TransQUAL Online:
Improving Student Transitions to
Life After School
Version 3.0
Employment and Disability Institute
Cornell University
ILR School 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
Progress Reporting
Online Resources -- Links, Discussions
Account Information and Settings
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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
Progress
Reporting
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Features of the
TransQUAL
Web Site
Funding,
Links,
Sharing, and
Connecting
with Others
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Yearly Growth of TransQUAL Teams and Plans
Numbers of Work Plans
and Planning Teams
Numbers of TransQUAL Online Planning Teams,
Work Plans, and Repeat Users: 2000-2006
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200
150
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# of Work Plans
# of Planning
Teams
# of Repeat
Users
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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84
46
141
93
154
100
102
82
126
88
194
107
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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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1 Academic Year of Work Plan(s)
2-3 Academic Ye ars of Work Plan(s)
4-7 Academic Ye ars of Work Plan(s)
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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
Continually Add New Resources for Planning
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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
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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
View and
edit your
account
information
To go to SelfAssessment
and Work Plan
Log out of
TransQUAL
Explore
Online
Resources
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Step-by-step
instructions
View
previous
records
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Select
the
month
and year
of your
meeting
Click here to
continue…
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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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To begin Work Plan
development, click here
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?
Who will do what, by
when?
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How will this Work
Plan be supported?
How will your team
measure success?
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Create a
chart to
track your
progress
toward a
goal
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Click here
to view or
edit an
existing
Work Plan
Click here
to create an
additional
Work Plan
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By closing your
record, your
team will have a
printer-friendly
document
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To complete a
Progress Report, click
here
Select a Work Plan to
review
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Impact: 1 of 6
Information
entered
automatically
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Indicate
names and
roles of your
review team
members
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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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Reflect on your
measurement
process
Update
your chart
data and
consider
your
team’s
progress
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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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Click here to
locate and
communicate
with other
teams
Search for
teams by
entering
keywords or
browse by
location
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The Funding
resources are
organized by the
five TransQUAL
topic areas
Click on these
to navigate to
each web site
listed
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Links to
information
resources are
organized by the
five TransQUAL
topic areas
Click on these
to navigate to
each web site
listed
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Click on these
to post a
question, reply
to someone
else or learn
from previous
discussions
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Download
documents shared
by other
TransQUAL Users
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Work Plans that
have been posted
by other teams
can be viewed by
clicking on the
titles
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Work Plans can be
moved from
private to public
and back to
private view by
selecting the date
of the Work Plan
and clicking the
appropriate button
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Account
Information can be
edited by clicking
here
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A contact list of
other teams can
be created and
removed
Messages can be
sent to other
contact people via
the website and by
email by clicking
on the name
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Messages both
received and sent
can be viewed by
clicking on these
links
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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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