Great Collaboration with Employment First and Schools in Grant & Harney County Kicks off Regional Job Club October 27

Grant and Harney County Schools and the Grant County Employment First team showed awesome collaboration for a terrific Regional Job Club on October 27.
We had 35 students from 6 schools including, John Day, Pairie City, Burns, Monument, Dayville and Long Creek. The theme was facility management/maintenance and we had 4 amazing speakers fro the day.
Amber Wright, Step Forward Activities Job Developer and John Day Chamber of Commerce director did much of the spearheading the event, coordinating the John Day Public Works and Park and Recreation Activities Director to speak to the students. Big Thanks to her and to the John Day Chamber of Commerce as well for donating the cost of the Canyon City Community Hall for our morning keynote speaker, Bill Wyllie from Chester's Thriftway Grocery in John Day.

Touring John Day Public Works Dacility

The students walked through the public works seeing water/sewer treatment and the equipment garage and workshop. They ate lunch in the park and then heard from the park and rec share on qualities for employment and skills needed to work in the park and rec field.

Enjoying Lunchtime at John Day Park and rec

We have student reports and photos coming, but I wanted to share a few pictures and Kudos to our amazing team!

Umatilla Morrow County Regional Job Club Event Kicks Off at SAGE Center! Student Report and Photos

Umatilla Morrow County Regional Job Club SAGE Center Report 10/13/16

By, Laura Avila, Angelic Perez, Photo Oscar Ponce.

On October 13, our classmates and us attended the Regional Jobs Clubs at the Sage Center in Boardman, Oregon along with other students from different areas. Each one of us heard representatives from different businesses discuss what was required such as, skills, education and what employers look for in an employee. The representative from Three Mile Canyon farms discussed jobs on both the farm and the dairy, pay scales,and education required for the different jobs. Ms. Mittelsdorf discussed job opportunities at the Port of Morrow. 

Lunch and getting to know other students

Angelic thinks everyones favorite thing from the event was meeting new students from different schools. Laura’s favorite thing about the event was learning about about the different jobs and how there are many jobs where we can apply. All in all, we really liked going to the Sage Center and meeting new people and learning about the different jobs.

60 students attended the day event

YTP Regional Meeting: Regional Job Club Provides Pre ETS

Regional Job Club Eastern Oregon

Pre ETS: Pre Employment Transition Services can be provided through activities in regional job club.

Regional job club brings students county-wide together for an event day, to hear speakers on work themes and tour related work sites. The event, a student survey and extension activities to research back in the classroom, help inform data for transition goals, PINS and little “d” discovery when students look to move into VR eligibility and/or job development.
The selling point to school districts is providing Pre ETS.

RJC is designed to help rural teachers provide experiences for students in a larger community with businesses to visit and peers to interact with.

Domains - how does RJC fit into these?

:

• Counseling on career and job exploration
• Work based learning
• Counseling post sec ed
• Workplace readiness
• Self advocacy

SHARED FOLDER LINK:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxMQPWFVhccxZng5T0JmeTBpbUE

SURVEY: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxMQPWFVhccxSWtVUlNXT2lmRjg

Student Job Descriptions: Photographer & Reporter

List of activities:

John Day for Grant/Harney Counties: John Day, Burns, Crane, Prairie City, Monument, Long Creek, Dayville, 43 students,

10/20/16	Theme/Topic:	Environmental indoor/outdoor
12/01/16	Theme/Topic:	Food Service
02/09/17	Theme/Topic:	Personal Care/Office & Tech
03/16/17	Theme/Topic:	Agriculture: Farm/Ranch

West Umatilla & Morrow Counties: Ione, Heppner, Boardman, Irrigon, Umatilla, Hermiston, Echo, Stanfield - 104 students

10/13/16	Theme/Topic:	SAGE Center/Port of Morrow Host Morrow County SD
12/07/16	Theme/Topic:	Trade School/certificate training Host Umatilla HS
02/23/17	Theme/Topic:	Entry level work/food service and environmental indoor outdoor Host Hermiston @ hospital?
4/20/17	Theme/Topic:	Ag: Wineries Echo Host - also post sec disability services EOU/BMCC

