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Mahomet-Seymour highlights Compass/Atlas vocational, apprenticeship and transition work
Summary
Teachers and program staff described vocational and independent-living instruction across elementary, junior high, high school and the Atlas transition program, and explained partnerships that create apprenticeships and community work placements for students with disabilities.
Marissa Hill, a Compass/Atlas program teacher and presenter, told the Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 Board of Education that the district's Compass and Atlas programs emphasize age-appropriate independent-living skills and a gradual increase in vocational expectations as students progress through the district.
The presentation, given during the board's public meeting, explained that Compass focuses on foundational routines and functional academics at elementary levels while Atlas — the district's post‑secondary transition program — concentrates on work skills, apprenticeships and community placements. Hill said the program team deliberately sequences skills so students build on prior learning at each building.
Board members heard details from teachers representing multiple buildings. At the elementary level, teachers described daily visual schedules, token boards and choice boards used to teach routines and attention skills. At the junior high level, presenters said students begin…
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