School-to-Work Outreach Project Exemplary Model/Practice/Strategy Profiles

Selection Process

The following profiles describe school-to-work models/practices/strategies identified as exemplary through a selection process developed by the School-to-Work Outreach Project. All profiles describe models/practices/strategies that include students with disabilities. The exemplars were identified through a five step selection process:

• Nomination
• Application
• Reference
• Application Review
• Final Review and Selection

Identification Criteria and school-to-work Priority Areas established by the School-to-Work Outreach Project guide the application review and final selection.

Exemplary School-to-Work Models/Practices/Strategies

Round 5 (1998)

• The Young-adult Employment Supports Project (YES)
  Matrix Research Institute, Services Division
• Career Help at Overbrook for Individuals who Choose Employment (CHOICE)
• Transition Services
  Onodaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES
• Post Secondary Program School-to-Work Transition Activity
  Carroll County Public Schools
  

Round 4 (1997)

• Student Driven Collaborative Transitioning

  Kenosha Unified School District

• Career Immersion

  Silver Spring Elementary

• School-to-Work

  Goodwill Industries

• Project Forward

  Cape Cod Community College

Round 3 (1996)

• Project TASSEL
  Shelby City Schools
  Project TASSEL has their own website at http://www.uncc.edu/tassel. Until they provide a link back to this page, please use your *BACK* button to return here.
• STRIVE
  The Boston Public Schools, School-to-Career Office
• South County Regional Interagency Post-secondary Transitions (SCRIPT)
• Pathways to Satisfaction
  Madison Metropolitan School District

Round 2 (1995)

• Choice Access
  United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Detroit, Inc.
• Connecting Activities
  Maine Township High School District 207
• Futures' Alternative Educational Programs
  A Division of Directions, Inc.
• Minnesota Milestones
  Rise, Inc. and Anoka-Hennepin ISD #11

Round 1 (1995)

• Job Shadowing
  Brentwood Elementary School
• Life Skills Transitional Program
  Houston Community College System / Central College
• Rural Transition Program
  Black Hills Special Services Cooperative
• VECTOR
  Intermediate District 287 / Hennepin Technical College
• Work Resource Program
  Jewish Vocational and Career Counseling Services

For further information, contact:

School-to-Work Outreach Project
Institute on Community Integration (UAP)
University of Minnesota
111 Pattee Hall, 150 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 626-8155; fax (612)624-9344
email walla001@tc.umn.edu

Other Publications

Additional publications addressing employment, transition and other disability related topics are available from the Institute on Community Integration, as well as the National Transition Network and the All Means All School-to-Work Project.

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URL: www.ici.coled.umn.edu/schooltowork/profiles.html
Last updated July 15, 1998