STRIVE - Selected Training Received in Vocational Education

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Staffing Procedures for STRIVE

• Local staffing teams identify students who may meet the enrollment criteria.
• The staffing team determines that the student's vocational needs cannot be met locally, or student's need further specific skill training to enter the job market.  This is documented through the Individual Education Plan (IEP) staffing, annual review or three year evaluation meeting.
• Students and parents are interviewed by STRIVE staff and IEP team to determine appropriateness of STRIVE to meet training needs of the student and identified goals (referral to other agencies, programs, or services may be warranted to better meet the needs of a student).

In compliance with IDEA Legislation, Individual Educational Plans are written on each student and annual reviews are conducted.  Students receive training and related academic instruction in one of the regular DMACC vocational programs.  The STRIVE program staff includes four full-time certified special education personnel and five instructional assistants.

STUDENT INTERVIEWS
STRIVE staff will interview students who have been referred by their local staffing team. Prior to this interview, students must complete the COMPASS test.  To make an appointment for the COMPASS test, students need to call (515)-964-6595 and identify themselves as STRIVE.

The student must present a picture ID when they arrive for testing.  A completed DMACC application (which includes vocational program identification) must be turned in at testing time or be on file at DMACC before the COMPASS test can be taken.