Expect, Engage, Empower: Successful Transitions for All!
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services’ (OSERS) initiative, Expect, Engage, and Empower: Successful Transitions for All! (3E), emphasizes improving postsecondary outcomes for students with disabilities and supports U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona’s mission to improve equity across our nation’s schools.
This initiative challenges the field to join OSERS to raise expectations, engage families earlier, and empower all who support transition services, to measurably and significantly improve postsecondary outcomes for children and youth with disabilities and their families.
Every family with an infant, toddler, child or youth identified with a disability must be exposed to high expectations from day one.
Our systems should be prepared to make their vision a reality by providing information about any needed support services, and proactively address needs.
State special education and state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies partnerships are key to raising the bar for students with disabilities. Through sharing knowledge, experience, ideas, and resources, state VR agencies and state and local educational agencies (SEAs and LEAs) can significantly change the lives of students with disabilities as they transition from secondary to postsecondary education and training.
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Director Valerie C. Williams and Rehabilitation Services Administration Commissioner (RSA) Danté Q. Allen, in a letter from Jan. 10, 2024, shared ideas as to how state VR agencies, SEAs and LEAs can collaborate to strengthen transition efforts in their state’s 2024-2027 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act State Plan.
Last modified on December 9, 2024