Secondary Transition FAQs for IEP Teams: Postsecondary Goals and Indicator 13, High School

Plain answers to the transition questions that come up every IEP season. Use it for a PLC, to onboard a new case manager, or as a refresher before a meeting. For special education teachers, case managers, and transition coordinators serving grades 9 to 12 and 18 to 21 programs.

• Facilitator notes: how to use the Q&A in a PLC or mentoring meeting

• 16 questions and answers, including:

• Measurable postsecondary goals vs. annual goals

• What counts as age appropriate transition assessment (and whether it is a reevaluation)

• Parent consent for transition assessment updates

• Transition services vs. activities and strategies

• When frequency, location, and duration are needed

• Indicator 13 at a practical level

• Inviting outside agencies and where Pre ETS fits

• How specific courses of study need to be

• A one page team huddle reference card

Written around the IDEA secondary transition requirements and the Indicator 13 checklist items teams are reviewed on. Want the assessments and goal banks too? See the Transition Assessment Mega Pack.

What you download: one printable PDF, 13 pages (US Letter). It opens on any device and prints cleanly. It starts with a Start Here page and ends with terms of use and a short thank you page. Click View Preview to see the Start Here page and two real sample pages.

Read the 16 questions in the contents and circle the 4 to 5 your team asks most. Print those pages for your next PLC or department meeting. Use the discussion stem: "What does our district do the same or differently?" Add your state's transition start age and local forms using the customization checklist.

Try it free first: FREE Transition Planning Checklist (Age 14/16/18 milestones + intake screen) and FREE Student Led IEP Meeting Script & Prep Sheet. Save with the bundle: get the Secondary Transition FAQs, Interest Inventory & Parent Input Form, and Vocational IEP Goal Ideas Bank together in the Transition Starter Bundle.

Made by Jeremy D. Gooch, special education teacher and transition coordinator. Drafting and layout had AI assistance; every page was checked by me.