Transition Plus
State of the School Meeting
October 14, 2025
Accountability,
Innovation, and
Research
Agenda
Transition Plus: WHO WE ARE
OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
TITLE I
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Transition Plus: �Who We Are
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Who We Are
Mission
The mission of Transition Plus is to provide educational services for students ages 18-22 with differing abilities and assets. We focus on meeting transition needs in post-secondary education and training, employment, and independent living to promote a successful transition from high school to adult life.
Vision
All Students regardless of their ability will receive education and training that builds essential knowledge and skills to prepare them for future endeavors and success.
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School Stats
Our Current Reality
Strengths
Challenges
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Our School Improvement Plan
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Our school improvement plan:
Every Minneapolis Public School is required to develop, implement, and monitor a school improvement plan.
What’s a School Improvement Plan?
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Our School Improvement Plan
Goal:
Every student achieves their full potential through equal access to programming that is academically rigorous and connects learning with student experiences.
Strategy to achieve our goal:
Students who graduate from T+ will complete a Transition Portfolio or complete a Transition Checklist from our current level of 25% to a level of 80% by June, 2026.
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Our School Improvement Plan
Goal:
Every student’s physical and mental well being is addressed as an integral part of their education
Strategy to achieve our goal:
Students will increase their level of participation in IEP conferences by leading their IEP conferences at their individual level from 55% to 80% by the end of the school year.
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Our School Improvement Plan
Goal:
Staff approach all work, centered on students and equity.
Strategy to achieve our goal:
Given a lesson, evidence of culturally sustaining practices will be present in 90% of lessons and activities, as measured by peer observation and collaboration survey.
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How We Measure Student Progress
Assessments help us answer questions such as:
Some of the assessments our students will take this year are:
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We want to make sure our students are learning as much as possible, so we use state and district assessments to determine their strengths and areas for growth. The results of these assessments help us figure out how we can better support our students in the classroom.
Throughout the year, we’ll share information with you about how your student is doing in the classroom.
We’ll do it in the following ways:
How We’ll Share Student Progress with You
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Data Points for Co-interpretation
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Title I
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What is Title I?
Title I supports our School Improvement Plan, and the funding we receive helps us reach our goals.
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Title I is a federal program that provides money to schools and districts to help them ensure all children have an equal opportunity to get a high-quality education and achieve proficiency on our state’s academic standards and assessments.
For this school year, we received $118,242in Title I funding, which makes up 1% of our school budget.
We are required to use Title I funding to improve the academic achievement of all students and engage YOU, our families, in that process!
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Transition Plus is a schoolwide Title I program, which means all our students are able to benefit from the services we provide with our Title I funding.
How We’re Using our Title I Funding
Curriculum and Instruction Support
Family Engagement
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As a family member in a Title I School, you have the right to…
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Opportunities for Families to be Involved!
We want your input on our:
You can find all these documents on our school website!
We’d love to see you at the following school events:
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School Staff Information
Principal
Erin Jensen
612-668-4101
Admin TOSA
James Menke
612-668-4100
Family Liaison
Colleen Knuth
612-668-4103
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We appreciate you!
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