Transition Assessment: Know the Options and How to Use Them

A two-hour introductory workshop for school personnel. Participants will:

Define transition assessment.
Learn about a variety of formal and informal transition assessments and procedures.
Map current transition assessment practices.
Determine actions for improving transition assessment practices.

This is course one in the Transition Planning series. It was originally designed for school teams to take together, but will be useful in other situations, for example, orienting new staff.

Materials

Recording of Sept 15, 2016 webinar. Webinar is 1 hour 36 minutes long.
Course pre-work questions, MSWord, 1 page
PowerPoint with presenter notes (50 slides) – includes presenter notes and timing for each slide
PowerPoint slides handout, PDF, 9 pages – prints all slides, six to a page
Pre-test, MSWord, 1 page
Transition assessment mapping and action planning, MSWord, 2 pages
Jamerreo transition planning worksheet, MSWord, 3 pages
Sample transition assessment procedures, MSWord, 8 pages
Sample instruments, MSWord, 2 pages
Post-test and evaluation, MSWord, 3 pages
Answer key, PDF, 1 page

Course outline

The activities in this course are designed for a team. You won’t need as much time if you are working through it as an individual.

Topic	Time	Handouts
Introductions, pre-test, review agenda, review Next Steps project Slides 1-9, recording 0:00 – 9:20 minutes	10 min	Slides handout Pre-test
Discuss pre-work questions Slide 10, recording 9:20 – 13:19-minutes	5 min	Course pre-work questions
Definition and purpose of transition assessment Slides 11-19, recording 13:19 – 32:30-minutes Activity: Identify and record on mapping tool part 1 only those assessments that capture student’s vision and interest (10 min)	20 min	Transition assessment mapping and action planning
Identify types of formal and informal transition assessment Slides 20-25, recording 32:30 – 49:38-minutes Activity: Identify and record in part 2 as many transition assessments as possible that are done in your school (10 min)	20 min	Transition assessment mapping and action planning
Explore assessments Slide 26, recording 49:38 – 1:04:00, includes free time to explore online)	15 min	Sample instruments
Overview of free and for-purchase transition assessments Slides 27-43, recording 1:04:00 – 1:27:20-minutes Activity: Record in part 3 the improvements you would like to see with transition assessment (10 min)	20 min	Transition assessment mapping and action planning
Action planning ideas Slides 44-50, recording 1:27:20 – 1:36:21-minutes Activity: Create a specific action plan (part 4) to carry out two or three ideas from today’s training. (Activity extends beyond the end of the recording.) Post-test	20 min	Jamerreo planning worksheet Transition assessment mapping and action planning Post-test and evaluation

Transition Assessment: Know the Options and How to Use Them

Materials

Course outline

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