State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education (Page 183 of 277) in pdf

State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 183

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

You’re Hired! Employment for Youth with Disabilities: In April, 2009, “You’re Hired! Employment for

Youth with Disabilities,” will air on Arkansas’ PBS affiliate. This program was designed and funded by the

Employability Project, and Arkansas Transition Services participated by sharing information on transition

planning. In an effort to increase their knowledge and understanding of available services, the target

audience is parents and students. Copies of this program will be shared with districts throughout the state to

use in local training with students and parents.

Transition Orientation Nights for Parents: Ten Transition Orientation Nights for Parents will be held. These

events will present general information on the transition process and provide parents an opportunity to ask

questions and participate in the assessment process. Agency representatives will participate in some of these

events to provide information on their services.

Secondary Transition State Planning Institute: Members of Arkansas Transition Services will attend this

annual meeting in May 2009 to continue work on the Arkansas state plan to improve indicator outcomes.

The Institute is sponsored by the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center, National

Dropout Prevention Center and the National Post-School Outcomes Center.

P.O.I.S.E activities related to this indicator were:

Check and Connect Program: The P.O.I.S.E. coordinator will attend a Check and Connect Training

sponsored by the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota. The Check and

Connect model is designed to promote students' engagement with school, reduce dropout, and increase

school completion. P.O.I.S.E began offering technical assistance (regional) in the Check and Connect model

to a network of local school districts that triggered in both indicator 1 (graduation) and 2 (dropout) to

develop frameworks for school completion. To expand Check and Connect across the State, Arkansas

Transition Services will provide opportunities along with P.O.I.S.E.

Making the Connection Across Indicators 1, 2, 13, 14 Workshop: In September 2008, a team from Arkansas

will participate in this workshop sponsored by the North Central Regional Resource Center and Southeast

Regional Resource Center in Kansas City, KS. The P.O.I.S.E. staff will provide professional development

opportunities on Making the Connection Across Indicators 1, 2, 13, and 14 and will use this process in local

school districts that requests assistance through CIRCUIT.

State partners in secondary and postsecondary education will continue to implement the

FFY 2009

NASET Self-Assessment Tool planning priorities. Other strategies centering on state-level integration will

be refined and maintained.

CIRCUIT and the website

will continue to be utilized as vehicles for

improving the outcomes related to the secondary transition indicator.

P.O.I.S.E will undertake the following activities in 2009-10:

Collaborations:

• Arkansas Greater Graduation Initiative: P.O.I.S.E. will continue to participate in the Arkansas

Greater Graduation initiative Phase II process to implement dropout prevention programs in 10

targeted local school districts.

• Ninth Grade Academies: Arkansas Department of Career Education and P.O.I.S.E. will continue the

collaboration to implement 9th grade redesign statewide. A joint training to support Ninth Grade

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