In-School Cafe Build’s Students’ Resumes
High five to Spectrum Academy! The Pleasant Grove, Utah charter high school for students with Autism recently opened an in-school restaurant to empower students with resume-ready job skills prior to graduation. Students completely run the café, from greeting customers and … Read More
New Guidelines Provide Vision for Special Education Policy in Charter Schools
The National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) recently released the Model Policy Guide: Leveraging Policy to Increase Access and Quality Opportunities for Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools. This tool is designed to help state lawmakers promote … Read More
WIOA: In-School Transition Coordinator Victoria Campbell Paves the Way for Pennsylvania Students to Become Job and Life Ready
“Every one of my kids is walking out of my class with a resume.” Victoria Campbell, a Transition Coordinator at the Alleghany Intermediate Unit’s Sunrise School in Monroeville, PA, is opening doors for students with special … Read More
Physical Fitness Month: Beyond the Gym, Three Small Tips to Add Big Value in Your Class
May is National Physical Fitness Month. While this theme fits well within the purview of P.E. classes, reinforcing healthy habits can energize the classrooms too! Especially important during this time of finals and test taking. Check out the tips below … Read More
WIOA Pre-ETS Solutions for Success
To address WIOA Pre-ETS requirements, classroom instruction that allows for exploration and skill development is essential in a student’s movement from school to the community. Exploration needs to be varied and progressive – jobs and careers explored in the classroom … Read More
What is WIOA?
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) places a significant emphasis on the provision of services to youth with disabilities. It emphasizes the need for youth with disabilities to have more opportunities to practice and improve their workplace skills, to … Read More
WIOA: Wisconsin Identifies Partnerships Between Vocational Rehab and High Schools as Key to Pre-ETS Success
At the recent Texas Conference on Transition, experts from across the country weighed in what the WIOA mandate for Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) means in practice. Again and again, presenters commented that though implementation may look a little different everywhere, … Read More
To Our Teachers: You Are Something Special
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week and Project Discovery sends applause and our “Thank You” from the heart to the diverse community of educators we serve and are inspired by throughout the year. You are creative, innovative and have the most passionate hearts … Read More
WIOA: Minnesota Fully Embraces the Mandates and Seeks Additional Funding for WIOA Pre-Employment Transition Services
WIOA recognizes that individuals can’t simply be thrust into the workforce without proper preparation. A recent article in The Minnesota Post highlights that additional state funding is necessary to achieve the worthy pre-employment transition goals of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). … Read More
What Is WIOA? – Introducing #EmbraceTheMandate
What exactly is WIOA? WIOA is the acronym for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, a federal law signed in 2014 and implemented in 2015. Totaling just under 300 pages, WIOA both reauthorizes and reforms pieces of the 1998 Workforce … Read More