“All I Have To Do Is Dream” Meaningful Postsecondary Education, Training, and Employment Opportunities for Students with

1. “All I Have To Do Is Dream”Meaningful Postsecondary Education, Training, and Employment Opportunities for Students with Disabilities

2. Objectives • Understanding the new methodology and baseline data for Indicator 14 • Identifying postsecondary education and training options based on student’s interests and abilities • Preparing students to identify employment options based on interests and abilities • Sharing of district strategies for preparing students for postsecondary education or training and employment • Identifying resources and assistance

3. Indicator 14 Percent of youth who are no longer in secondary school, had IEPs in effect at the time they left school, and were: • Enrolled in higher education • Enrolled in higher education or competitively employed • Enrolled in higher education or in some other postsecondary education or training program; or competitively employed or in some other employment ….within one year of leaving high school (20 U.S.C. 1416(a)(3)(B))

4. Indicator 14 • Of the 21,483 exiters in 2008-09, FETPIP results reflect the following: • 5,781 exiters were enrolled in higher education within one year of leaving high school. • 2,249 exiters were competitively employed within one year of leaving high school (*but not enrolled in higher education). • 1,134 exiters were enrolled in some other postsecondary education or training program within one year of leaving high school (but not enrolled in higher education or competitively employed). • 1,596 exiters were engaged in some other employment within one year of leaving high school (but not enrolled in higher education, some other postsecondary education or training program, or competitively employed).

5. Indicator 14 • Thus, • 27% or 5,781 of 21,483 exiters were found enrolled in higher education within one year of leaving high school. • 37% or 8,030 of 21,483 exiters were found in higher education or competitively employed within one year of leaving high school. • 50% or 10,760 of 21,483 exiters were found enrolled in higher education or in some other postsecondary education or training program; or competitively employed or in some other employment within one year of leaving high school.

6. Indicator 14 27% Students

7. Postsecondary Options • Postsecondary education • Postsecondary training • Employment

8. Postsecondary Education • Degree-seeking • Transition and Postsecondary Education Programs for Students with Disabilities (TPSID) Existing Postsecondary Transition Programs in Florida

9. Critical Skills for Students with Disabilities Transitioning into Postsecondary Education or Training • Self-Awareness of Disability • Accommodation Needs • Self-Advocacy • Differences between Secondary and Postsecondary

10. Critical Issues for Students with Disabilities Transitioning into Postsecondary Education • Accommodations for SAT/ACT • Documentation of disability for accessing accommodations • Test waivers • Agency supports

11. Postsecondary Training • Career and technical • On-the-job

12. Postsecondary Employment • Preparation • Experiences • Placement • School-based enterprises • Third Party Cooperative Arrangements • Supported employment • Customized employment • Self-employment

13. Resources for Indicator 14 • Project 10 • http://www.project10.info • Indicator 14 • Transition Wheel on 18-22 Program Options • Under development • Counseling for Future Education • http://www.facts.org • “Services Provided by Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)” • http://www.project10.info/files/DVRServicesMemo011411.pdf • Basic Skills Tests, Academic Skills Tests for Adults, General Educational Development (GED) Tests, Licensure Examinations, and Accommodations and Exemptions for Students with Disabilities • http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/state-memos.asp

14. Resources for Indicator 14 • Memorandum and technical assistance paper (TAP) on House Bill (HB) 7151 • http://www.project10.info/files/HouseBill_7151L.pdf • Military Enlistment • http://www.project10.info/DetailPage.php?MainPageID=215 • Florida Consortium • Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) • http://fltipsid.info • Students with disabilities and Florida’s Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT) • Summary of Performance (SOP) • Online module anticipated in October/November

16. Consortium Objectives

19. Strategies • Annual Symposium of Stakeholders • Technical Assistance • Communication/Website • Relevant Products • Mini-grants for site development

20. Best Practices • Collaboration • Braiding resources • Coordination/MOU • HIGH EXPECTATIONS for ALL STUDENTS • Inclusive settings • Choice/person centered planning • Employment outcomes Hart and Weir, 2010

21. For additional information: • Sheila Gritz, Program Specialist for Transition FDOE, BEESS Phone: 850-245-0478 E-mail: Sheila.Gritz@fldoe.org • Jordan Knab Principal Investigator & Director, Project 10: Transition Education Network Phone: (727) 873-4662 Project Administration: (727) 873-4661 E-mail: jknab@mail.usf.edu