1. Sustainability Training Series 2015 From Piloting to Sustaining Practices August 3, 2015 1:00pm - 3:00pm The Essentials of Full Implementation Part I: Program Structures

2. Making the Most of a GTM Muting & unmuting Using chat function Group activities Participation via Go To Meeting

3. Agenda Day 1 Project Overview Your Cohort School’s Progress Internal Program Structures and Sustaining Priorities Day 2 Day 1 Recap Working Collaboratively and Sustaining Priorities

4. Learning Objectives Participants will be able to identify; Recommended Program Structures for sustaining transition-focused education efforts Resources to support implementing Program Structures Specific actions they will take to ensure sustainability in their Cohort School

5. Materials Slides Sustainability Resources Handout

6. NSNH Essentials Next Steps NH offers training and coaching on embedding evidence-informed transition practices in schools to increase the graduation rate of students with disabilities and students at-risk of dropping out and prepare them for college, career and adult life. Training introduces and illustrates the practice. Coaching supports putting the training to use.

7. Participatory Adult Learning Styles

8. NSNH Essentials Transition practices include: Enhanced transition planning, activities & opportunities, including RENEW Best practice Extended Learning Opportunities (ELOs) High level family-school engagement Evidence shows that embedding new practices requires multi-stage implementation.

9. NSNH Essentials Implementing practices with fidelity is a primary focus. The use of planning tools ensures fidelity. When implemented with fidelity these practices will increase the graduation rates of students with disabilities and students at-risk of dropping out and prepare them for college, career and adult life. Not In Place Partially In Place In Place Critical Component of Practice XStudents-at-risk and students with IEPs participate meaningfully in the development of their post school goals.

10. Family Engagement Two-way communication Shared decision making Transition-related training opportunities Student Development Best Practice ELOs Self-Determination RENEW Program Structure Leadership Teams Ongoing Strategic Planning Policy and Procedure Transition Competencies for Staff Transition Coordinator ELO Board Student-Focused Planning Student Led IEPs RENEW Transition Assessment Interagency Collaboration Community Services Colleges/Universities ELO Partners Transition- Focused Education Framework Adapted from Taxonomy for Transition Programming, Kohler, P.D. (1996) & NH CoP Template for Secondary Transition & NH Standards for Family /School Partnerships

11. SUSTAINABILITY Leadership, ELO, RENEW & Family Engagement Teams & Program Structures 1. EXPLORATION Develop & Meet w/ Project Teams (Leadership – ELO – FEG – RENEW) Complete Fidelity tools 3. INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION Implement action plans Identify & address challenges Scale up ELOs, RENEW & Transition Practices Integrate family-school partnership strategies (Based on Dean Fixen et al & SWIFT) 2. INSTALLATION Develop action plans Participate in foundational trainings RENEW student mapping Pilot a high quality ELO, EI transition practices Offer parent education 4. FULL IMPLEMENTATION Processes & procedures in place System recalibrated to accommodate & support new initiatives

12. Cohort 1 Timeline Recap Dec 2013 thru Spring 2014: Exploration MOUs signed; LT meetings begin Kick-off training in Concord Exploration activities: RENEW, ELO Trainings, Family Focus Groups Round 1 of Transition and ELO Fidelity Tools Action plans developed Summer 2014 to present: Installation and Initial Implementation: Ongoing Leadership Team Meetings RENEW, ELO and Family Engagement Activities Transition Practices Trainings Transition Framework and ELO Fidelity Tools- Round 2

13. Where are you? Next Steps Implementation Stages Management Use the template to determine what stage of implementation your school is in with Next Steps activities and strategies? Use the descriptions of each stage, describe why you selected that stage.

15. Transition-Related Program Structures: Philosophy Program Evaluation Strategic PlanningPlanning Practices and Procedures Professional Development Resource Allocation

16. Program Structures Transition Focused Education Framework and Next Steps Examples Philosophy Next Steps mission and vision Program Evaluation Tools and Data Training and ELO Surveys Strategic Planning Leadership Team Transition Liaison Community of Practice Practices and Procedures RENEW ELO Transition Practices Family Engagement Professional Development Training Resources PALS Resource Allocation Staffing

17. Philosophy Next Steps Vision/Values/Mission Beyond Next Steps, will you: Adopt a formal philosophy or purpose statement to guide ongoing work? Is there an existing philosophy or purpose statement that EXPLICITLY focuses on transition for these populations?

18. Fidelity Tools Data

19. Program Evaluation: Fidelity Tools Next Steps Fidelity Tools Transition Framework ELO Practice Profile RENEW Readiness Checklist

20. Program Evaluation: Data Types Referral sources Outcome measures Progress monitoring

21. Program Evaluation: Examples Referral sources RENEW Characteristics EWS Outcome measures Required State Reporting Indicators 1,2,13, 14; graduation rates; drop out rates) Progress monitoring ELO Characteristics ELO Student and Teacher Surveys Fidelity Tools

22. Data Ideas and Discussion EWS data and RENEW Indicator 14 data collection: strategic outreach Counseling reports (like Naviance) that show data on plans for students with IEPs and/or student at-risk Student/teacher surveys ELO Characteristics highlights “what’s missing” NSTTAC Evaluation Toolkit

24. Strategic Planning: Leadership Teams Focus on transition to life-after high school for youth with disabilities and youth-at-risk Review current practices and make decisions about “what’s next” Multiple perspectives provide richest options and possibilities Resource: Transition Team Leader Sustainability Toolkit Resource

25. Strategic Planning: Team Leader Plans and facilitates meetings Recruits new members Oversees an action plan Next Steps Transition Liaison

26. Practices and Procedures ● Consistency prevents loss due to turnover ● Promotes fidelity and best practice

27. Thank You! The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education, H323A120003. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Corinne Weidenthal. This product is public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint is not necessary, the citation should be: NH State Personnel Development Grant – Next Steps NH (2012-2017). New Hampshire Department of Education, Concord.