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Revere Local teachers propose TeachTown curriculum to expand transition supports for 'super seniors'
Summary
District staff proposed adopting TeachTown, an evidence-based, leveled curriculum to support students with moderate-to-intensive needs who will remain in school beyond social graduation; presenters said upfront professional development raises first-year costs but promises richer materials and better data for IEPs.
Melody, a special-education teacher at the high school, told the Revere Local Board that staff are proposing adoption of TeachTown to support a cohort of students they call “super seniors” — pupils who will socially graduate but remain in school to continue vocational and life-skills training.
“We have 11 kids this year. We work with the students with the most intensive needs,” Melody said, describing a shared-teacher model with Jordan Martin and a curriculum that offers tiered levels so students can access the same texts at different levels. She said TeachTown embeds accommodations, uses video modeling and provides scenario-based problem solving to teach routine tasks and generalization across settings.
Advocates described TeachTown as a full curriculum…
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