1 TransQUAL Online: Improving Student Transitions to Life After School Version 2.1 Employment and Disability Institute Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations Extension Division 201 ILR Extension Building, Garden Avenue Ithaca, New York Telephone: (607) TTY/TDD: (607) Website address: Employment and Disability Institute

2 What is TransQUAL Online? Getting a TransQUAL Online Account Team Assessment Work Plan Development Impact Reporting Online Resources -- Links and Discussion TransQUAL Online Main Menu

3 What is TransQUAL? TransQUAL Online is a tool to support school district teams as they collaboratively review and improve their practices in career development and transition. Intro: 1 of 10

4 Features of the TransQUAL Web Site Password-Protected Accounts Intro: 2 of 10

5 Collaborative Self-Assessment Features of the TransQUAL Web Site Intro: 3 of 10

6 Features of the TransQUAL Web Site Work Plan Development Intro: 4 of 10

7 Features of the TransQUAL Web Site Impact Reporting Intro: 5 of 10

8 Features of the TransQUAL Web Site Help and Discussion Forum Intro: 6 of 10

9 Yearly Growth of TransQUAL Teams and Plans Intro: 7 of 10

10 Numbers of school district planning teams who have saved TransQUAL Online Work Plans in New York State from January 2000 through December 2005 Intro: 8 of 10

11 TransQUAL Resources Project Maintain and Enhance the TransQUAL Web Site Provide Technical Assistance Statewide Summarize Data on the Uses of TransQUAL Research the Impact of TransQUAL -- comparative data Back to Menu Intro: 10 of 10

12 Click here to get a Username and Password Click here for a test drive of TransQUAL DownIoad TransQUAL documents Register: 1 of 6

13 Select the your user type Select your Transition Coordination Site region Click here to continue… Register: 2 of 6

14 Select your BOCES/NYC Region Click here to continue… BOCES/ NYC Region Register: 3 of 6

15 Select your school district Click here to continue… Register: 4 of 6

16 Click here if your team is district- wide, or… Select your school, or… Click one of these and fill in text to describe your program Register: 5 of 6

17 Click here to complete your registration Completely fill in your remaining contact information Back to Menu Register: 6 of 6

18 Back to the start Pose questions for discussion View/Edit your contact info Explore web resources Measure student results Contact TransQUAL Central! Log out of TransQUAL Assess: 1 of 7

19 Quick-start menu Step-by-step instructions View previous records Assess: 2 of 7

20 Click here to continue… Select the month and year of your meeting Assess: 3 of 7

21 Click here to continue… Type the name of a team member, select a role, or type in the “Other” box, then click on “Add new member” Assess: 4 of 7

22 Click on these links to learn more about each Topic Click here to continue Check one or more of these check boxes for your team assessment Assess: 5 of 7

23 Rate each indicator: 5 = Exemplary, can educate others about this issue 4 = Indicator evident across all situations 3 = Indicator evident across some, but not all, situations 2 = Indicator not evident, planning is underway 1 = Indicator not evident, no planning has been initiated Check here if the team wishes to create a plan to improve this indicator Assess: 6 of 7

24 “Quality” indicators represent promising practices, “Compliance” indicators represent State/Federal regulations Click here frequently to save your work during discussions Back to Menu Assess: 7 of 7

25 To begin Work Plan development, click here Plan: 1 of 8

26 Click on one of these Indicators to develop a Work Plan Plan: 2 of 8

27 What is the need? How will this issue improve? What will be your 1-5 rating when your work is done? Information entered automatically Plan: 3 of 8

28 What will your team do, overall? Who will do what, by when? Plan: 4 of 8

29 How will this Work Plan be supported? How will your team measure success? Describe your team’s reflective process How will other’s know of your work? Plan: 5 of 8

30 Check these boxes to tie your Work Plan to New York State educational reform indicators Click here to save your work and to develop new Work Plans Plan: 6 of 8

31 Click here to create an additional Work Plan Click here to view or edit an existing Work Plan Plan: 7 of 8

32 By closing your record, your team will have a printer-friendly document Need your record re-opened? Contact Us! Back to Menu Plan: 8 of 8

33 To complete an Impact Report, click here Impact: 1 of 7

34 Select a Work Plan to review Impact: 2 of 7

35 Information entered automatically Impact: 3 of 7

36 Update your team’s task completion Enter additional tasks or changes here Impact: 4 of 7

37 What worked? What didn’t work? Impact: 5 of 7

38 Select a new 1-5 Rating What evidence supports your new rating? What’s next? What do you need to keep going? Click here frequently to save your work during discussions Impact: 6 of 7

39 Enter names and roles of Impact Report team members Select the current month and year Click here to save your Impact Report Back to Menu Impact: 7 of 7

40 Click here to go to the Links pop-up web page Click here to go to the Discussion Forum pop-up web page Help: 1 of 4

41 The web Links are organized by the five TransQUAL topic areas Click on these to navigate to each web site listed Help: 2 of 4

42 The Discussion Forum is organized by the five TransQUAL topic areas Click on these to post a question, reply to someone else or learn from previous discussions Help: 3 of 4

43 For More Assistance: David Brewer 201 ILR Extension Employment and Disability Institute Cornell University Ithaca, NY (607) AIM: dbrew826 Online Access to Cornell Publications Back to Menu Help: 4 of 4