What kinds of resources are available for me to continue learning about Secondary Transition?
Build your understanding of secondary transition and best practices for implementation through:
- Learning with Colleagues
- Understanding Secondary Transition Frameworks and Recent Research
- Engaging with Webinars and Training Modules that can be reviewed and completed asynchronously on your own schedule.
What opportunities exist for educators to deepen secondary transition practices with colleagues?
- Join the District of Columbia Secondary Transition Community of Practice
- Facilitated by OSSE and SchoolTalk, Inc, the community of practice engages a citywide, cross-section of stakeholders to connect with each other, problem-solve common challenges and build a deeper understanding of secondary transition.
- Participate in the District’s Secondary Transition Capacity Building Institute (CBI).
- In partnership with community-based organizations, OSSE regularly hosts a CBI Institute for interested LEAs serving middle and high school students in the District of Columbia.
- Information for this year’s CBI.
- Archived Secondary Transition Institute materials.
What secondary transition frameworks and recent research support best practices?
The following secondary transition frameworks exist to support best practices:
- Taxonomy for Transition Programming 2.0 (2016) - National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C)
- Guideposts for Success 2.0 (2019) - National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth)
- College and Career Readiness for Transition (2019) - University of Connecticut
- Effective Predictors of Post-Secondary Success (2020) (NTACT:C)
The following research supports best practices in secondary transition:
- Assessment to Practice Guidelines with Case Studies (2019) - NTACT:C
- Secondary Transition Predictors of Postschool Success: An Update to the Research Base (2020) - NTACT:C
- Updating the Secondary Transition Research Base: Evidence- and Research-Based Practices in Functional Skills (2020) - NTACT:C
- Advanced Specialty Set: Special Education Transition Specialist Preparation Standards (2015) - CEC
What professional development will support my professional growth?
Engage in self-directed learning opportunities with the following comprehensive modules:
- OSSE’s Student-Focused Secondary Transition Planning PD
- Transition Coalition Learning Modules*
- Iris Center at Vanderbilt University
- Iris Center Resource Locator
- PD Certificates for Educators
- Modules related to secondary transition include:
- Secondary Transition: Interagency Collaboration
- Secondary Transition: Student Centered Transition Planning
- Helping Students with Disabilities Plan for Post-High School
- High Leverage Practices
- Facilitating Transitions for Students with Disabilities from High School to Post-School Settings module
- Evidence-Based Practices
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What organizations support secondary transition through research, best practice dissemination, and training/webinars?
Secondary Transition Research & Technical Assistance Centers
- The National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative (NTACT:C)
- Center on Transition Innovations - Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
- Transition Coalition - University of Kansas
- Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT) - Council for Exceptional Children
- Center for Transition and Career Innovation (CTCI) - University of Maryland
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) - University of Minnesota
- National Longitudinal Transition Study 2 (NTLS-2) - Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
- I’m Determined - Virginia Department of Education
Vocational Rehabilitation Research and Technical Assistance Centers
- Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center For Quality Management (VRTAC-QM)
- Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center for Quality Employment (VRTAC-QE)
- Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center (WINTAC)
- Youth Technical Assistance Center (Y-TAC)
- Center for Innovative Training in Vocational Rehabilitation (CIT-VR) - The George Washington University Center for Rehabilitation Counseling Research and Education (CRCRE)
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