PSO Basics

Access to the Special Ed Post School Outcomes 2.0 (PSO) Applicationon the secure district site: be arranged through the District Security Administrator.

Forms for the Exit and Follow Up collections are on the ODE Resources Tab on the top of each page. They can also be found on the Transition Community Network (TCN) website:

Click the District Resources button on the right side of the home page to reveal the forms, and assistance information

The Resource Materials on transition topics are also included under the yearly resource material tabs

Exit Interview

Names and contact information for exiting students must be entered by the district

The Secure Student Identifier Number (SSID) is required to enter special education students

Demographic information associated with the SSID number fills after you hit the Confirm option.

Timing:

  • Agreement to participate forms and contact information can be gathered in the fall
  • Exit Interview data can be submitted from January through September

Once data are entered, the interview remains open and modifiable until the collection closes the end of September. Click the blue Actions button to reopen a survey after you have submitted the final.

Follow-up Interview

Names and contact information are provided for follow-up students.

Follow-up interview materials, including the script, instructions, and interview, will be available on the ODE resource tab on the secure district site and on the district resources section of theTCN website

The final list of students to be interviewed will be posted early April. All Students are ‘required’

Interviews can be entered on the secure district application between June1 and the end of September.

Once data are entered, the interview remains open and modifiable until the collection closes on September 30. Click the blue Actions button to reopen a survey after you have submitted the final.

Once names are selected on the follow up student list, their call logs can be printed all at once using the print call log feature on the page

The Survey Status must be marked as ‘in process’ to show the interview questions.

“What’s New” and “Lessons Learned” from looking at submitted surveys

Consider asking students to fill out the postcard with their address, and tell you who they would like to call them for the interview after they leave.

Students appear on the FINAL follow up interview list only if they were reported by the distinct as exiting, and did not return to special education services in the fall (if student reported on Dec Child Count, their name is removed from the follow up list). However, during the interview process, districts report that some students have returned to special education. Code these as option 5 for Question 2 (HS completion document).

Military participation is considered employment by the federal definition

Job Corps, AmeriCorps, mission trips, and other similar experiences are considered Education

The contact information supplied on the Exit section will appear on the follow up call logs. Additional contact information is gathered from other ODE sources and provided, if available.

For any technical questions that may come up, please contact:

Pattie JohnsonSally Simich

Phone:503 838-8779503-947-5639

Email: