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Title: The Pennsylvania Community of Practice in Support of Secondary Transition


1
The Pennsylvania Community of Practice in Support
of Secondary Transition
  • National Association of State Directors of
    Special Education
  • March 10, 2004

2
Learner Objectives
  • Participants will learn how Pennsylvania used a
    regulatory requirement as a springboard for
    developing effective cross-agency practices in
    transition.
  • Participants will develop an understanding of the
    relationship of events that lead to the
    development of Pennsylvanias Community of
    Practice for Secondary Transition.
  • Participants will learn how each of the Panel
    Members functions within the Community and how
    the Community benefits the member and their
    Agency.
  • Participants will learn about the future goals
    and upcoming events for Pennsylvanias Transition
    Community of Practice.

3
  • Coming together is a beginning, staying together
    is progress, and working together is success.
  • Henry Ford

4
IDEA Memorandum of Understanding Interagency Team
  • Dept. of Education
  • - Bureau of Special Education
  • Bureau of Career Technical Education
  • Dept. of Labor Industry
  • Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Bureau of Workforce Investment
  • Dept. of Public Welfare
  • Office of Mental Health Substance Abuse
    Services
  • Office of Mental Retardation
  • Office of Children, Youth Families
  • Office of Medical Assistance Program
  • Dept. of Health
  • Bureau of Family Health
  • Bureau of Drug Alcohol Programs

5
Compliance to Commitment
  • State policymakers charged four state agencies
    with the responsibility of developing a
    Memorandum of Understanding to implement the
    requirements of IDEA (1997).
  • Months of debate among agency legal, policy,
    administrative and program staff occurred with
    much posturing about who was responsible for
    what and more importantly who was fiscally
    responsible for what.
  • Program staff from the four state agencies began
    to meet to discuss how they would accomplish one
    of the MOU requirements informing the field of
    the MOU terms.

6
Compliance to Commitment
  • Program staff from each of the ten offices party
    to the MOU met on a monthly basis.
  • They reached agreement to roll-out the MOU to the
    field through a teleconference each of the four
    agencies had one person present.
  • The newly named MOU Training Team then decided to
    do a tour of the state - again each agency had
    equal time but during this training a member of
    the training team from each of the ten offices
    presented.
  • We cooperated, but still presented information as
    separate entities.

7
Compliance to Commitment
  • Over time, we transformed into a project-oriented
    team, by planning cross-system training and youth
    and young adult-focused activities.
  • We developed trusting relationships and used the
    team as a forum to problem-solve around systems
    issues.
  • We evolved into a transition community of
    practice to promote our shared vision for the
    successful outcomes of youth and young adults
    with disabilities.
  • As a state team, we develop cross-system
    strategies to support the strengthen and expand
    local transition coordinating councils and teams
    impact on youth and young adult outcomes.

8
IDEA Memorandum of Understanding Interagency Team
  • The Team is continually evolving and building new
    partnerships, such as
  • Transportation
  • Social Security
  • Local Government Officials
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Business/Employers
  • Higher Education
  • Local Service Providers

9
Families as Equal Partners
  • Recognizing the Critical Role of Families in All
    Transition Activities.
  • Expanding Partnerships with Families
  • Parent Training Information Centers (Parent
    Education Network)
  • Agency Family Groups
  • Local Family Groups
  • Individual Families.

10
 
11
Framework Shared Responsibility for Increasing
Youth and Young Adult Outcomes
  • Strategic Planning
  • Pennsylvania IDEA Memorandum of Understanding
    Interagency Transition Team
  • Shared Agenda
  • Youth and Young Adult Outcome Data to Inform
    Decision Making (Needs Assessment)
  • Cross-System Data Sharing and Needs Assessment
  • Systematic Youth and Young Adult Follow-up Studies

12
Framework Leveraging Resources
  • Capacity Building
  • Sharing Expertise and Knowledge.
  • Combining Training and Technical Assistance
    Programs.
  • Policy Practice
  • Aligning Regulations, Policies and Standards
    Across Agencies.
  • Maximizing the Impact of Financial Resources.
  • Replicating Cross-System Practices to Promote
    Shared Responsibility for Youth and Young Adult
    Outcomes.

13
Agency Driven Cross Systems Initiatives
  • Shifting from Isolated, Single Agency Activities
    to
  • Cross Systems Policy Development.
  • Implementation of Promising Practices.
  • Capacity Building.
  • Sharing Resources.

