TransQUAL Online:
Improving Student Transitions to
Life After School
Version 2.1
Employment and Disability Institute
Cornell University
School of Industrial and Labor Relations Extension Division
201 ILR Extension Building, Garden Avenue
Ithaca, New York 14853-3901
Telephone: (607) 255-7727
TTY/TDD: (607) 255-2891
e-mail: ilr_edi@cornell.edu
Website address: http://edi.cornell.edu
Employment and Disability Institute
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www.edi.cornell.edu
TransQUAL Online Main Menu
What is TransQUAL Online?
Getting a TransQUAL Online Account
Team Assessment
Work Plan Development
Impact Reporting
Online Resources -- Links and Discussion
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What is TransQUAL?
TransQUAL Online
is a tool to support school district teams
as they collaboratively review and
improve their practices in career
development and transition.
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Features of the
TransQUAL
Web Site
Password-Protected Accounts
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Features of the
TransQUAL
Web Site
Collaborative
Self-Assessment
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Features of the
TransQUAL
Web Site
Work Plan
Development
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Features of the
TransQUAL
Web Site
Impact
Reporting
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Features of the
TransQUAL
Web Site
Help and
Discussion
Forum
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Numbers of Work Plans
and Planning Teams
Yearly Growth of TransQUAL Teams and Plans
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
# of Work Plans
# of Planning
Teams
3
66
133
135
98
136
1
33
90
94
81
97
# of Repeat
Users
0
0
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Calendar Years
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Numbers of school
district planning
teams who have
saved TransQUAL
Online Work Plans
in New York State
from January 2000
through December
2005
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TransQUAL Resources Project
• Maintain and Enhance the TransQUAL Web
Site
• Provide Technical Assistance Statewide
• Summarize Data on the Uses of TransQUAL
• Research the Impact of TransQUAL -comparative data
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http://www.transqual.org
Click here for a test drive
of TransQUAL
Click here to get a
Username and Password
DownIoad TransQUAL
documents
Register: 1 of 6
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Select the your user type
Select your Transition
Coordination Site region
Click here to continue…
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Register: 2 of 6
BOCES/
NYC
Region
Click here to continue…
Select your
BOCES/NYC Region
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Click here to continue…
Select your school
district
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Click here if your
team is districtwide, or…
Select your school, or…
Click one of
these and fill
in text to
describe your
program
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Completely
fill in your
remaining
contact
information
Click here to complete
your registration
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Back to
the start
Pose
questions
for
discussion
View/Edit
your
contact info
Measure
student
results
Explore
web
resources
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Log out of
TransQUAL
Contact
TransQUAL
Central!
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Step-by-step
instructions
Quick-start
menu
View
previous
records
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Click here to
continue…
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Select
the
month
and year
of your
meeting
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Type the
name of a
team member,
select a role,
or type in the
“Other” box,
then click on
“Add new
member”
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Click here to
continue…
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Click on these
links to learn more
about each Topic
Check one or
more of these
check boxes
for your team
assessment
Click here to
continue
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Rate each indicator:
5 = Exemplary, can
educate others about this
issue
4 = Indicator evident
across all situations
3 = Indicator evident
across some, but not all,
situations
2 = Indicator not evident,
planning is underway
1 = Indicator not evident,
no planning has been
initiated
Check here if the team
wishes to create a plan
to improve this indicator
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Click here
frequently to
save your
work during
discussions
“Quality” indicators
represent promising
practices,
“Compliance” indicators
represent State/Federal
regulations
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Assess: 7 of 7
To begin Work Plan
development, click here
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Click on one
of these
Indicators to
develop a
Work Plan
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Information
entered
automatically
What is the need?
How will this issue improve?
What will be your 1-5 rating
when your work is done?
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What will your
team do, overall?
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Who will do what, by
when?
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How will this Work
Plan be supported?
How will your team
measure success?
Describe your
team’s reflective
process
How will other’s
know of your work?
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Check
these boxes
to tie your
Work Plan
to New York
State
educational
reform
indicators
Click here to save your work
and to develop new Work Plans
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Click here
to create an
additional
Work Plan
Click here
to view or
edit an
existing
Work Plan
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By closing your
record, your
team will have a
printer-friendly
document
Need your record
re-opened?
Contact Us!
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To complete an
Impact Report, click
here
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Select a Work Plan to
review
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Information
entered
automatically
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Update your
team’s task
completion
Enter additional
tasks or changes
here
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What
worked?
What didn’t
work?
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Select a
new 1-5
Rating
What’s
next?
What
evidence
supports
your new
rating?
What do you
need to keep
going?
Click here frequently to save your
work during discussions
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Enter
names
and roles
of Impact
Report
team
members
Select the
current month
and year
Click here to save your Impact
Report
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Click here to
go to the
Discussion
Forum pop-up
web page
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Click here
to go to
the Links
pop-up
web page
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The web Links are
organized by the
five TransQUAL
topic areas
Click on these
to navigate to
each web site
listed
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The Discussion
Forum is
organized by the
five TransQUAL
topic areas
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Click on these
to post a
question, reply
to someone
else or learn
from previous
discussions
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For More Assistance:
David Brewer
drb22@cornell.edu
201 ILR Extension
Employment and Disability Institute
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 254-4696
AIM: dbrew826
Online Access to Cornell Publications
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/
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