics, career paths, links to education sites, and video interviews Career Resources

19. Completely free Downloadable software and hard copies available Self-Administered test O*Net Interest Profiler

23. Basic Skills Assessment is free • Additional reports can be purchased • Volume purchase programs available • Self-Administered test

27. Completely free • Lots of information that draws from O*Net’s government data as well as other sources • Divided into 10 career families that are easy to navigate and browse

34. Questions?

35. 03/14/12: Developing Transition Services: QuIST 04/11/12: Their Stories: Post-School Leavers 05/09/12: Transition: Connecting the Dots 06/13/12: How Did We Do? Following Our Students Upcoming Webinars

36. Cinda Johnson, Principal Investigator Beth Charles, Project Coordinator Wendy Iwaszuk, Director Thank You from CCTS!