Prepared for: County School Districts Prepared by: Lon Thornburg, Transition Network Facilitator Region 8 and Donna Lowry, YTP Specialist, Union County school districts Description: Regional job club is a vocational theme/topic-based field trip, every other month (5 events during a school year), visiting a larger community where students can meet with peers and hear speakers talk about their work, skills and education needed to do their job. The students will participate in peer discussions/group activities, have a donated lunch, and end the day with field trip site visits to tour businesses and work places. Students at all levels of learning and physical disabilities are invited to attend. Regional job club is an innovative model that delivers transition services required in WIOA, (The Work Innovation & Opportunity Act) and Oregon Department of Education/Special Education/PETS (Pre-employment Transition Services) that are difficult to provide in frontier and remote communities. Some of these services could be: Community-based job exploration Work-based learning experiences outside the traditional classroom Job exploration activities including special speakers that are experts in their occupation Workplace readiness training through exposure to varieties of work environments that help in determining work preferences, interests, needs and strengths. Peer mentoring and peer interaction Access to a larger community to experience transportation services, visit a hospital, and other services that are not available in a remote location. The materials completed by the students during the year may be beneficial in providing information used to develop present levels of performance, determine PINS (preferences, interests, needs and strengths) transition goals for the IEP and post-secondary outcome goals. The purpose of this invitation and proposal is to invite your Request of the School District: district participation in regional job club by agreeing to: Provide the transportation (vehicle, driver, fuel and time costs) needed to send your transition age students to Regional Job Club in LaGrande. Provide the needed para-professional assistance needed to accompany those students. Provide printed copies of the online materials needed for students to bring to the regional job club meetings. For more information contact: 541 966-3162 Regional Job Club Organizer Worksheet
Prepared for: County School Districts Prepared by: Lon Thornburg, Transition Network Facilitator Region 8 and Donna Lowry, YTP Specialist, Union County school districts Description: Regional job club is a vocational theme/topic-based field trip, every other month (5 events during a school year), visiting a larger community where students can meet with peers and hear speakers talk about their work, skills and education needed to do their job. The students will participate in peer discussions/group activities, have a donated lunch, and end the day with field trip site visits to tour businesses and work places. Students at all levels of learning and physical disabilities are invited to attend. Regional job club is an innovative model that delivers transition services required in WIOA, (The Work Innovation & Opportunity Act) and Oregon Department of Education/Special Education/PETS (Pre-employment Transition Services) that are difficult to provide in frontier and remote communities. Some of these services could be: Community-based job exploration Work-based learning experiences outside the traditional classroom Job exploration activities including special speakers that are experts in their occupation Workplace readiness training through exposure to varieties of work environments that help in determining work preferences, interests, needs and strengths. Peer mentoring and peer interaction Access to a larger community to experience transportation services, visit a hospital, and other services that are not available in a remote location. The materials completed by the students during the year may be beneficial in providing information used to develop present levels of performance, determine PINS (preferences, interests, needs and strengths) transition goals for the IEP and post-secondary outcome goals. Request of the School District: The purpose of this invitation and proposal is to invite your district participation in regional job club by agreeing to: Provide the transportation (vehicle, driver, fuel and time costs) needed to send your transition age students to Regional Job Club in LaGrande. Provide the needed para-professional assistance needed to accompany those students. Provide printed copies of the online materials needed for students to bring to the regional job club meetings. For more information contact: 541 966-3162 Regional Job Club Organizer Worksheet
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