School Districts and Counties in the Grant Wood AEA service areaThe Grant Wood AEA service

area includes…

•32 public school districts

•22 approved nonpublic schools

•12 nonapproved private schools

•approximately 250 school

administrators

•approximately 5,800 teachers, counselors,

teacher librarians, nurses, and

paraeducators

•71,096 students*

•8,824 children ages 3 to 21 who receive

special education services**

•242 school board members

•7 counties (Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson,

Jones, Linn, Washington)

•4,900 square miles

•445,380 population***

Sources:

*Certified Enrollment October 2012

**Grant Wood AEA Certified Count Report, October 2012

***US Census Bureau, 2010 Population Estimates. Online:

http://factfinder2.census.gov

Background

Transition CadreEstablished in 2007 with the initial goal of making 100%

of the transition IEP’s within the Grant Wood AEA service area 100% compliant, 100% of the time.

Interagency Stakeholders GroupCreated on May 2012

– Agencies & Service Providers

United Way, Discovery Living, Goodwill of the Heartland, etc.

Interactive NavigatorA Tool to Access Resources

Reasons for the ‘IN’

• Frustrated direct service providers

• Families not accessing services that were a ‘good fit’ Unaware of services and funding

• LEAs unaware of agencies/service providers

• SimplificationNeeded a tool to help find agencies or service providers that

could meet the needs of each individual student

Interagency Stakeholder Planning Group

Judy Warth, University of Iowa

Melissa Silver, Goodwill of the Heartland

Jeannie Blumer, Marion Independent School District

Nancy Rife, The Arch

Mary McWilliams, College Community School District

Jane Wollum, Johnson County

Megan Burke-Brunscheen, Grant Wood AEA

Partnerships

United Way 2-1-1 Program

Firstcallforhelpiowa.org

Iowa CompassIowacompass.org

Interactive Navigator

Parent/Student Transition Night

History• Outgrowth of the parent special focus group• Gather all services under one roof• Address the three prongs of transition - Living - Learning - Working• Free flowing atmosphere and schedule so that

participants can come to all or some of the evening activities• Provide all partners in the transition process to

be together and share information

Recipe for a Successful Parent/Student Transition Night

1 Keynote speaker

1 time schedule

20 Speakers

25 booths

10 Transition Cadre Members

1 School District Partnership

Equal parts -Door Prizes -Advertising -Food

Keynote Speakers

Kent StockMichael Kutcher Time will tell

Presenters

Booths

Time Schedule

Transition Cadre

Partnerships

Equal Parts

• ESCO Group

• Bucknell Construction

• BarnYardScreen Printer

• Pam Brennecke

• Nikki and Chad

Schweizer

• Expressions-Gift Card

• Krsek Family

• Raining Rose

• Bouslog Insurance

• KCRG-TV• Cedar Rapids Gazette• Iowa City Press Citizen• Grant Wood AEA

- The Linker - The Bulletin Board

• Kent Stock

• Splurge

• Transition Cadre

• Sandy Lyons

• Early Bird

• Grant Wood AEA

• Linn-Mar High School

Student Support

Services

• Blink Photography

Community contacts/donors: Media contacts:

• Encourage parent participation

• Increase number of events

• Consider community conversation time

• Increase sessions from 30 minutes to 1 hour

• PowerPoints online

• Info packets with presenter handouts

• Add information on adult services (military, job corp)

• “It’s more than I expected.”