Remember to collect contact information from this year's graduating seniors before they leave so you can contact them the following year to collect exit student data for the district. The window to collect data from last year's graduating class is still open until August 4, 2023.

View this resource for additional information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y978-O9xUTGYIy8X8DapWv0T3-II3HNG/view?usp=sharing

SuccessBound is an educational approach and communication strategy that bring together Ohio’s strong business and education partnerships to engage and inspire students about career opportunities. For more information select this link.

Student Success Systems: Crucial to Improving Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

Around the country, schools and educators are seeking new ways to help more students remain on track for graduation and prepare for success in further education and meaningful careers. However, far too often, students with disabilities are included in these reflections as an afterthought—if at all. In Ohio, where we've made students with disabilities a central focus of our Each Child On Track state systemic improvement plan, we see robust student success systems as a key to achieving better outcomes for those students.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) requires each state to develop an Annual Performance Report communicating the performance of publicly supported schools across 16 indicators of educational services for students with disabilities. The Ohio Department of Education (the Department) works with Ohio's State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children to establish measurable and rigorous annual performance targets. Data related to each indicator is collected and analyzed at the district level, with each district's performance related to state targets disseminated through the district's Special Education Profile.

Link to the report

Learn about health care transition resources and see how health care transition can be added to a youth’s IEP! Youth, Parents, and Professionals identify possible goals by completing a health care assessment with youth today! Link to materials.

Approximately 70 percent of people with disabilities want to work, and thousands could become entrepreneurs if they can develop their skills and access capital. Potential entrepreneurs with disabilities need resources, assets and support in order to translate their entrepreneurial ideas into actual, viable businesses.

Respectability's “Born for Business” Disability Entrepreneurship Toolkit provides an inventory of existing materials, advice and guides for those jobseekers with disabilities ready to become self-employed, launch a new enterprise, or develop their entrepreneurial skills.

The Community Life Guide will help you learn how to be your best and how to stay safe while you work, live, and explore your community. We know that community employment is good for workers, businesses, and for the community. That is why the State of Ohio wants to help you. The Community Life Guide will help you find community employment, move forward on your Path to Employment, and help you stay safe.

The Lifespan Transitions Center at OCALI is excited to host the 2022-23 Journey webinar series. This series of webinars is designed to support you in helping youth with complex needs and their families navigate the journey from school to adult life.

Visit the new graduation website developed to assist students and their families with the long-term graduation requirements. In the near future, we will post videos and support documents around the new graduation requirements.

This is PERFECT for students and families!

Please visit Unlockyourfuture.org

Watch this compelling video about what it means to work Towards Zero.

#EACH Child, Our Future

#EACH Child, Means Each Child

# EACH Child, On Track

Learn about essential topics for transition and adulthood and engage in new ideas through Take 5 webcasts. Each short video in the Take 5 series will review a topic, concept or idea about transition and adult life planning, service and support for those assisting youth and adults with disabilities. Take 5 also provides five take-away resources for each of the webcasts to help extend learning and support the implementation of new knowledge or sharing of valuable ideas.

Data Collection on Post-High School Outcomes: Ohio’s education system is dedicated to preparing students for future success. To better understand what students go on to do after high school, the Ohio Department of Education is developing a new exiting student follow-up data collection to meet requirements in federal and state law.

To achieve successful and meaningful employment, school transition team members, person-centered planning teams, community transition services and other agencies must come together early to begin and then continue planning for employment.

One resource that may help explore and understand agencies is the Ohio Employment First Agency, Navigation Tool. After reviewing the information on strategies for team collaboration, use this tool to help determine what agencies may need to be included in a person's multi-agency team.

Ohio Longitudinal Transition Study (OLTS) SST6 Regional Report

The purpose of this regional report is to provide a comparison of aggregate regional and state data related to the transition experiences and Indicator 14 outcomes reported for exiters to help inform planning and programming for transition services. The report is divided into five sections: exiter demographics and educational experiences; post-school engagement; planned and actual postsecondary education experiences; planned and actual postsecondary employment experiences; and planned and actual community engagement and participation.

To view SST6 OLTS district data from the last 10 years, select this link.

REMINDER: This SPP indicator is CHANGING this year. The data will now be included as a part of the College, Career, Workforce and Military Readiness Component of the Local Report Card.

Memo: Exiting Student Follow-up Information

My Favorite Transition Resources by Amy Pleet-Odle

"These are articles and sites that I’ve started collecting from conference presentations, from leaders in the field, and from my own exploration. Feel free to send me others for the list!"

-Amy Pleet-Odle

Amy shared this resource during her OCALICONLINE presentation: My Favorite Transition Resources

For additional Educational Resources from Amy visit her website.

Youth Self-Advocacy and Empowerment Learning how to advocate for yourself could help you at school, at your job and in your community. Advocating for yourself means knowing what your needs are and speaking up for yourself to get your needs met. It takes practice! Hear tips from other students with disabilities who have learned to advocate for themselves in high school, at work, and at college.

Individualized Education Program (IEP) Tips for Teens A resource that you can share with transition-aged students with disabilities to support them in their role and the process

The Secondary Transition and Workforce Development webpage through ODE is now LIVE!

Ohio's Long-Term Graduation Requirements This resource contains the most up-to-date information on Ohio's graduation requirements for the Class of 2023 and beyond. This can replace the 56-page booklet of information previously released.

Becoming a Pre-ETS Provider The Office for Exceptional Children, OEC, will use secondary transition enhancement funds to support school districts, educational service centers and career technical centers to become Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) providers for delivering Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS).

Age Appropriate Transition Assessment Planning Guide by the Lifespan Transition Center at OCALI

Throughout this guide, you will be introduced to the planning process for transition assessment. It is important we intentionally plan for transition assessment to ensure we reduce duplication, build on a student’s progress, and identify individualized assessments to build the youth’s profile in relationship to those skills needed for their adult life goals.

OLTS Follow-Up Surveys DUE August 31, 2022

If your district is in the cohort for follow-up surveys, you have until August 31, 2022, to submit your survey results. This is a compliance indicator. Failure to submit the survey results will result in a data review and an improvement plan. Refer to your training information from this past spring with Kent State for specifics on how to submit your data.

Ohio’s Longitudinal Transition Study Postsecondary Outcomes for Youth Receiving Special Education Services: Ohio’s Indicator 14 Annual Report 2021

This document/product/software was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, (Award H027A210111 CFDA 84.027A, awarded to the Ohio Department of Education). The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, and no official endorsement by the Department should be inferred.