The Way to Work: Professional Development Tool

The Way to Work: Professional Development Tool is a self-paced and interactive online professional development tool which will enable transition professionals to gain skills and knowledge to facilitate the participation of students and youth with disabilities in community-based work experiences and jobs.

Three reasons why it is important:

• Work experiences during high school are the strongest predictors of post school employment for students with disabilities.
• The Maryland State Department of Education has made increasing work experiences for high school students with disabilities a priority goal.
• The ability of students to access and succeed in work experiences requires skilled education professionals and their community partners.

Key features:

• Self-paced learning
• Any time online access
• Eight skill building sessions that show how to:
  • plan for student-centered work experiences
  • collaborate with families and other professionals for implementing work experiences
  • negotiate with employers for work experiences
  • support students in the workplace
• Directions in each session for building and applying in-the-field skills
• Live support and feedback from an experienced coach
• Professional certification for completing the eight sessions

Register here.

For more information and to register, contact Marie Parker Harvey at [email protected], or visit CTCI-UMD.org.