1. Cross-Boundary Work and Collaboration
Walking the Walk: A Discussion

2. Purpose
Increase States’ knowledge around collaboration and cross-boundary work as it relates to Transition.
Panel will offer specific examples of collaboration between Centers and solicit information from the audience
State Teams will engage in discussion with and learn from each other about current transition efforts including promising practices and challenges.

3. Effective Collaboration
Reaching Consensus
Initiating Collaboration
Implementing Goals
Sustaining Collaboration

4. Reaching Consensus Reach consensus in your own system first
Know what your system is interested in attaining
Have a clear idea of what you can bring to the table as leverage
Have the right players at the table to establish agreements

5. Initiating Collaboration
Use initial meeting to establish a shared goal and a specific goal based strategy
Clearly define the role of each collaborative member
Discuss resources, services and funds each partner can contribute toward accomplishing the identified goals
Establish a timeline linked to specific outcome goals

6. Implementing Goals
Use initial meeting to establish a shared goal and a specific goal based strategy
Clearly define the role of each collaborative member
Discuss resources, services and funds each partner can contribute toward accomplishing the identified goals
Establish a timeline linked to specific outcome goals

7. Sustaining Collaboration
Define a level of systems impact substantial enough to warrant ongoing contribution
Establish a method to measure systems impact that is relevant to all contributing parties
Develop a sustainability plan in conjunction with the work plan and roll them out at the same time

8. Walking Our Walk Who we are, what we do and how to contact us.
How we as TA Centers are working Collaboratively – Key examples

9. Lets Talk Collaboration around school based activities
Collaboration around career preparation and work based learning transition activities
Collaboration around youth development and leadership activities
Collaboration around connecting activities
Collaboration around family engagement

10. Contact Us Jacqueline Hyatt, NTACT – jhyatt@transcen.org
Leon Barnett, PROMISE TA Center
DJ Ralston, VR Youth TA Center (Y-TAC) at IEL
Maureen McGuire- Kuletz, WINTAC at GWU
Loujeania Bost, NTACT-