Como Elementary Highland Park Graduation! This is your life…

Should you go to work?

Explore the world? More school? College? Training?

What does “transition” mean? Big change in your life Moving from one part of your life to another Examples of transition : Child goes to kindergarten for the first time. Child leaves elementary school and goes to middle school. First day of high school

Remember leaving Como and going to Highland Junior? That was a transition - and it wasn’t easy! Did you feel scared? Nervous? Excited? That is a normal part of transition!!

Soon you will transition from high school to adulthood. Once again it is normal to feel scared, nervous, and excited! How can you prepare?

Start early! Start in 9th grade! Get help from your teachers! Get help from your family. Challenge yourself: Learn new vocabulary Read books. Read newspapers. Watch TV news. Read! Read! Read!

We all read on the job. We read job handbooks. We read directions. We read notes from our boss. We read pay checks and pay stubs. We read s.

Learn how to use a checkbook, pay your rent, pay for things you need. Measure and cut correctly, count, use fractions, multiply to make something larger, divide to make something smaller. Keep statistics for fun or for your job.

In my program I use math all the time. Here’s a sample math problem in the culinary arts program: A 3 1/2-ounce serving of frozen peas and pearl onions is to be served to 145 people. How many 5-pound boxes do we need?

I am working at a construction training site. I read blueprints. I measure. I calculate area and perimeter. I measure drywall and saw it off correctly. In this job it is important to understand math, reading, and measuring.

Explore jobs: Summer jobs After school jobs STEPS sites ISEEK.org and other web sites Job shadow if possible.

Know your interests and aptitudes. What do you like? What do you dislike? What do you do well? Take college tests: Career Assessment Inventory, grade 9 PLAN, grade 10 ASVAB, grade 11 College placement, grades 11 & 12: ACT, Accuplacer, etc.

What is your disability? Learn about what it means. Learn about how it affects your life. Learn about accommodations that will help you in school or on the job. What are accommodations? Examples: interpreters, notetakers, extra time for tests, written exams (no oral exams), hearing aid, FM system for classroom, TTY at job site, etc.

Transition Plus Services can help you prepare for the future!

Transition Plus will help you: Take classes and learn how to study. Learn how to find a tutor. Find training programs. Learn to look for a job, get a job, keep a job. Look for housing, if necessary. Learn how to budget and keep a checkbook. Learn to ride city bus. Get your driver’s permit or license.

Transition Plus staff will help you with school work.

We will help you go to training programs. Meng completed forklift safety training.

Arlee completed electronic assembly training.

We will help you go to school.

We will help you find a job.

Your responsibilities as a student in Transition Plus: Be on time!

Your boss will expect you to be on time every day!

Make appointments. Show up for appointments. Call your Transition Plus staff. Keep in touch.

If you show up for meetings, Rehab Services, Transition Plus, and others can offer you help.

If you go to school, never miss a class! Attend every day! Do your homework! Study, prepare, ask for help!

Did you know? Lots of important information comes from the teacher in the FIRST TEN MINUTES OF CLASS!

Special ed students who have an IEP: If you need more help after high school. If the teachers and other staff decide you need Transition Plus. If you and your parents decide you need and want Transition Plus. If you are age If you live in St. Paul. Who can go to Transition Plus?

Will he be successful?

He is “too busy” to look for a job.

He is still “very busy” and can’t call his Transition Plus staff.

“I’m broke!!!”

Will she be successful?

She is looking for job ideas on the web.

She is making appointments. She is keeping the dates and times in her planner.

She studies. She does her homework. She uses a dictionary to learn new words.

Who do you think will be successful? Student #1 or Student #2? Which student is helping himself or helping herself? Student #1 or Student #2? #1 #2 Which student is waiting for “magic” to happen?

We want you to be successful! We will help you. It is important that you plan to be active. Life is good! You can be successful!! Help yourself. Help us help you!

You’ve only just begun…..