NH Department of Education
101 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
State Transition Resources:
Next Steps-NH Grant: College, Career and Life Readiness
The overall goal of Next Steps NH, a five year (2012-2017) federally funded State Personnel Development Grant, is to increase the number of students with disabilities and/or those at risk of dropping out of school who are college and career ready in New Hampshire through implementation of evidence based transition practices.
Next Steps NH will focus on four strategies to achieve this goal:
This project offers seven objectives designed to support these strategies:
NEXT STEPS New Hampshire Website:
A new website to help students, parents, and educators work together to plan for the student’s life after high school. Includes all content from the previous transition resource site, http://transitions.keenecommons.net/ . New website: http://nextsteps-nh.org/
(Download Informational Flyer Now)
NH Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education Secondary Transition and Indicator 13 Process and Training Resources - http://www.education.nh.gov/instruction/special_ed/sec_trans.htm
Professional Development Resources:
See http://nextsteps-nh.org/ website above under state resources.
Additional Resources
NH’s Transition State Community of Practice (CoP)
The NH Transition State COP works with the IDEA Partnership to collaborate with various partners and share resources. This state coordinating group, is open to anyone in NH passionate about secondary transition who wishes to participate. The State COP meets on a monthly basis and plans an Annual NH Transition Summit usually held in November. The State CoP currently has five focus areas: Promoting best practices in the area of transition to life after high school; Promoting family & youth engagement/advocacy; Formalizing communication “vehicles” for our local, state and national CoP work; Planning and implementing Annual Transition Summit; and Continuing to evaluate the COP strategy at the local and state level.
For Information about the NH Transition Community of Practice or materials from our Annual Transition Summit please contact Lori Goetz, (505) 827-1461 Lori.goetz@state.nm.us