Quality Indicators for Secondary Transition (QuIST) – Webinar #5

April 21, 2010

Presented by:

Center for Change in Transition ServicesCinda Johnson, Wendy Iwaszuk, Denny Hasko206.296.6494 ccts@seattleu.edu

Special Guests: OSPI Program Review Team

AGENDA

Overview of the Quality Indicators for Secondary Transition (QuIST)

Conducting a Program Self- Assessment

Using QuIST online Questions and Answers

Self-assessment Using Quality Indicators (QuIST)

The QuIST is multi-dimensional in scope and designed to:

Facilitate communication and sharing within and among the district and its interagency partners; Identify areas of strength and opportunities for improvement;Promote planning & continuousimprovement;Evaluate and measure progress over time.

QuIST – Assessment Tool

School/District Self-Assessment 100 quality indicators for program evaluation Five domains of the quality indicators:

1. School-based Activities2. Work-based Activities3. System Support4. Family Involvement5. Connecting Activities

Automatic scoring and reporting

School Activities Domain & Sub-domains

1. School-based Activities:Transition planning & career developmentCurriculum and instructionStudent involvementDropout prevention/intervention

2. Work-based Activities:Internship opportunitiesJob shadowingJob readiness skill developmentIntegrated employmentEmployment with supports

Work Activities Domain & Sub-domains

System Support Domain & Sub-domains

3. System SupportDistrict/school-level administration supportStaff development opportunitiesResource allocationK-12 coordination and collaborationState and federal reporting

Family Involvement Domain & Sub-domains

4. Family Involvement:Family/school collaborationFamily/school communicationParent/family training

Connecting Activities Domain & Sub-domains

5. Connecting Activities:Agency resource informationAgency participation & parental consentMemoranda of Understanding (MOU) and interagency agreements

Accessing the QuIST on the Online Data Collection System

Logging in Adding a building Entering the data Submitting a QuIST Reviewing a QuIST report

http://seattleu.edu/ccts

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Online Data Collection System Log In:

Type your email address and password then click on the ‘Log In’ button

Contact CCTS for a district account and password. Then enter it under the ‘Log In ‘and click on the ‘Log In’ button.

Entering CCTS Online QuIST

Click on either the highlighted text or the QuIST area of the triangle

Starting a Building QuIST AssessmentForm a Building QuIST Team (4-12 members), read the directions and click on

‘Add Building QuIST’

To download a hard copy of each domain, click here.

Click here to begin the QuIST

Getting Started

To download a hard copy of each domain , click here.

Click ‘NEXT’ to enter ‘Building Data’ or scroll across the tabs at the top of the page to access other sections of the QuIST.

This will take you back to your district’s QuIST home page where you may add or delete building QuIST

assessments

Click ‘Submit QuIST’ only after rating all 100 indicators for your

building.

School-Based ActivitiesThe team will determine the

frequency to which each indicators occurs and provide only one team

response for each indicator.

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School-Based Activities

Rate each indicator for every sub-domain and click ‘NEXT’ to continue with the next domain on the following page.

Work-Based Activities

Repeat the evaluation process as a team for each indicator across all five domains.

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Connecting Activities

Once the team has rated all 100 indicators, click ‘Submit

QuIST’

If you omitted a response, you will receive an error message with specific items left blank.

Submitting a QuIST and Generating a Report

After responding to any error message regarding omitted responses, click on ‘Submit QuIST’ and this page will appear. Scroll to the ‘Reports’ tab at the top of the page to review the building QuIST summary scores and downloadable report.

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Summary Report Graph

To print your QuIST Reports select your preferred document format and then click the print button.

Quality Indicators for Secondary Transition (QuIST)

Contact The Center for Change in Transition Services with any additional questions at:

206.296.6494

ccts@seattleu.edu