It seems that every time I sit down to write a blog post I am traveling via plane, train, or automobile to a conference. Today I am headed to ...
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As the Production Specialist on Teachstone’s Content Innovation Team, one of my job responsibilities is to decide how we use the classroom footage we ...
We all know that Concept Development captures how teachers promote children’s higher-order thinking skills. We can define the indicators and give ...
When we were in Chicago in July, 2015, we caught up with Vanessa Rich, the President of the National Head Start Association and the Deputy ...
As part of the recent federal Early Head Start–Child Care Partnership grant initiative, Early Learning Ventures (ELV) was awarded an annual grant of ...
The Good What’s so great about being a preschool teacher? A lot, actually. Working with kids can be an enormously rich, rewarding experience, one ...
Several times in the past few years, I’ve had conversations with colleagues about teachers at the high end of the CLASS scale. It’s very rare to see ...
Hey there! I'm Jennifer, the new Director of Applied Research and Public Policy at Teachstone. I am so excited to join this group of innovative, ...
Infants are completely dependant on adults for their survival and development. That's why it is important to start CLASS observations even in ...
Scenario: Carmen is an education coordinator mentoring a preschool teacher, Brittany. Through the course of their year working together, Carmen has ...