AUGUST 2009 (Voume #7, Issue #3) - Packet #15, Article 3
The Reaching and Teaching Struggling Learners (RTSL) initiative, a Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services (MDE, OSE-EIS) Mandated Activities Project, strives to ensure positive outcomes for struggling learners by exploring effective secondary school practices and their impact on ALL students.
This guidance and technical assistance article explains the Reaching and Teaching Struggling Learners initiative, how Reaching and Teaching helps schools to reduce student risk for academic failure and dropout, and shares school success stories. The Reaching and Teaching Struggling Learners initiative is part of a coordinated, integrated system—known as Michigan’s Integrated Improvement Initiatives (MI3)—that promotes increased system efficiencies and effectiveness as well as improved student performance.
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SEPTEMBER 2008 (2007/08, Volume #6, Issue #3) - Packet #12, Article #2)
This FOCUS on Results document serves as a quick reference guide for developing a quality and compliant transition Individualized Education Program (IEP) that focuses on the whole student. Transition requires a whole-student approach to planning with coordinated supports allowing students to develop and achieve their post-school goals and receive a quality education.
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JUNE 2008 (2007/08, Volume #6, Issue #2) -Packet #11, Article #2
This FOCUS on Results document represents the collaborative efforts of the Michigan Transition Services Association (MTSA) and the Michigan Transition Outcomes Project (MI-TOP).
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OCTOBER 2007 (GATA 07-03) - Issue #10, Volume #6
This FOCUS on Results document represents the collaborative efforts of the Michigan Transition Services Association (MTSA) and Michigan Transition Outcomes Project (MI-TOP). Over the past three decades, legislation and educational practice designed to support students in transition have evolved to a point where “transition” can no longer be approached as something “owned” by special education.
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OCTOBER 2007 (GATA 07-02) - Issue #10, Volume #6
This FOCUS on Results document represents the collaborative efforts of the Michigan Transition Services Association (MTSA) and the Michigan Transition Outcomes Project (MI-TOP). This is the first in a series of articles designed to emphasize the need for a cultural shift in perception and practice about what efforts are needed for each student to achieve post-school success.
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MARCH 2006 (GATA 06-03)
This FOCUS on Results document provides the reader with a basic understanding of the necessary components of an effective, transition focused individualized education program (IEP) for secondary students. It explains how effective transition planning relates to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004, Michigan’s State Performance Plan, and Michigan's new Continuous Improvement and Monitoring System (CIMS).
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SEPTEMBER 2005 (GATA 05-04)
This FOCUS on Results document examines the value and impact self-determination can have on the lives of persons with disabilities. Self-determination is the understanding and ability to act on personal strengths and limitations.
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SEPTEMBER 2005 (GATA 05-03)
This FOCUS on Results document introduces the Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services’ (OSE/EIS) priority for transition during 2005-2006 and addresses language changes to transition provisions from the newly reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Inside you will find data, explanations, and resources relating to secondary transition.
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