1. Transitioning Students Into Public Schools and Communities
Office of Institutional Educational Programs

2. VISION Through learner-focused education, transform the lives of students in institutions to foster responsible, productive citizens, thus creating safer communities.
MISSION
Prepare juveniles and adults for successful transition to school, employment, and to life in their communities as responsible, productive citizens.

3. Juvenile Centers Correctional
Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Correctional Center (Minimum Security)
Ronald C. Mulholland Juvenile Center (Formerly Northern Regional, Females)
Sam Perdue Juvenile Center (Sex Offenders)
Tiger Morton Juvenile Center (Wellness, Intake, Detention - Male/Female)
Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center (Maximum Security, Commitment Males, Detention and Diagnostic - Male/Female)

4. Juvenile Centers Juvenile and Diagnostic Donald R. Kuhn Gene Spadaro
James H. Tiger Morton
J.M. "Chick" Buckbee
Lorrie Yeager
Ronald C. Mulholland
Robert L. Shell
Sam Perdue
Vicki Douglas

5. Juvenile Centers Human Service Institutions Barboursville School
Board of Child Care (Title 1)
Beckley Center (Title 1)
Burlington Center
Davis-Stuart School (Title 1)
Elkins Mountain School (Title 1)
Fairmont Youth Academy (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at Grant Gardens (Title 1)
Pressley Ridge at White Oak Village (Title 1)
West Virginia Children's Home

6. Office of Institutional Education Programs Demographics
Personnel
265 Full-time employees
110 Part-time employees
41 schools statewide (21 juvenile, 20 adult)
Approximately 9,500 students served per year (adult and juvenile)
10th largest district in state

7. Transition Specialist Coverage
WVDE: OIEP
Transition Specialist Coverage
Hancock
Brooke
Marshall
Taylor
Wood
Ritchie
Berkeley
Clay
Kanawha
Nicholas
Fayette
Wayne
Wyoming
McDowell
Mercer
Putnam
Cabell
Jackson
Harrison
Grant
Summers
Mason
Wirt
Monongalia
Lewis
Calhoun
Roane
Wetzel
Raleigh
Pleasants
Tyler
Gilmer
Hampshire
Greenbrier
Lincoln
Braxton
Boone
Preston
Monroe
Pendleton
Mingo
Pocahontas
Logan
Marion
Mineral
Morgan
Hardy
Doddridge
Barbour
Tucker
Webster
Jefferson
Melanie Hummel - PT
Shelia Elliott- PT
Cindy Thompson
Ohio
Tonya Johnson
Cynthia Hartwiger-PT
Jessica Griffin – Out of State Transitions
Upshur
Randolph
Michele Perozich
Wendy Wolford
Eric Sandstrom
Penny Strother
Rachel Stewart
Brenda Elmore

8. OIEP Transition Specialists
NAME
LOCATION
ADDRESS
PHONE
COUNTIES
Jessica Griffin
Office of Institutional Ed
Building 6, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV
Out of State Transition for all 55 counties
Shelia Elliott
Pressley White Oak
2172 Volcano Road
Walker, WV
Wood, Wirt, Pleasants, Ritchie
Brenda Elmore
Davis-Stuart
RR 02 – Box 188A
Lewisburg, WV
Greenbrier, Monroe, Pocahontas, Summers
Melanie Hummel
Northern Regional
1000 Chapline Street
Wheeling, WV
Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler
Tonya Johnson
Tiger Morton
AND
60 Manfred Holland Way Dunbar, WV 25064
Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Mingo
Donald R. Kuhn
1 Lory Place – Julian, WV
Eric Sandstrom
Board of Child Care
715 Brown Road
Martinsburg, WV
Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan, Hardy, Hampshire
Rachel Stewart
Beckley Center
4712 Robert C Byrd Drive
Beckley, WV
Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Calhoun
Penny Strother
Elkins Mountain School
100 Bell Street
Elkins, WV
Randolph, Webster, Upshur, Barbour, Taylor
Cindy Thompson
Pressley Grant Gardens
2580 Grant Gardens Road
Ona, WV
Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mason, Jackson, Roane, Lincoln
Michele Perozich
Academy Programs
5 Crosswind Drive Fairmont, WV 26554
Monongalia, Preston, Harrison, Marion, Doddridge, Lewis
Wendy Wolford
Kenneth “Honey” Rubenstein
141 Forestry Camp Drive
Davis, WV
Tucker, Grant, Pendleton, Mineral
Cynthia Hartwiger
Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer

9. Assessments Accountability Standard End of Year Assessment TABE
ACT Explore/Plan
Career Interest Inventory (CFWV)
Learning Styles Inventory (LSI)
End of course career and technical exams
Student progress monitoring

10. Transitioning Students Back to School of Origin
Key Functions of Institutional Programs Staff During Transition
Provide the receiving school counselor comprehensive academic and behavioral records.
Participate in host agency treatment team meetings for our students' continuity of care.
Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Treatment team meetings.
Work with host agencies and other parties to access necessary aftercare and supportive mentoring for the transitioning students.
LINK, REFER, and ADVOCATE for all OIEP students.

11. Out-of-State Transition
Current data for Out-of-State displacements
Transition process for Out-of-State students, collaboration with Regional OIEP Transition Specialists, LEAs, Counselors, and DHHR staff
Referral process within WV and with Out-of-State placements to notify TS when a student is being ordered Out-of-State for treatment and when the student is returning
Umbrella release statement between DHHR/WVDE, which will grant the Out-of-State TS access to necessary student assessments/records
Out-of-State monitoring protocols for Regular Education

12. For More Information Jess Griffin - Out-of-State Transition Specialist
Kari Rice - Coordinator of Institutional Transition Programs
Jacob Green - Special Assistant to the Chief Career and Technical Education Officer