Transition Updates
January 2016
Lt. Governor Signs Executive Order on Employment First
• Last week, Lt. Governor Calley signed an executive order designed to
increase job opportunities for Michiganders with disabilities. Executive
Order 2015-15 establishes Employment First in Michigan - recognizing
competitive employment within an integrated setting as the optimal
outcome for persons with disabilities, and honoring the choices and goals
of individuals along their path to that optimal outcome. "Employment First
encourages workplace diversity and enhances economic development
while further designating Michigan as an equal opportunity state," Calley
said. "Michiganders with all abilities deserve to live independent, selfdetermined lives. The ability to work leads to enhanced social interaction,
community involvement and economic independence, and a sense of
pride that all people desire." The executive order accomplishes a key
recommendation of the 2013 report by the Michigan Mental Health and
Wellness Commission - adopting a statewide policy on employment that
honors the choices and goals of the individual and includes a variety of
appropriate options to achieve those goals. To view the Executive Order:
http://files.ctctcdn.com/f53f497b001/37dbbb47-5d9f-4e45-bde3ec51e26f8a87.pdf.
3. Planning Formats & Tools
The Affordable Care Act requires that a planning format or tool
be allowed for PCP Planning!
REASONS FOR USING A TOOL?
 MAPS (McGill Action Planning System)
 Essential Lifestyle Planning
 PATH (Planning Alternative Tomorrows with
Hope)
 Personal Futures Planning, Etc…
Save the Date- May 10th
• OUCARES & On My Own
present an evening with
Randy Lewis
– Tuesday May 10
– Oakland Center OU
– Parents, individuals with
disabilities, educators,
agency staffs, those
interested
March
31st
Save the Date- May 19th
• Dancing for Different
Abilities – May 19th
• Collaborative Fundraiser
& Partnership
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Project SEARCH
On My Own
Downs Syndrome Guild
OUCARES
Moving Updates to a Blog?
Blog would have…
• Upcoming notices like MTSA conference and others…
• Links to Transition related articles
• Legislative info like WIOA, IDEA, AKOOTZ…
– (AKOOTZ – all kinds of other things)
• B13 connections
• Inspirational stories like the 2 new reporters for a
Denver station who have intellectual disabilities
• Links to your program/services info & happenings
• 2x per month
– Provide an easy way for you to share info with your staffs
– Archived on OCTA Moodle/OS web?
District Networking
Work Based Learning Elective for Credit Recovery
Lea Van Amberg – Farmington
• What is your guidance for # of hours =equaling # of credits.
• Does this fall under your transition work? If so, how many
students do you have on your caseload for this service?
• Who is the student assigned to? Who does the WBL
paperwork, visitation, etc.?
• How do you coordinate this offering? Do teachers submit
names
District Networking
• If a student in special education is on a
Personal Curriculum, do we have to put this
on the IEP somewhere?
Barbara N. Dean
bd04bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us
District Networking
Personal Curriculum
Good/Best Practice?
Indicate use of PC in
Instruction – areas (ELA,
Math, World Language)
Visit MI Career Technical Institute
MCTI
There are two more dates available this school year (sign-up below) for a training day
at MCTI for MRS Transition Counselors and their school partners. The day will be
spent getting a little basic information from Admissions and then spending time in all the
trades talking to the instructors, to get first hand information on what is being taught and
what employment outcomes are being targeted. The Goal is to educate school
partners in what MCTI offers and what type of students are most successful at
MCTI. Forward this email to your partners so they can sign-up via the links
below.
The partners can be:
 Special Ed teachers
 Alternative Ed teachers
 Transition Coordinators
 Voc Tech staff
 School Administrators
 Social Workers
 Guidance Counselors
 Any other professional personnel who need to know what MCTI is all about
Click on the link for the date you want to attend. Space is limited so please sign up
early. If you need to change or cancel your training date, please contact me via email.

Thursday, March 24, 2016 from 9:00am - 3:00pm
 Thursday, May 12, 2016 from 9:00am - 3:00pm
Sue Zwyghuizen, CRC, LPC
Vocational Rehabilitation Manager
MDHHS-Michigan Career and Technical Institute
11611 W. Pine Lake Road
Plainwell, MI 49080
269.664.9215 Fax 269.664.9546
B-13 Checklist Schedule
01/13/2016
By now you should have received notification from CIMS that the Catamaran system
is not yet ready for release and we will be going into CIMS on February 15. At this
time, we are planning to use CIMS for the remainder of this school year for our
monitoring work, including the B-13 checklists. This means reworking the calendar to
align with what will be the new release dates. Instead of using Catamaran from March
15 to May 30 for completing the checklists, we will be using CIMS from April 15 to
June 30. This is the same timeframe that has been used in the past. The webinar for
training on how to complete the checklists will be on April 11. Detailed information
about the start time and how to log in will be available on the CIMS training site at
http://cims.cenmi.org/Events.aspx. This webinar will be recorded and then posted on
the same site.
April 15- June
30, 2016
I am sorry for any inconvenience that these changes may cause.
For questions about the content of this message, contact Jeanne Anderson Tippett at
andersontippettj@michigan.gov
Questions?
Contact Us
STAY CONNECTED:
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Checklist
CIMS B-13 Secondary Transition
Updates
CIMS B-13 Secondary Transition Updates
The MDE/OSE team recently provided an update for the 2016 B-13 Secondary Transition data
collection. Since the Catamaran system is not yet ready for release, they are planning on using
CIMS for the remainder of this school year for monitoring work, including the B-13 data collection.
 The B-13 Checklist will remain the same as it was for the 2015 IEP review and data
collection.
 The B-13 data collection will remain on the same schedule, starting April 15 to June 30,
2016.
 The CIMS team will host a training webinar on how to complete the checklist on April 11
 Detailed information about start time and login will be available on the CIMS training site
http://cims.cenmi.org/Events.aspx
 The webinar will be recorded and posted to the same site
 The B-13 checklist and other resources are located on the CIMS website
http://cims.cenmi.org/Compliance/PartBSPPComplianceIndicators/B13SecondaryTransition.
aspx
For additional information, please contact cathy.schmidt@oakland.k12.mi.us
Upcoming OCTA Workshops
• February 23– Webinar
– Tips & Tools to Help Students and Families be
Better Prepared for Employment & Life: Lessons
Learned from Project SEARCH
– Instructors: Carolyn VanNoord & Stephanie Riddle
• March 15 – In person workshop @OS
– Connecting Career Development & TransitionExploring Career Cruising with Jennifer Kluesner
– B-13 Data Collection & B-14 Post School Outcomes