ICE Partnership Program

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ICE Partnership Program
Opening Doors for Students with Disabilities
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partnership   (pärt'n?r-ship')

• A relationship between individuals or groups that
  is characterized by mutual cooperation and
  responsibility, as for the achievement of a
  specified goal

Belchertown Public Schools Federation for
Children with Special Needs Holyoke Community
College Institute for Community Inclusion
Monson Public Schools South Hadley Public
Schools Westfield Public Schools Willie Ross
School for the Deaf
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Overview

• DESE funded grant
• Developed to create equal access to postsecondary
  education for all students
• Students with significant disabilities, ages
  18-22, are offered dual enrollment/early admit
  opportunities

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Benefits

• Academic and advising support
• Free tuition, fees, textbooks materials,
  transportation expenses
• 11 Ed Coaches, provided by the sending high
  school
• Social opportunities in age-appropriate settings

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Create Student Vision Goals
Develop Flexible Services Supports
Evaluate Outcomes
Assist Students to Access College Employment
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Interagency Transition Team

• Interagency teams work collaboratively to support
  individual students transitions
• Representation includes
• High school liaison
• Higher education liaison
• Educational consultants
• Educational coaches
• Student mentors
• Parent liaison
• Adult agencies
• Employment specialists
• Monthly meetings, organized by
  partnership coordinator, address
  topics specific to
  student and
  program issues

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Enrollment Requirements

• Eligibility under the DESEs enhanced eligibility
  criteria. Unable to achieve the Competency
  Determination necessary for high school
  graduation by passing the MCAS exam.
• Completion of the HCC Early Admit application.
• Submission of a completed Person Centered Plan
  (PCP).
• Participation in an intake meeting with the
  Office for Students with Disabilities and Deaf
  Services (OSDDS).
• Submission of the individuals documentation of
  disability.
• Assistive technology assessment, as needed.

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Person Centered Plan

• A results oriented process that empowers a
  student to dream
• A process that is focused on engaging students in
  their own futures planning
• Planning that is directed by the student and
  assisted by a neutral facilitator
• Planning that results in an action plan

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Supports at HCC

• Office for Students with Disabilities/Deaf
  Services
• CAPS Center for Academic Program Support
• Career Services
• Counseling Services
• Student Activities
• Bartley Athletic and Recreation Center

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Course Offerings

• Art
• Business Technology
• Communications
• Culinary Arts
• Dance
• English
• Geology
• Health Fitness

• Human Services
• Martial Arts
• Math
• Music
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Theatre 

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Universal Course Design

• Diversified instruction in order to effectively
  reach and actively engage all students, including
  those with disabilities
• Provide alternative ways students can engage the
  learning process
• Deliver course information in a customizable
  format without watering down the content
• Remove barriers to information access

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• A thought, even a POSSIBILITY,
• can shatter and transform us.

- Frederick Nietzche
For more information on the ICE Partnership
Program please contact Maureen Conroy
(mconroy_at_hcc.mass.edu), Ty Hanson
(thanson_at_hcc.mass.edu), or Carla Katz
(ckatz_at_hcc.mass.edu).