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 beyond the classroom compelled us to develop NextUp. Our platform is designed to benefit students, teachers, administrators, and families.
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NextUp is designed to support, not replace, educators. Instruction is teacher-led, with videos and materials accessed through an online platform and easily shared via Google Drive or Microsoft.
Corey Fineran Co-Founder
Lindsay Zerull Co-Founder
At NextUp, our mission is to support educators and students with an adaptable, relevant transition curriculum that prepares learners for competitive employment, post-secondary training, and independent living.
Founded by educators for educators, NextUp was created by co-founders Corey Fineran and Lindsay Zerull, who bring more than 30 years of combined experience in transition education. Their firsthand classroom experience shapes curriculum that truly works for teachers and resonates with students.
NextUp was built to provide the resources we wished we had as educators. We’re not just a curriculum, we’re a partner in the transition journey.
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!”
"The NextUp curriculum provides a comprehensive curriculum that is adaptable to the student's skill level."
"The curriculum comes with built in support but if that is not enough, the personalized attention and willness to help has been so beneficial."
"I truly enjoy watching my students be more engaged with this program than others I've used."
"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."
"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 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."
"These NextUp Transition lessons have helped guide my students through the topics and situations that they will be facing after high school."
"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."
"NextUp is an excellent transition-based curriculum that is teacher-friendly."
NextUp annual licenses give educators and students access to our transition curriculum and resources.
Newly published weekly video lessons that build essential transition skills from foundational competencies to advanced readiness, available in English and Spanish with captions.
New weekly lesson plan content aligned with academic, transition, and social skills standards, plus access to an archive of 36 transition lessons from the previous school year.
Weekly instructional content for planning, instruction, assessment, and student engagement offering visual supports & modified assessments, seamlessly integrated with Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, and other LMS platforms.
Supplemental extension activities that provide three levels of tiered instructional support, helping students reinforce understanding and apply concepts in different contexts, including teacher guides and explainer videos.
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.
Teacher and family webinars focused on key transition topics, with access to transition-related resources and tools housed in our portal for educators, students, and families.
Access to our Student-Run Business Platform for streamlining student enterprises, including point-of-sale system, task management, inventory, and time tracking.
Guided online job application simulator with accompanying personality & situational judgement assessments, that allows students to export their responses into a professional resume.
Interactive engagement with the curriculum through student-submitted questions that are answered in weekly lesson videos, as well as opportunities for student recognition of transition successes.
Teacher usage data reports upon request, along with regular training opportunities on effectively using the portal for transition planning and instruction.
Price per campus*
*Pricing is based on the number of comprehensive high school campuses. License all high schools to receive an unlimited district-wide license.
