NSTTAC will host the first annual Secondary Transition State Planning Institute in Charlotte, NC May 2 – 4, 2007. The goal of the institute is to improve states’ implementation of research-based transition practices. NSTTAC will use the Taxonomy for Transition Programming (see www.nsttac.org) as a framework for considering effective practices. The forum will include content presentations regarding effective practices and provide state teams with facilitated planning times to examine aspects of their capacity building, including data-based decision making, professional development, technical assistance, and policy analysis. Contact chfowler@email.uncc.edu or paula.kohler@wmich.edu for more information about the State Planning Institute. Registration information will be available at www.nsttac.org in January.

NSTTAC is assisting state teams in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arkansas, and Kansas and those teams will be able to provide a context for similar state teams to learn about capacity building activities, share ideas with others, and develop plans based on specific state needs.