Field-experiences are an integral part of students’ professional development process in the Auburn Transition Leadership Institute. Undergraduate and graduate students are involved with working with youth and young adults with disabilities in local schools and communities. Students have provided direct services to students with disabilities, attended Community Transition Team meetings, and assisted with student advocacy group meetings.
Contributing to the mission of the Auburn Transition Leadership Institute, our student staff members produce work of value to the university, the state, and their own professional vitae. ATLI’s student staff members are involved in event planning, projects and/or activities in the areas of instruction, research, outreach, and leadership. The aim of each engagement is to provide experiences and exposure through the following avenues:
INSTRUCTION: Providing research-based, community-based instruction to local high school students with disabilities, gaining university teaching experiences as graduate teaching assistants, and sharing resources and knowledge through training presentations at various meetings or state, national, and/or international conferences.
RESEARCH: Preparing research-based proposals for submission to present at state, national, and international conferences and engaging in data-based projects such as: the Early Learning Progress Profile (ELPP), the Parent Survey, the Post-school Outcomes Survey, the statewide Alabama Transition Needs Assessment Survey, and the Community-based Work Training (CBWT) Administration Manual and accompanying assessments.
OUTREACH: Planning and coordinating the Institute’s major outreach events, such as the Transition Leadership Academy (TLA), and the Alabama Transition Conference, with the associated volunteer recruitment and training for each event.
LEADERSHIP: Participating in Alabama’s State Interagency Transition Team meetings, mentoring new student staff members, facilitating TLA teams, providing technical assistance (TA) and feedback to TLA teams, assisting with writing state reports and grant proposals for extramural funding, as well as collaborating with local, state, and national leaders.
