Regional Communities Services Center

Pre-Employment Transition Services

Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) ages 14-21

Regional Communities Services Center (RCSC) provides Pre-Employment and Transition Services

for students with disabilities. Beginning at age 14, students can start that road to

education and employment with RCSC for Pre-ETS

                     

RCSC Career Advisors will work with students, their families, as well as their schools and

community partners to enhance their knowledge and resources and be a source of

support for students so that they can make informed decisions about their future.


RCSC provides classroom and virtual learning for students with disabilities in

Anson, Davidson, Davie, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph,

Richmond, Scotland and Yadkin City/County Schools.


To meet the employment needs of students with disabilities, Regional Communities Services Center (RCSC) Pre-ETS provides all 5 of the pre-employment transition services which include:

Job exploration counseling/Career

  • Explore career options and identify career pathways of interest
  • Uncover vocational interests using assessments and inventories
  • Learn about new skills that are needed in the workplace and for specific jobs
  • Assist with understanding labor market data including in demand industries and occupations
  • Learn about non-traditional employment options


Counseling Post-Secondary Opportunities

  • Gain greater understanding of post-secondary training available
  • Research skills to prepare the student for employment
  • Increase awareness of financial resources for post-secondary funding
  • Such as FAFSA, Grants and Scholarships


Workplace Readiness training/Internships

  • Develop communication and interpersonal skills required to interact with supervisors and co-workers
  • Develop self-management and independent living skills for preparation of employment and post-secondary education
  • E.g. punctuality, time management, goal setting, initiative, meeting expectations
  • Improve the students’ knowledge of community support and resources (financial literacy)
  • Provide job seeking skills
  • Develop orientation and mobility skills that allow the student to better access the community for participation in post-secondary education and employment opportunities




Instruction in self-advocacy

  • Develop student’s knowledge of self
  • Improve student’s knowledge of rights and responsibilities, including requesting disability-related accommodations in education and employment setting
  • Develop student’s communication skills for asserting his/her own interest and desires
  • Build the student’s leadership skills


Work-Based Learning Experiences:

  • Assist student's with potential opportunities in:
  • Job Training
  • Informational Interviewing
  • Work-Site Tours
  • Job Shadowing
  • Mentoring Opportunities
  • Work Experiences, such as:
  • Paid and Unpaid Internships
  • Apprenticeships
  • Short-Term Employment
  • Fellowships
  • On-the-Job Training



All services are funded by the Division of Employment and Independence for People with Disabilities (EIPD).

These services are designed to educate, and prepare students for employment.

We hope to assist students with making the transition from secondary to

post-secondary education and employment.


RCSC provides traditional classroom and virtual service delivery for students through face-to-face, in-person instruction, Zoom, Pathful Explore, Pathful Explore Junior, Virtual Job Shadow, NEXTUp, Kahoots and Google meets in group settings or individually. In utilizing these methods, we are able to offer an effective one–on-one experience with students as needed or group settings to keep students engaged with their peers


RCSC proposes to focus on the following objectives so that Pre-ETS staff will be able to

utilize many different activities in an effort to ensure the student retains the knowledge

provided during the specific topic of discussion.


RCSC has always provided various service delivery methods depending upon the student’s needs.

The top four are listed.


  • Arranging/Coordinating Method-Pre-ETS staff strive to incorporate as many outside activities if possible into our lesson plans, many times we will attend field trips with our classes and while on the field trip combine many of our topics of discussion so the students receive hands on experience, we also arrange guest speakers to come to class and speak to students about various topics so they can get first-hand information from someone working in that environment.
  • Facilitating Method-Pre-ETS staff are constantly developing ways to provide instruction in fun, exciting and memorable ways so that the students obtain and retain the information provided, often staff will combine role play activities into lesson plans and instruction so students can act out how a situation or specific incident should be conducted. Staff mostly uses group discussion and group activities to foster trust and teamwork within the classroom.
  • Instructing Method-Pre-ETS staff create lesson plans, worksheets and activities for each class and student that participates. Lessons, worksheets and activities are sometimes modified as needed based on the level of students in the classroom. Instruction includes all students, but at any time if a student needs one-on-one assistance to understand something, Pre-ETS staff will provide that as needed.
  • Assessing Method-Pre-ETS staff assess the student’s progress within each intervention, objective and milestone in several different ways. Students are sometimes asked to present to the group regarding a specific topic that has been discussed, this provides the student the opportunity to showcase their knowledge and understanding of specific topics. Students are asked to complete a milestone review at the end of each milestone in an effort to capture what information the student felt was most beneficial to them, how they plan to utilize the information obtained etc.


RCSC Pre-ETS Staff present the required content in a variety of Mediums, visual content, audial content

and in a written format. Pre-ETS staff work extremely hard to meet each student’s needs.

Examples of mediums that are used to present the content to students are:


  • Face-to-face instruction in a classroom setting or other approved setting
  • Virtual instruction via Google Meets, Zoom, etc.
  • Role Play for appropriate topics-for example: student/Pre-ETS staff or student/student or teacher/student or teacher/Pre-ETS staff
  • Web-based instruction via YouTube, Virtual Job Shadowing, etc.
  • Printed material-for example: PowerPoint presentations and handouts with information regarding topics discussed

List of Schools that Pre-ETS Serve

Anson County

  1. Anson County High School

Davidson County

  1. Central Davidson High School
  2. East Davidson High School
  3. Ledford High School
  4. North Davidson High School
  5. Oak Grove High School
  6. South Davidson High School
  7. Stoner-Thomas School
  8. Thomasville High School
  9. West Davidson High School

Davie County

  1. Davie County High School

Hoke County

  1. Hoke High School
  2. J.W. Turlington School

Montgomery County

  1. East Montgomery High School
  2. West Montgomery High School
  3. Montgomery Central High School
  4. Montgomery Learning Academy

Moore County

  1. Pinecrest High School
  2. Union Pines High School
  3. North Moore Hight School
  4. The Community Learning Center at Pinckney

Randolph County

  1. Asheboro High School
  2. Eastern Randolph High School
  3. Providence Grove High School
  4. Randleman High School
  5. Southwestern Randolph High School
  6. Trinity High School
  7. Uwharrie Charter Academy
  8. Uwharrie Ridge 6-12
  9. Wheatmore High School

Richmond County

  1. Hamlet Middle School
  2. 9th Grade Academy
  3. Richmond Senior High School
  4. Ashley Chapel Educational Center
  5. Morrison Correction Facility (Youth Population)
  6. Cordova Middle School
  7. Ellerbe Middle School

Scotland County

  1. Scotland High School
  2. Shaw Academy

Yadkin County

  1. Forbush High School
  2. Starmount High School