Why Should You Attend JTS?
Jeffco Transition Services is a unique school that helps students maximize their potential as adults.
JTS Values
What we offer:
- Different from the traditional school model, preparing students for what comes next
- Whole person-centered planning and programming
- Maximization of access to potential adult services
- Coordinated planning of transition instruction and activities to target postsecondary goals
- Whole-team approach (teachers, students, adult agencies, family, etc) to provide wraparound services for a successful transition to adulthood
- Staffing ratios determined according to student needs to facilitate an increase in student advocacy and student independence
Instruction
JTS provides rigorous instruction in numerous areas:
- Functional math
- Functional literacy
- Leisure and recreation
- Job readiness
- Job Interests, vocational research and postsecondary education
- Workplace communication
- Employment and internships
- Domestic family living
- Food and nutrition
- Housing management
- Community involvement
- Independent living
- Life after transition
- Personal fitness
- Personal management
- Self-advocacy
- Technology
- Transportation training