RE: [NPSO]: Questions from MN

[Johnson, Cinda]

Title: Re: [NPSO]: Questions from MN

Hi Ginger.  So if a person in the 18 -21 program is still counted as an FTE by the district and provided special ed services in the community (and have gone through some type of "graduation" ceremony, etc) you consider them an exiter?  The decision in Washington is based on the FTE count.  If the district still counts them even if they have gone through the "age-appropriate ceremony" then we do not consider them as having exited the K-12 system.  After completing the 18-21 program and no longer counted by the district we would then do follow-up.  I am curious about NM! Thanks, Cinda

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Ginger Blalock
Sent: Wed 4/19/2006 12:40 PM
To: npsoserv@lists.uoregon.edu
Subject: Re: [NPSO]: Questions from MN

National Post School Outcome Data Community of Practice
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Hi - in New Mexico districts, all 18-21 year old programs
are part of their home districts, although "based" in
community rather than school campuses.  When the
postschool followup surveys are done, those who've exited
(typically graduated with a diploma - we have 3 pathways
to our regular diploma for students with IEPs) from those
18-21 year old programs are included just like all other
exiters.

Ginger



On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:57:20 -0500
  "Jane Fields" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings!  I am working with Jayne Spain and others at
>the MN Department of
> Education on their postschool follow-up system. So, I
>appreciate all of the
> great input into the question posed yesterday (by Jayne
>Spain from MN
> through Jane Falls)!
>
> However, I am still wondering how states are actually
>including students in
> 18-21 year old programs in their postschool follow-up
>system. Would you be
> willing to describe the "nuts-and-bolts" of how you go
>about including all
> exiters (graduates, dropouts, age outs) into your actual
>implementation of
> your follow-up systems? For example, how are you
>sampling the students so
> that there's no overlap between the 18-21 year old
>programs and home
> districts (in MN, students are counted in their home
>district, even if
> they're participating in an 18-21 year old program)?
> How do you provide
> program information back to districts whose students are
>accessing other
> programs?  Etc.
>
> Thanks!  Jane Fields
>
> Jane L.S. Fields, Ph.D.
> Institute on Community Integration
> University of Minnesota
> 150 Pillsbury Drive SE
> 13 Pattee Hall
> Minneapolis, MN  55455
> 612-625-0350 (phone)
> 612-624-9344 (fax)
>
>

Ginger Blalock, Ph.D.
Project Director, Statewide Transition Initiatives
Board President, Lifework Learning Inc.
213 Ortega Rd., NE
Albuquerque, N.M. 87113
505/400-3992   [EMAIL PROTECTED]