TeachTown has over five years experience working with students with Autism and implementing programs across the country. As a result of that experience, we are pleased to offer the TeachTown Fidelity Partnership Plan that is delivered by our Professional Development Team and monitored through our Client Services Group. Every school district we work with will be assigned a specific representative from the Client Services Group to ensure the highest levels of fidelity are met from the very beginning of our engagement.
The TeachTown Fidelity Partnership Plan includes three distinct categories of services, each with a very specific purpose in ultimately delivering robust outcomes. Those services are:
– Proper implementation planning and documentation is the foundation to a successful experience with TeachTown, Inc. It provides a guiding document that assures roles are assigned, timelines and milestones are met and goals are accomplished. This results in a high level of fidelity and integrity within the program.
– Training Services are customized for each district with the goal of maximizing each district’s capacity and existing resources. The overall goal of training services is to assist the district in building their capacity to maintain and extend TeachTown®: Basics to assure robust outcomes.
– Monitoring progress by providing oversight is required to maintain an implementation with the highest levels of fidelity. The Client Services Group’s role is to provide each district and that district’s educators with an additional resource that provides the information required to make data-driven decisions that ensure fidelity.
The district installs TeachTown®: Basics on training computers and classroom computers before the first scheduled training session. TeachTown will send the TeachTown®: Basics Technology Installation Kit and Guide to the district for this purpose.
Implementation Planning and Documentation begins by scheduling a call or meeting with the district key stakeholders. Those stakeholders should include the Director of Special Education, the Supervisor of Autism for the district and any other school district personnel who will be responsible for successful implementation of TeachTown®: Basics. The initial planning call should also include the TeachTown Partnership Director, the Professional Development person responsible for the training in the district and the Client Services Group representative that will be monitoring the implementation.
The TeachTown: Basics® Professional Academy includes three sessions and a remote Implementation Planning and Documentation meeting. The three sessions include:
Sessions 1 and 2 are conducted at a school district site and must both be scheduled for the same day. This training is six (6) hours in length with a lunch break toward the end of session one (1). Session 3 is conducted via Webinar and is a two hour session. This session generally occurs one to three months after Sessions I and 2. A brief description is included below.
Participants will learn how to use TeachTown®: Basics in the classroom or clinic setting and how the program increases student learning. Topics include enrolling students and facilitators, placing students in the program, selecting lessons, running a student session, reporting basics, program navigation, implementation guidelines, and incorporating TeachTown®: Basics into the classroom.
Participants will learn how and when to implement the Off Computer Activities in TeachTown®: Basics to effectively to reinforce on computer learning, as well as to expand developmentally appropriate student language and social skills. In addition, participants will learn research-based effective teaching strategies that can be used for the Off Computer Activities and throughout the school day.
Participants will learn to use individual student data, which is collected automatically by the program, to guide short and long-term curricular decisions. Topics include using all levels of TeachTown®: Basics reports to guide instruction, selecting lessons based on student progress and IEP goals, understanding raw and summary data, and working with the entire IEP team using TeachTown®: Basics reports and communication systems to provide comprehensive, coherent and individualized instruction to each student.
"The kids love TeachTown, and are very motivated to learn!"
Becky Byers
Teacher, Baltimore, MD
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