State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 221

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Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit
Part B State Performance Plan
Arkansas Transition Services will undertake the following activities in 2009-10:
Collaborations:
• Interagency Agreements with School Districts
• Partnership with the National Secondary Transition and Technical Assistance Center
• Division on Career Development and Transition
• Arkansas Youth United
• College Camp at UALR in collaboration with PEPNet
ATS will provide the following training opportunities across the state:
• Person-Centered Planning Training
• Transition Toolkit Training
• Transitions Class - Getting Started
• Transitions Class - Integrating Ideas
• Transitions Class - Getting the Job
• Self-Advocacy Strategy Training
• TAKE OFF! (Transition Activities Keeping Effective Options First and Foremost)
Other ATS activities will include:
• Roundtable Meeting: The meeting provides teachers of transitions classes the opportunity to come
together to share ideas, concerns, resources and receive information on various resources that can
enhance their transitions classes.
• Local Consults: ATS consultants will provide services upon request to districts within their regions.
• Arkansas Transition Summit: The fourth annual Arkansas Transition Summit will be held October
1-2, 2009 to provide existing teams and new teams an opportunity to discuss student focused
planning and family involvement in an effort to improve post-school outcomes for youth with IEPs.
• College Bound 2010: The annual event will be held June 16-18, 2010 at the University of Central
Arkansas (UCA) in Conway, Arkansas.
• CASSP Teams: Arkansas Transition Services consultants will continue to participate on Child and
Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) teams.
• ATS will support Transition Orientation Nights for Parents
• ATS will support Transition Fairs/Agency Fests
• Transition Youth Conference: The annual Youth Conference will be held in Hope, Arkansas in
October 2009
• ATS will make presentations at State and National Meetings
• Cadre meetings will be held at least twice a year to present team leaders with the latest information
and professional development.
• A cadre meeting for leaders and co-leaders of local teams around the state will be held February 25-
26, 2010 in Little Rock. The meeting will provide teams with professional development on TAKE
OFF and the College Bound Arkansas program. Information on writing post-secondary goals will be
presented by NSTTAC consultants.
• Secondary Transition State Planning Institute: Members of Arkansas Transition Services will attend
this annual meeting in May 2010 to continue work on the state plan to improve indicator outcomes.
• Check and Connect Program: In September 2009, ATS and members from three school districts will
receive training from the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota on the
Check and Connect program, a comprehensive student engagement intervention.
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