Union County: LaGrande, Cove, Union, Imbler, Elgin, North Powder - 90 students

10/26/16	Theme/Topic:	Environmental: Indoor/Outdoor
12/8/16	Theme/Topic:	Future’s Fair @ indoor DHS space
3/2/17	Theme/Topic:	Manufacturing
4/27/17	Theme/Topic:	Agriculture/Timber

It Takes a Village: Creating a Culture for Work

Review each of 5 Pre ETS.

Look at Resources from DCDT The Division on Career Development & Transition a presentation by Akron Public Schools (Transition Services )   
NTACT Career Development Resources - note: Sub Topics are Pre ETS areas http://transitionta.org

National Technical Assistance Center on Transition

Look at what we wrote last year around Pre ETS.


Where do we see gaps?

Break into grade level groups and answer these questions?

a.     What do you see as an area to improve out of the 5 domains?

b.     What would be one goal to set to work on this year that would strengthen our 
         Pre ETS?

c.      What can we do to increase cultural change and awareness in our school curriculum, environment, culture, etc. that would move us closer to an expectation to work?

Report back to entire group.

Access Counseling on Income and Benefits Management through WIN

The Oregon WIN, Work Incentive Network  is a free benefits and work incentives planning service provided by 6 Oregon Centers for Independent Living to people with disabilities that want to work.

The location for Eastern Oregon is in Ontario at Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living.
The contact is:
JENNIFER BONNELL jbonnell@eocil.org (541) 889-3119 or 1-(866) 248-8369 (toll free)

WIN has some great resources for you. Here is a link from Oregon.gov to access a list of WIN fact sheets and information to help you.

Malheur Education Institute Transition Sessions: July 20, 2016

Morning Session:

Introductions & Warm up Activity on Community Mapping

Web Resources
Oregon Transition Community Network Webpage: has Handbook, PSO, TTAN, TNF Resources

TNF 8 Website  http://www.tnf8.blogspot.com  and  Transition Toolkit resources Toolkit Resources Link

PETS Domains
Group Activity: PETS Pre Employment Transition Services, 5 Domains. What are we doing in our programs? Assessment activity.

Break

Oregon's Transition Resource Handbook 2015-16 ODE Link to download

IEP Transition page (Page 15);

PINS (Page 18)  Little "d" and Big "D" collecting information and building to SOP and using release of information for other agencies later - how does this help?

Assessments Informal and Formal (Page 19) Helps us collect information (INVOLVE STUDENT!)
Casey Life Skills/TAGG/Brigance and informal assessments Visualize the future/Star and Picture Inventory

Other resources: 
Functional Limitation Statement (VR Eligibility issues with academic vs functional accommodations/supports)
Top 10 Employment Skills
Online Resource handouts (on tnf 8 curriculum tab)
Toolkit preview time (if time)

 Afternoon Session:

Malheur County Employment First Team Introductions

Malheur County Resource Directory & Flow Chart

What is Employment First Initiative, Lane Vs Brown Settlement (proposed fact sheet) & Governor's Executive Order 15-01?

Sharing by Agency partners

CDDP/DHS Lifeways Service Coordinators and Eligibility Specialist

DHS Community Support Partnerships

Brokerage - Eastern Oregon Support Services Brokerage

Vocational Rehabilitation - VRC's and YTP Specialists - CTE inclusion

Treasure Valley Community College Disability Services and programs

WITco Employment Service Providers/ Job Developers & coaches



Conversations on protocols, engaging services, collaboration, etc.

New Maximize Hours "Powtoon" Now online from DHS

There is a new video addition to the Office of Developmental Disabilities Services’ Supported Employment website that we hope will be helpful to self-advocates, families, providers and case managers. 

The video is at: https://www.powtoon.com/m/cDPUFlWXgzB/2/m