Welcome to the Illinois Transitions Blog

This blog provides a platform for resources to be shared and discussions to be engaged in by anyone providing transitioning services. The content of the blog is especially applicable to those involved in the Illinois Transitions Academy.

The Transitions Academy is designed to assist colleges and partnerships working on developing Bridge and ICAPS (Integrated Career and Academic Preparation System) programs by increasing awareness of the expanding partnership between Adult Education and Career and Technical Education as it relates to the ICAPS model, Accelerating Opportunity, Illinois Bridge programs, and Illinois Programs of Study. The Transitions Academy is designed to assist colleges and partnerships working on developing Bridge and ICAPS (Integrated Career and Academic Preparation System) programs.



Monday, July 8, 2019

Save the Date - Transitions Academy August 7 & 8!


In FY2020, the Transitions Academy will be revamped in order to meet Illinois’ goals in expanding high-quality Integrated Career & Academic Preparation System (ICAPS)/Integrated Education and Training (IET)
programs across the state. In order to participate, colleges and service providers must complete the Transitions Academy Registration.

Each college or service provider are required to bring a team
inclusive of Adult Education administrators, Career and Technical
Education Administrators, and/or training providers. Others may
include those with programmatic decision-making responsibilities
or those who will work closely with ICAPS programming
(i.e. Academic Deans, Faculty, Instructors, Advisors, Local
Workforce Board staff, Support Service staff, Financial Aid
Administrators, Transition Specialist, etc.). Additionally,
a self-assessment will be shared at a later date to be completed
to inform the Academy agenda.

The Transitions Academy will be divided into three tracks:
1. Develop
2. Redevelop
3. Scale/Refine.

While Illinois has been a leader in the implementation of bridge
and IET programming, the budget impasse of 2015-2017 has stalled our progress.Th e Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) is dedicated to
the development of new ICAPS programs and scaling quality across
existing ICAPS programs.

To support these goals, the ICCB will be releasing a competitive grant
in order to develop and/or scale ICAPS programming. This grant
opportunity is a joint effort between Career and Technical Education
and Adult Education. The full notice of funding opportunity will be
released in July with a grant period of October 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020
and a maximum award amount of $20,000 per institution.

Both development and implementation/pilot will be expected as deliverables to be completed during the grant period. As a prerequisite
for eligibility, applicants must send a team to participate at the
Transitions Academy. Technical assistance on the grant opportunity
will be provided at the Transitions Academy. Awardees will be
notified in the fall.

REGISTER YOUR TEAM HERE


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