Educators: Transition Employment Designee

What is a Transition Employment Designee?

The Transition Employment Designee (TED) is considered the person responsible for transition services in the local education agency (the LEA/School District) or the Shared Services Arrangement (SSA). In Texas, this designation was created by the 83rd Texas Legislature that passed House Bill 617 in 2013. The bill required each school district to have at least one person serving as the designee regarding transition and employment services for students on an IEP, served under special education. There may be more individuals who are responsible for planning and/or the delivery of transition services. Examples would be, district administrators that appoint a position to serve as the Transition Specialist or Transition Teacher for the high school.  A Shared Service Arrangement may have one person who serves as the TED for the SSA and have one person for each school district in the SSA who is responsible for transition services in the SSA member district. 

Assessment Tools

• A High School Planning Process for Postsecondary Education and Post-School Employment: The Roles and Responsibilities for All Stakeholders
• Adult Transition Assessment: Designing a Transition Assessment Process
• Assessing Gaps in Adult Resources for Transition Services- A Planning Tool for College-Bound Students with Disabilities & the Parent/Guardian
• Descriptions of Non-Standardized Assessment Instruments and Procedures
• Example of a Transition Assessment Checklist to Organize Assessment Tools
• Example of a Transition Assessment Toolbox
• Fidelity Checklist for Transition Assessment
• Finding The Time to Conduct Transition Assessment
• Parent Interview Tool: Assessing Strengths and Gaps to Plan Transition Services for Students with Disabilities
• Recommendations for Ordering Transition Assessment Tools
• Social Mapping & Planning for 18+ Students
• Social Mapping & Planning
• Transition and Portfolio Assessment
• Transition Assessment and Student Services Planner to Plan the Secondary IEP

Data Tools

• 1. Level of Support T-Chart for Teachers: To Increase Independence
• 1. Measuring Productivity Form - Example
• 2. Level of Support T-Chart for Students to Increase Independence
• 2. Measuring Performance Productivity - Form
• Blank Task Analysis Template
• Rubric for Determining Appropriate Instructional Activities and Transition Sustainability for 18+
• Task Analysis: Grocery Shopping
• Task Analysis - Stocking Shelves
• Task Analysis - Student-Monitored Progress Form

Instructional Tools

• Standards for Career & Technical Education: Career Prep I Lesson Plan Example
• Video Modeling: Using VM to Implement the Coordinated Set of Activities
• Work-Based Learning & Chart of Regulations and Ideas

Program Progress

• 1. WBL/CBVI Site Visit: Site Progress Monitoring Form
• 2. WBL/CBVI Site Visit Progress Monitoring Tool
• Assessing Quality Indicators for Work-Based Learning and Community-Based Vocational Instruction (WBL/CBVI)
• Rubric for Determining Appropriate Instructional Activities and Transition Sustainability for 18+
• Seven Critical Steps to Employment for Individuals with Disabilities

• Additional Resources

  Legal – If you are looking for more information, links to websites on Transition are provided for state education service centers, national guidance, and Wright’s Law.

  • Texas Transition and Employment Guide
  • Texas Transition and Employment Guide - Spanish

  Guidance – General – If you are looking for articles or books with guidance in special education, this link will take you to that part of our site.

  Books

  • Cheney, D. (2010). Transition and secondary students with emotional and behavior disorders: Current approaches for positive outcomes (2nd ed). Champaign, IL: Research Press.
  • Clark, H.B. & Unruh, D.K. (2009). Transition of youth and young adults with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Baltimore, MD: Paul Brookes Publishing Co.
  • Kochhar-Bryant, C.A., & Bassett, D. S. (Eds). (2002). Aligning transition and standards-based education: Issues and strategies. Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.
  • Mazzotti, V.L., & Rowe, D.A. (2015). Building alliances: A how-to-manual to support transitioning youth. Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.
  • Sitlington, P.L., Neubert, D.A., Begun, W.H., Lombard, R.C., & Leconte, P.J. (2007). Assess for Success: A practitioner’s handbook on transition assessment (2nd ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
  • Wandry, D., & Pleet, A.M. (2009). Engaging and empowering families in secondary transition: A practitioner’s guide. Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.
  • Wandry, D., Wehmeyer, M.L., & Glor-Scheib, S. (2013). Life centered education: The teacher’s guide. Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.
  • Wehman, P., Datlow-Smith, M., & Schall, C. (2009). Autism & the transition to adulthood: Success beyond the classroom. Baltimore, MD: Paul Brookes Publishing Co.
  • Wehmeyer, M.L. & Field, S.L. (2007). Self-determination: Instructional and assessment strategies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.