RE: [NPSO]: Questions from MN

[Robert Shepherd]

Title: Re: [NPSO]: Questions from MN

Question1:  It is my opinion that the district be responsible their CSE students no matter who provides the service and that they not be included in SPP 14 data until district responsibility ends.   Question 2: You must report the district results and reports could be provided to any other program as long as there is a sort indicator included in your database.   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jane Fields Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:02 AM To: npsoserv@lists.uoregon.edu Subject: RE: [NPSO]: Questions from MN   Cinda and others,   Jane Fields from MN again...so, it sounds like your procedure for follow-up with these students is similar to what MN is doing...here are my next questions:   1.  Who has responsibility for following up with the student--the district or the 18-21 program? (e.g., how do you know you're not duplicating the student if both places have responsibility for calling the student? how do you decide who has the responsibility for follow-up?) 2.  Who do you report the data back to for that student (presumably in aggregate form)--the district, the 18-21 program, or both?   Thanks!  Jane     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnson, Cinda Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:03 PM To: npsoserv@lists.uoregon.edu; npsoserv@lists.uoregon.edu Subject: 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 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 ------------------------------------------------------ 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]