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Rogers, Larry E. – Principal Leadership, 2010
Helping students make the transition to high school and preparing them for postsecondary learning is built into the day-to-day processes at Statesville (NC) High School. The author and his staff members always strive to do what is best for the students. Because statistics indicate that the freshman class is always the largest and the senior class…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, School Readiness, College Preparation, Educational Improvement
Jones, Virginia R. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2010
To have a meaningful, fulfilling career in the 21st century workplace, students need technical and academic skills as well as the ability to think and work collaboratively with others. Career education must begin in middle school or earlier to allow students time to develop the aptitudes, skills and attitudes necessary to develop an awareness of…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Comprehensive Guidance, Comprehensive Programs, Transitional Programs
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Lowenthal, Alison B.; Bassett, Diane S. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2012
Over the past decade, there has been an increased emphasis on transition planning for students with exceptional needs. This is in part the result of the mandates contained in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004. This increased emphasis has revealed a number of shortcomings with how transition planning is done…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Data Analysis, Transitional Programs, Critical Path Method
Gagliardi, Frank – Exceptional Parent, 2010
One of the biggest fears and challenges a parent of a child with special needs faces is navigating the post-22 landscape. When a child hits the age of 22, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is no longer required to provide daily services and support. Whatever the abilities, or disabilities, of a child, every parent has the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Transitional Programs
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Druckman, Rosanne – New Directions for Higher Education, 2007
The diverse higher education members of the Hartford Consortium for Higher Education independently partner with the Hartford Public Schools and deliver more than forty programs in the schools. These programs are varied and include such areas as college access, professional development for teachers, technology initiatives, tutoring, and science…
Descriptors: Consortia, Grade 5, Access to Education, Developmental Studies Programs
Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this publication is to identify the essential components of appropriate programming mandated by Alberta Education for students with special education needs, to provide examples of effective practices, to establish a common understanding of the terminology associated with this specialized field, and to clarify the meaning of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students, Student Needs, Teaching Methods