MSDE DORS Establishes Partnership with the University of Maryland College of Education – The Southern Maryland Chronicle

BALTIMORE (July 28, 2022) – The Maryland State Division of Training’s Division of Rehabilitation Companies (MSDE DORS) is happy to announce the award of a two-year $1.6 million grant to the College of Maryland Faculty of Training to check strategies for enhancing MSDE DORS’ Pre-Employment Transition Companies (Pre-ETS) program. The Pre-ETS works along with college students, households, and companion organizations to organize college students for employment and promote a profitable transition from faculty to grownup life. Analysis has proven that early entry to profession planning and exploration will increase the chance that college students will exit faculty extra ready and assured of their profession pursuits and the talents they are going to want for employment after faculty.

“Partnerships like this are essential to creating inclusive organizations and corporations,” stated College of Maryland President Darryll Pines. “People with completely different skills can contribute to the workforce in quite a lot of methods, and tapping into the Faculty of Training’s experience on this approach marks a major step ahead.”

“I’m happy with CTCI’s management and modern scholarship supporting workforce improvement for college students with disabilities,” added Kimberly Griffin, Dean of the College of Maryland Faculty of Training. “This work is a core a part of our Faculty’s dedication to selling fairness in training and society, and we’re excited concerning the alternative to work and study alongside our MSDE companions.”

“The chance to work in partnership with the Division of Rehabilitation Companies (DORS) showcases Maryland’s collaborative resolve to have an effect on insurance policies and processes that intention to enhance providers for college students with disabilities and their lives after exiting faculty,” stated Christy H. Stuart, director, CTCI.

“The Maryland State Division of Training is dedicated to making sure a vivid future for each youngster and supporting full neighborhood participation for people with disabilities. We’re wanting ahead to collaborating with the College of Maryland Faculty’s Middle for Transition and Profession Innovation of Training as we search and implement evidence-based practices to reinforce employment transition providers for Maryland college students,” stated Maryland State Superintendent of Faculties Mohammed Choudhury. “This partnership will allow us to discover best-in-class methods to successfully attain, interact and higher serve our college students, dad and mom and native training businesses. The main focus of this program is to ascertain a mannequin for assessing and delivering complete providers that put together our college students for achievement.”

As a part of the grant, the Faculty’s Middle for Transition and Profession Innovation will examine the effectiveness of present Pre-ETS case administration strategies with the objective of creating new practices to enhance info supply and communication to folks and college programs. These new practices will give attention to enhancing outreach and information-gathering methodology. Lastly, the examine will suggest a Pre-ETS funding mannequin that can allow MSDE DORS to maintain the brand new administration approaches. Funding for this initiative will come from a portion of MSDE’s Elementary, Secondary College Emergency Aid (ESSER) funds.

To be eligible for Pre-ETS a scholar have to be between the ages of 14 by the age of 21 and obtain academic providers by an Individualized Training Program (IEP), a 504 plan, or for a documented incapacity. This requires coordination and collaboration between Native Training Companies (LEAs) and DORS on the state degree and the native degree to ensure that college students to maximise these alternatives and for households to be higher knowledgeable and function a companion within the transition course of.