EndofYear Transition

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End-of-Year Transition
Elementary to Middle School
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Meeting Purpose

• Assist elementary schools with
• obtaining accurate information
• regarding the middle school design
• Assist elementary schools in writing
• appropriate and accurate IEPs for
• middle schools

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Remember

• Rising 6th graders are looking forward to
• middle school and middle school teachers
• are looking forward to teaching them.
• Do not think that the child will be lost at
• middle school.
• Help us, help you
• Call receiving schools with specific
  questions
• Contact ICT for answers

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Similarities and Differences

• Each EC student will have
• a case manager
• Each EC student will
• receive services as
• indicated on their IEP
• Most EC students will go
• to lunch and electives
• (specials) with non-
• disabled peers

• Students typically have a
• different teacher for each
• subject
• Each subject is taught in an
• 75-90 minute block
• Daily schedule is 3
• academic classes and 1
• elective
• Most middle schools offer a
• 9th block as a period for a
• variety of purposes
• Language Arts consists of
• Reading, Writing and Spelling

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When Writing the IEP for Middle School

• Do not significantly increase service delivery
  time, such as moving a student from consultation
  to co-taught or adding EC Science and Social
  Studies classes.
• Study Skills can be for students with low grades
  or test scores. Check with the receiving schools
  for offerings (Anticipatory Service Delivery
  form)
• Do not add accommodations that the student has
  not used at the elementary level on a routine
  basis.
• General classroom and testing accommodations must
  match.

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Accommodations

• Choose accommodations carefully based on data
• Middle school is a good time to decrease
  accommodations to help the student become a more
  independent learner
• Accommodations are meant to level the playing
  field, not provide advantages over a general
  education student

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Classes and Activities Participating
Reg. ed, Consultative or Co-Taught Class
Not Participating EC Class or not applicable

• Address Core Classes
• Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies
• Middle school does not have reading, writing and
  spelling
• Address Career Tech Education classes
• (this covers a CTE elective just in case it
  is scheduled)
• Address Electives as "Other"
• Art, Music, Library, Recess, Foreign Language
  not participating
• PE and Health participating, because they are
  required
• In the comments section, write "Other refers to
  elective classes"

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North Carolina Testing - Accommodations/Modificati
ons

• - Students who remain on the EXTEND2 through
  middle school will likely be on the Occupational
  Course of Study in high school
• - Students can be assessed on the EXTEND2 in
  one area and on the EOG in the other, if
  appropriate
• - Address VoCats testing in the Career
  Technical Education Testing section, just in case
  they take the test
• - EXTEND1 is only for students following the
  Extended Content Standards

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Special Education and Related Service

• Time based on Anticipated Service Delivery form.
  
• (Contact stacie.levi_at_cms.k12.nc.us to get
  any school forms you need)
• Location Regular Ed. or Special Ed.
• Reg/Spec is used infrequently (i.e. transitioning
  out of SBS to a lesser restrictive environment)
• LRE Statement Must address the 4 questions
  outlined by DPI. They are
• 1) What has been tried but did not
  work?
• 2) What are the areas of need (as
  reflected in the IEP goals)?
• 3) Describe the type of services the
  student needs.
• 4) When will the student participate
  with non-disabled peers?

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Remember

• Participations Service Delivery Time
  Continuum
• LRE Statement
• These 4 sections must all reflect the
  same service
• Address the question in the Special Factors
  section of the IEP regarding transition
• Transition IEP meetings must be held within the
  last 30 days of schools (beginning May 11, 2009)
• The start date of the IEP will be Aug 25th, as
  long as there is a current IEP until this start
  date
• The end date of the IEP can remain the same

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Options for Students Being Served
at a Separate Level (not in
self-contained programs)

• Receive Block Separate (LA, M, SC, and SS)
  services at their home school
• Change of placement procedures should be followed
  if a self-contained categorical program may be
  appropriate

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Students Served in Categorical Self-Contained
Programs (SBS, AU, SAC, HI)

• Students will transition into the same type of
  categorical program, unless an IEP team changes
  the setting
• Transition to middle school is NOT a recommended
  time to exit from a self-contained program (i.e.
  SBS)

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Preparation for Meeting Middle School
Representatives

• Know the receiving schools for all your rising
  6th grade students
• Come to the meeting with the Elementary
  Information Sheet completed for each school

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Middle School School Information
Sheet Contact_____________________ School
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