Pre-Employment Transition Services
What is Pre-ETS?
Pre-ETS stands for Pre-Employment Transition Services. It is supported by the Workforce Innova-tion and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that was signed into law July 22, 2014. We have an emphasis on services to students with disabilities, ages 14-22, to ensure they receive skills and training necessary to reach their education, career, and life goals
Pre-ETS uses 5 Pillars for Successful Transition
- Deliver literacy/academic assessments
- Assess interests/abilities/learning style
- Explore jobs/careers in the community
- Review career choice websites
- Field trip to American Job Centers
- Create planningyourdreams.org profile
- Business tours & job shadowing
- Job goal input for 504 & IEP meetings
- Explore skills & qualities needed for jobs
- Provide pre-employment coaching
- Arrange for job-sampling day
- Facilitate student participation in:
- non-paid volunteer experiences
- on-the-job training experiences
- paid & non-paid apprenticeships
- paid & non-paid internships
- paid summer work experiences
- paid after-school work experiences
- school-based work opportunities
- Research degree or credential requirements for student’s preferred jobs
- Deliver post-secondary readiness
- Coordinate disability services
- Conduct campus tours
- Assist with completion of FAFSA
- Identify academic accommodations
- Facilitate study skills training
- Align IEP to entrance requirements
- Review & explore transportation options & benefits to work
- Provide literacy intervention & training for the following:
- time management
- workplace readiness
- decision making, problem solving
- customer service
- soft skills
- social skills
- life skills
- Prepare students for & coordinate mock interviews
- Attend IEP meetings to explain vocational rehabilitation services
- Empower students through self-advocacy, & self-determination
- Help students prepare for & lead IEP, 504, & planning meetings
- Assist with decision making about self-disclosure on the job
- Facilitate peer-mentoring opportunities
- Encourage attendance of trainings, conference, or meetings on self-advocacy, understanding accommodations, & self-awareness