2405 E College Way
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Program Contact | Lisa Forsythe |
lisa.forsythe@skagit.edu | |
Phone | 360-416-7969 |
Website | Program website |
INVEST is a postsecondary transition program for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Each certificate will be adjusted to fit the student’s goals and career choice, as students take technical classes related to their career choices and will be involved on campus, in the classroom and in the community to help build skills.
Through campus, classroom, and vocational training, students will have increased self-advocacy, independence, and competence in:
• Setting and communicating needs, wants, and long and short-term goals;
• Identifying and developing transferable and marketable occupational and job attainment skills;
• Community responsibility and membership through activities which foster and support engagement, sustainability, and social reciprocity
• Critical thinking skills including self-reflection of learning and information gathering and analysis; and
• Collaborating effectively with others, demonstrating respect for diversity and global perspectives, and recognizing and responding to varying levels of interpersonal relationships.
Program information submitted: March 17, 2021
General | |
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Public or private: | Public |
Type of school: | 2-year community college or junior college |
Is this program a federally funded TPSID program? | No |
Students in this program: |
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Number of students: | 25 |
Requirements | |
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Program serves students who have left high school? | Some of our students have left high school |
Accepts out-of-state students?: | Yes |
Please indicate which disabilities students in this program have: |
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Acceptance, Retention, and Completion Rates | |
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Acceptance rate for the most recent fall term | 100.00% |
Retention rate for first year students from the previous academic year to the current one | 14.00% |
Cost | |
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Average student tuition and fees for the current school year | $4000.00 |
Is this program able to provide federal financial aid as a Comprehensive Transition Program (CTP)? | Yes |
Students pay for the program in the following ways: |
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Academic | |
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Students enrolled in this program take the following types of inclusive courses (with students who don't have disabilities) |
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Students take courses that are only for students in this program: | Yes |
Are students in this program able to access support services through your IHE disability services office? | Yes |
Information on special classes: | Employment services class |
Credential(s) students earn upon completing the program: | 1 Year Fast Track to Employment or 2 Year Employability Cetificate |
Is the credential IHE-approved? | Yes, this credential has been through a formal approval process at the IHE |
Employment | |
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Percent of students in this program have paid work while attending the program: | 30% |
Other career development activities are: |
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Percent of students in this program that had paid work after exiting the program: | 50% |
Does this program have a working partnership with VR to provide funding, supports and/or services to students in the program? | Yes |
Housing | |
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Housing is provided to students: | No |
Extracurricular | |
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Students participate in student organizations on campus: | Yes |