YOU WANT IT, YOU GOT IT,
NOW WHAT?
Transition Elective
Ripple Effect
The Ripple Effect is a shift in perspective that leads to
greater connections, better business and stronger
community.
Just like stones thrown into a pond, simple actions
create ripples in the lives of all the people you touch and
sometimes people you have never even met.
Now is the time to make a real difference in your life,
workplace or world. Begin to maximize the power of your
connections and relationships today, and start to Ripple!
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The Ripple Effect
Start Your Ripple: Make it Happen
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Your Advocates
Co-workers
Parents
Administrators
Community Partners
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Team
 Brainstorm
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Get your nuts and bolts in order
How to Make it Happen
 Write
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a Proposal
Advocates
Site Principal
Special Education Director
Cabinet Level Administrators
School Board
Making it Happen
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Writing the Proposal
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Background: show that a problem exists that needs to be solved
• Explain the situation
• Explain the general problem (this relates to the ultimate goal)
• Show what created the problem
• Show that the problem or the situation is important
Scope: identifies and describes all work necessary to produce the
final product
Deliverables: what will be delivered to students and district
Personnel: staff and students involved
Timetable
Fees
Equipment, outside contractors, other expenses
Active Verbs
Making it Happen
 Support
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your proposal with a grant
Space
Salary
Staff
Equipment
Curriculum
Investigation and data collection
Partner with outside agency
Making it Happen
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writing your grant consider
Matching your project with an appropriate
funding supporter
Follow application guidelines explicitly
Customize proposals for a targeted funder
Condense with rich detail
Respect the expertise of the foundation
Recycle your proposal text
Making it Happen
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Stimulus Money
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http://sde.state.ok.us/Finance/Recovery/default.html
Grant Sources
http://www.ed.gov/programs/specedtransition/index.ht
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http://ies.ed.gov/funding/ncser_progs.asp
http://sde.state.ok.us/Finance/Grants/default.html
http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/SpecEd/Secondary_G
rants.html
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Making it Happen
 Accountability
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Pass Standards
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Technology Education Standards
Instructional Technology Standards
Information Literacy Standards
Personal Financial Literacy Standards
Social Studies Literacy Standards
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Civics, Economics, and Government
Making It Happen
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Class Synopsis
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Scope and Sequence
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A summary of goals and objectives
a curriculum plan, usually in chart form, in which a range of
instructional objectives, skills, etc., is organized according to the
successive levels at which they are taught
Curriculum Map
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the enduring understandings and overarching goals
the standards-based essential skills and concepts
the methods of assessment that the teacher and students will be
working on throughout the year (e.g., major assignments,
projects, performances)
the major content resources
Curriculum Mapping
 Recommended
– Standards as defined by
experts in their field.
 Written – State standards, local goals and
objectives (i.e., curriculum binders).
 Supported – Curriculum for which
materials are actually available, such as
textbooks and software.
Curriculum Mapping
 Tested
– What is actually assessed at the
state and local level.
 Taught – The content that teachers
actually deliver.
 Learned – The content that students
learn.
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Power Point on Curriculum Mapping
http://www.sd104.s-cook.k12.il.us/ppt/cm-overview-bd.ppt#1
Sample Curriculum Map
Essential
Questions
August
September
October
November
December
Content
Skills
Assessment
Activities
You’ve Got It, Now What?
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Curriculum
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Free Stuff!
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LCCE,
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Contact OU Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment
My Future, My Plan
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Contact OU Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment
Student-directed Transition Planning Lessons
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http://www.cec.sped.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ProfessionalDevelopment/ProfessionalTraining/LCC
E/LCCE_what.htm
Me!
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http://www.ncwd-youth.info/assets/guides/411/411_Disability_Disclosure_complete.pdf
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/sp/trans.html#career
http://www.nichcy.org/InformationResources/Documents/NICHCY%20PUBS/st1.pdf
http://www.okcareertech.org/cac/Pages/resources_products/Career_Activity_files/11756CarActFile.pdf
http://education.ou.edu/zarrow/?rd=1
http://www.khake.com/index.html
available from the NEA Professional Library – http://store.nea.org view samples at
http://www.stateart.com/works.php?workId=47&i=2
TECH-Now
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Contact Rick DeRennaux @ DeRennaux@-hotmail.com. Or vist the site www.tech-now.biz
Support Your Curriculum
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Transition Activities
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http://www.ihdi.uky.edu/ktcp/materials/download%20version.ppt#1
http://www.postitt.org/activities/index04.shtml#04
www.spannj.org/transition/TransitionCD/.../transition/Sample%20Strategies.doc
www.wsti.org/documents/.../TransitionActivitiesforInstruction.doc
Assessments
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OU Zarrow Center
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OKCIS – through Career Tech
Casey Life Skills – free on-line tool
Career Interest Inventory – available free on-line
Personality
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Offers four free self-determination assessments
http://www.udallas.edu/careers/assessments.cfm
http://www.soicc.state.nc.us/soicc/planning/self_assess_tools.htm
http://www.nycareerzone.org/graphic/assessment/index.jsp
http://www.mnsu.edu/cdc/students/undeclared/handbook/interests.pdf
Learning Styles
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http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/Memletics-Learning-Styles-Inventory.pdf
http://www.ulc.arizona.edu/online_materials/ls1assess.pdf
scoring - http://www.ulc.arizona.edu/online_materials/ls1score.pdf
I.D.E.A. Requirements
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According to IDEA Section 300.29— (a) Transition services means a
coordinated set of activities for a student with a disability that
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(1) Is designed within an outcome-oriented process, that promotes movement
from school to post-school activities, including post-secondary education,
vocational training, integrated employment (including supported employment),
continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living, or community
participation;
(2) Is based on the individual student's needs, taking into account the student's
preferences and interests; and
(3) Includes• (i) Instruction; (ii) Related services; (iii) Community experiences; (iv) The
development of employment and other post-school adult living objectives;
and (v) If appropriate, acquisition of daily living skills and functional
vocational evaluation.
(b) Transition services for students with disabilities may be special
education, if provided as specially designed instruction, or related
services, if required to assist a student with a disability to benefit from
special education.. "
Resources
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http://www.nsttac.org/
www.ou.edu/zarrow
http://www.nichcy.org/EducateChildren/transition_adulthood/pages/s
tudents.aspx
http://sde.state.ok.us/Curriculum/SpecEd/Secondary_Transition.html
http://www.breitlinks.com/careers/career_activities.htm
http://www.khake.com/page95.html
http://home.swbell.net/jraneri/index.html
http://www.ahead.org/students-parents/transitions
http://www.dcdt.org/transitionresources.cfm
http://www.wtb.wa.gov/documents/2008-10careerguidewebview.pdf
http://www.ncwd-youth.info/topic
http://www.postitt.org/
Transition Elective
Questions ~ Discussion
“Far and away the best prize that
life has to offer is the chance to
work hard at work worth doing.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Go Forth, Start Your Ripple…