NextUp provides educators with transition curriculum, tools, and resources to prepare students for employment, independent living, and post-secondary success.
Our experience with preparing students for life after graduation compelled us to develop NextUp. Our platform is designed to benefit students, teachers, administrators, and families.
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NextUp was founded by transition educators. Our experience with preparing students for life after graduation compelled us to develop NextUp. Our platform is designed to benefit students, teachers, administrators, and platforms
Corey Fineran Co-Founder
Lindsay Zerull Co-Founder
At NextUp, our mission is to serve educators and students by providing an adaptable, comprehensive, and relevant transition curriculum to promote competitive employment, post-secondary training, and independent living success.
Founded by educators for educators, our co-founders Corey Fineran and Lindsay Zerull, with over 30 years of combined experience in transition education, have crafted curriculum offerings that resonate with educators and students alike.
Our goal is to provide teachers and students with the resources we wanted when we were educators, because at NextUp, we're more than just a curriculum. We’re a partnership!
NextUp Teacher Survey:
Rating student participation, enthusiasm, or willingness to discuss transition topics positively
“Student engagement has increased as the video lessons are incredibly timely and relevant to my students”.
“The lesson materials make lesson planning a breeze, and the content is excellent!”
Teacher
"NextUp has helped prepare my students for the workforce. They are able to create resumés, prepare for interviews, and fill out paperwork in order to help them find competitive employment now and in the future."
Administrator
"The customer service that I receive from NextUp is always top-notch. They go above and beyond to be timely in responses and always make sure I have what I need in order to meet the needs of the teachers and students in our cooperative."
Teacher
"As a transition teacher for nearly a decade, I struggled to find a meaningful and engaging curriculum for my students. NextUp has alleviated a great deal of my frustration, cut down on my plan time, and aligns perfectly with everything we try to teach our students while they are working towards meeting their post-secondary goals."
Teacher
"NextUp’s ability to be customized to fit the needs of my students has been tremendous. It has helped in creating a vision for our early transition services while students are in high school."
NextUp is designed and built for the modern web. Our platform is optimized to work on any size device, so your teachers, students, and administrators can work how they want.
NextUp annual licenses give educators and students unlimited access to our transition curriculum and resources.
New weekly video instruction that builds essential transition skills from foundational competencies to advanced readiness. (Video lessons in English & Spanish. Includes captions.)
New weekly lesson plan content aligned with academic, transition, and social skills standards, ensuring fresh and relevant learning experiences.
Weekly content including: Lesson Design, Educator Content Outline, Daily Bell Ringers, Pre- , Post- and Unit Assessments, Video Reflection Questions, Terms-to-Know & Activity, Student Question Comprehension Questions & Activity, Video Outline Activity.
Three or more supplemental Extension Activities per lesson to reinforce student understanding and apply concepts in different contexts. (Including teacher guides and explainer videos)
Easy integration with Learning Management Systems. (Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, etc.)
Access to a library of informal transition assessments, pre-, mid-, and post-student growth assessments, and annual IEP goal bank to guide the development of transition plans.
Monthly teacher webinars focused on professional development in key transition areas.
Access to our Student-Run Business Platform for streamlining student enterprises, including point-of-sale system, task management, inventory, and time tracking.
Access to an archive of 36 weekly transition lessons from the previous school year.
Certificates awarded for employment success and program completion.
Interactive engagement with the curriculum through student-focused questions and activities.
Teacher usage data reports upon request, along with regular training opportunities on effectively using the portal for transition planning and instruction.
Price per campus
