Tasha McKinney

Back-to-School Teacher Toolkit

We’ve gathered a variety of resources and strategies from experts in the field to help you enter the 2026-2027 school year feeling confident and prepared to foster the best outcomes for your students with moderate to severe disabilities.

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Preparing for a Winning Season

This year, TeachTown is enhancing the teaching and learning experience across our entire solution suite to ensure every student and teacher has a winning season. For the 2026-2027 school year, we are bringing together our different solutions into one digital ‘home base’ and expanding our instructional and assessment offerings to ensure your team has everything it needs to hit the ground running.

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Beyond Right and Wrong: How Better Data Drives Early Learning Milestones

With our Back to School release for Launch for PreK, we set out to build and enhance reports that capture incremental growth and nuanced moments. These tools transform everyday classroom tracking into actionable, forward-looking guidance for both teachers and administrators.

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Now Available: enCORE Unit Assessments by Domain

enCORE Elementary Unit Assessments are now available in two formats: the all-domain assessment and a new domain-specific format. These domain-specific unit assessments are currently offered for enCORE Elementary ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies, as well as enCORE High School ELA.

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Back-to-School Admin Toolkit

As an administrator, what are your goals for the 2026-2027 school year? Happier teachers? Improved test scores? Decreased behavioral incidents? We’re here to help! We’ve compiled our top blogs, webinars, and other resources from former administrators and teachers as well as experts in the field to provide you with everything you need to make this school year a success story.

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Say Hello to a Simplified Workflow: Introducing TeachTown’s Unified Navigation Experience

For the 2026-2027 school year, TeachTown is rolling out our Unified Navigation Experience! We are bringing our entire solution suite together under one digital ‘home base’ designed to simplify your daily routine. The unified ecosystem lightens the cognitive load and lets you focus more of your mental energy on the students right in front of you.

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Building Effective Behavior Teams

The need for structured systems and strategies to support educators is more important than ever. There’s no overnight fix for behavioral challenges, but even incremental improvements in behavior can have significant effects on students and teachers. In this blog, we lay out 4 steps to building an effective behavior team that boosts positive student outcomes and supports the longevity of educators.

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The Power of a Teacher

This blog is a reminder of the essential, world-changing role teachers play. If you are a teacher, we hope this fuels your fire. For everyone else, may this serve as a call to action to show your appreciation.

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Supporting the Mental Health of Students with Disabilities

This article explores the intersection of disability and mental health, offering insights and proactive strategies to ensure every student feels empowered and supported in their learning journey.

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Preparing ALL Learners for the Transition to Kindergarten

Kindergarten readiness is one of the most important goals of early childhood education, but what does it mean to prepare every learner for their journey into kindergarten and beyond? These five essential strategies support both neurotypical students and students with disabilities in their transition to kindergarten, ensuring that all learners have the foundation they need to thrive.

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