Success from the Start:
Preparing Students with Disabilities for their First Semester in College
Click here to view the brochure we used for
recruitment/registration!
Noncredit offering
Goal
Train currently-employed professionals to develop, implement, and
evaluate the impact of summer college-preparation programs for students with disabilities
who have been accepted into their respective post-secondary institutions but not yet begun
classes.
Format
Each six-week professional development course was delivered via the
World Wide Web. Participating
professionals: (a) worked as a team to develop a face-to-face college preparation program
to offer at their respective local schools; and (b) worked on a group project to create a
face-to-face college preparation program to offer at their respective local schools.
Final Session
The final session was held March 22–May 1, 2004.
The following description was used to recruit and enroll participants in all four sessions
of Success from the Start.
Cost
The cost per session is $70 per student. NOTE: We cannot accept
purchase orders, cash or credit card payments. Send payment to: Success from the Start,
C/O Lizzie Baldi, Center on Education and Work, School of Education, University of
Wisconsin, 964 Education Sciences Building, 1025 West Johnson Street, Madison WI
53706-1796. Make checks payable to Center on Education and Work, Success From the
Start. [We cannot accept cash, purchase orders, nor credit cards.]
NOTE: If you are a Wisconsin Technical College transition staff person or a special education transition staff person in a Wisconsin secondary school, check out the Wisconsin Statewide Transition Initiative web site at http://www.wsti.org/conferences.cfm for another payment option. Scroll down to the listing "Professional Development Opportunity for Secondary and Post-Secondary Transition Coordinators" and click on the link contained in that section.
Course Delivery Software
As a participant, you will need Internet access and a web browser such as
Netscape or Internet Explorer to use the WebCT (World Wide Web Course Tools) course
materials. WebCT is platform-independent. WebCT’s features include a bulletin board,
chat room, student progress tracking, student presentations, student self-evaluation,
grade maintenance and distribution, password protection, navigation tools, quizzes,
electronic mail, and course content searches.
Enrollment Incentives
1. Participants will learn approaches designed to improve the access, performance, and retention of students with disabilities in postsecondary environments.
2. Participants who complete course requirements will be eligible to receive limited technical assistance as they establish and implement their own college preparation course for students with disabilities who will matriculate into institutions of higher education.
3. Course enrollees will become more proficient online learners.
4. Pending approval by University of Wisconsin-Extension, participants who complete course requirements will be eligible for continuing education units (3 CEUs).
Enrollment LimitsTo enhance project staff/instructors’ ability to provide individual instruction, guidance, and post completion technical assistance/support, the enrollment for each session will be limited to 25 individuals.
Curriculum Content
Participating professionals will learn how to develop the curriculum content, format, and
learning experiences that they can use to implement a summer college preparation course.
H325N000028 was funded at 100% by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services for the period 10/01/00--9/30/03 for a total of $587,483 @ 8% indirect. The project received a no-cost extension through 09/30/04.
Principal Investigator: Chere Campbell Gibson, Professor, Schools of Human Ecology and Education, UW-Madison; Co-Principal Investigator: John Gugerty, Researcher, Center on Education and Work, UW-Madison.
