1. Transition Virtual Community of Practice

2. What are communities of practice?  Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.  The domain: A community of practice has an identity defined by a shared domain of interest.  The community: Members engage in joint activities and discussions, help each other, and share information. They build relationships that enable them to learn from each other.  The practice: Members develop a shared repertoire of resources: experiences, stories, tools, ways of addressing recurring problems—in short a shared practice. http://wenger-trayner.com/introduction-to-communities-of-practice/http://wenger-trayner.com/introduction-to-communities-of-practice/ downloaded 1/25/2016

3. Transition Community of Practice  Domain – transition services for students with disabilities  Community – educators who attended 2014 and 2015 Transition Institutes – to be expanded to all who attended the 2016 Transition Institute  Practice – topics related to improving LEA transition programs and transition services for students with disabilities  Using the NSTTAC Transition Planning Tool to evaluate progress on 2015 plans  Mapping community resources  Transition assessments  Interagency collaboration  Technical soundness of LEA transition plans  LEA successes and challenges

4. Joining the Transition VCoP  Register for the VCoP at https://pd.spedsis.com/Public.https://pd.spedsis.com/Public  Use your UPIPS credentials to sign in  Create a user account

5. Register for the Course “Transition

8. Canvas  Canvas is a learning management system, or in other words, a platform for hosting course content, delivering online quizzes, accepting online assignment submissions, disseminating grades and feedback, and more. All USU students, faculty, and staff have access to Canvas and can login to Canvas at canvas.usu.edu. canvas.usu.edu  Please contact John Jeon (john.jeon@usu.edu) for log-in informationjohn.jeon@usu.edu  Transition VCoP participants may log into Canvas to:  Participate in polls to help determine VCoP topics  Access recorded Transition VCoP sessions  Participate in an online forum  Share resources and ideas

9. Transition VCoP Schedule  Meetings are held from 3:00 to 3:45:  March 23  May 18  Adobe Connect – https://connect.usu.edu/transitionvcophttps://connect.usu.edu/transitionvcop  Call in – 855-878-0222, Code 3456789#  For more information, please contact Susan Loving (susan.loving@schools.utah.gov).