14
PA Dept. of Education
  • Bureau of Special Education
  • Financial support of collaborative training and
    technical assistance through the State
    Improvement Grant.
  • Mentor-Replication Mini-Grants to Expand
    Promising Transition Practices for
    self-determination, post-secondary education and
    training, community living, career development,
    employment and cross-agency strategies.
  • Cross-Systems Training and Networking
    Opportunities.
  • Bureau of Career Technical Education
  • Cross-Systems Training and Technical Assistance.

15
PA Dept. of Labor Industry
  • Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
  • Creative Funding Strategies to Enhance and Expand
    Transition to Employment Strategies.
  • Forty Local Projects
  • Outreach-Underserved, Vocational Assessment,
    Mentoring, Post-Secondary Education and Training,
    Employment.
  • Two Statewide Projects
  • Capacity Building, Statewide Needs Assessment.
  • Cross-Systems Training Technical Assistance.
  • Bureau of Workforce Investment
  • State Youth Council Collaboration.
  • Technical Assistance Workgroup Strategies.

16
PA Dept. of Public Welfare
  • Office of Mental Health Substance Abuse
  • Transition Pilot Project Programs.
  • Office of Mental Retardation
  • Transition Employment Pilot Coalitions.
  • Office of Children, Youth Families
  • Systems of Care Initiative.
  • Policy and Practice Standards.

17
PA Dept. of Health
  • Bureau of Family Health
  • Health Transition Survey
  • Special Health Care Needs Consultant.
  • Cross-Systems Development.
  • Special Kids Network
  • Community Systems Development.
  • Information and referral network.

18
Transition Communities of Practice
Communication Network and Support Structure

19
Foundation of State and Local Team Collaboration
  • Seven Essential Factors to Consider for
    Successful Interagency Collaborations
  • Commitment
  • Communication
  • Strong Leadership from Key Decision Makers
  • Understanding the Culture of Collaborating
    Agencies
  • Providing Adequate Resources for Collaboration
  • Minimizing Turf Issues
  • Engaging in Serious Preplanning.
  • Stakeholders' views of factors that impact
    successful interagency collaboration Exceptional
    Children Reston Winter 2003 Lawrence J
    Johnson Debbie Zorn Brian Kai Yung Tam Maggie
    LaMontagne Susan A Johnson

20
State to Local and Local to State Strategies
  • Membership
  • Local Transition Coordinating Councils (LTCC) and
    Teams Surveys.
  • LTCC Directory.
  • Expanding Membership on State MOU Interagency
    Team to support local needs.

21
State to Local and Local to State Strategies
  • Capacity Building
  • Transition Portfolio Assessment Strategies
    Training Financial Support.
  • Non-traditional Cross-Systems Team Funding
    Strategies.
  • Expanded Cross-system Learning Opportunities.

22
State to Local and Local to State Strategies
  • Policy Practice
  • Recognition of LTCCs Teams Activities,
    Products, Projects Expanding Community of
    Practice Opportunities.
  • Strengthening the PA Transition Communities of
    Practice Communication Network.

23
Local Community Transition Team
  • Sixty-three Local Transition Coordinating
    Councils and Teams in Pennsylvania are Focusing
    on Projects, Products, and Activities such as
  • Information Sharing
  • Assessment
  • Career Exploration and Employment
  • Post-Secondary Education Training
  • Youth and Young Adult Focused Cross-Agency
    Planning
  • Community Living Programs
  • Follow-up Surveys
  • Parent Partnerships
  • Recognition Programs
  • Funding Strategies.

24
Strategies to Sustain the Community
  • Developing mutually defined goals.
  • Redefining roles.
  • Sharing of power and expertise.
  • Welcoming diversity.
  • Supporting professional development over time.
  • Developing a shared language.
  • Providing opportunities for practice/practical
    knowledge.
  • Focusing on effects of implementation on youth
    and young adults.
  • Willingness of members to take risks.
  • Building personal relationships.
  • Considering alternative points of view to expand
    perspectives.

25
PA Communities of Practice Future Strategies
  • Strategic Planning
  • Needs Assessment
  • Capacity Building
  • Policy Practice
  • Third Annual PA Transition Conference Reaching
    Our Outcomes Together.
  • Two-Year Local Transition Coordinating Councils
    and Teams Outcome Strategies.
  • Developing Potential Cross-System Funding
    Strategies.
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