transition: school in community

Transition from early care to formal schooling Tom Corbett, Governor; Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education; Gary Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare www.education.state.pa.us www.dpw.state.pa.us

Transition: School in Community


1. Identify and enhance practices which connect programs and services for children, families, schools and communities.

2. Develop linkages between school and these multiple partners to provide access to resources and information that can enhance the outcomes of the transition process.

3. Create traditional, as well as nontraditional alliances with community groups and organizations in order to fully expand options available.

School in CommunityOBJECTIVES

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Community School ConnectionsGoal: To facilitate continuity

in the transition process within the community.

• Understand our OWN local community

• Build Partnerships• Promote resources where

they are needed

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What constitutes a community group or organization?

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• Who is part of your community?

• Who have you already established partnerships with to facilitate continuity in transition process?

• Who else could you reach out to?

Understand Your Local Community

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Effective communication and regular contact among the various social contexts engender connectedness and flexibility, thereby promoting an optimal transition percentage of children who have difficulty transitioning. Rimm-Kaufman, S. E., & Pianta, R. C. (2000).

Participation in Community Transition Team

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Partnerships: Key Questions

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• Are you aware of and do you communicate with other community partners?

• Are intentional links established to community partners? How do these linkages work?

• How are resources for children and families shared between community partners.

• How are resources that are needed in community promoted.


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Promoting Quality Care

Promoting Quality Care

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ym3_uBahRY&feature=plcp


Let’s focus Best Practice Rubric

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1. Reflect on your scoring for each indicator.2. Prioritize your next steps by numbering which indicators you may be able to achieve and which are most important to you (number on action plan)

What is your top priority?3. Check back on your worksheet for next steps.4. Discuss your top priority and next steps with your group members.

Prioritizing

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Reflection –YOUR Take-Home workAfter participating in this Phase- and using the Best Practice Rubric

tool, please answer the following questions and be prepared to discuss next time we meet:

1. Revisit your Understand your Local Community Handout and identify one stakeholder you will reach out to over the next few weeks.

Be prepared to share what your experience at the next section.

2. Review your prioritized areas for Management of Transition Practices and School in Community and develop a plan for moving forward. Remember resources are available in the Transition toolkit to assist in the planning process.

3. Identify resources that may be missing from the toolkit. Be prepared to share resources that could fill these gap.

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transition: school in community

Documents

community transition

community groups

community connection

transition process

goal of school

bpr school

secretary of public

early care