Mary Margaret-Gardiner and Sarah Hadden discuss Student Expression from the Pre-K dimension Regard for Student Perspectives. You'll learn how to ...
Posts by Mary-Margaret Gardiner
mary.gardiner[at]teachstone.com
Mary-Margaret Gardiner works as a Special Projects team member. Her work with the Professional Service Team includes, master coding, training, Observer support content design. . Mary Margaret has been involved in the early childhood community for over 35 years, driven by her passion to support the teachers who work with our most valuable asset, our children. She joined Teachstone in 2010 and has been a CLASS convert since the early days before Teachstone was even started! Mary-Margaret loves to play in her rock band and spend time with her family and horse!
We’ve all heard at some time or another: “I’ve done hundreds of observations; I don’t need my manual!” In a recent training, one of my participants ...
When training on the Infant and Toddler CLASS, the importance of cue detection can’t be stressed enough to your participants. Infants and toddlers ...
Dear Master Coders, I recently heard about risk competency and big body play at a local teaching conference. I have spent time considering this in ...
If anyone has ever spent any time in one of the Observation trainings (or TTT programs) that I facilitate, it becomes quite obvious early on that ...
We often hear people asking about conducting CLASS observations during mealtimes. What kinds of interactions can be observed while children are just ...
In today's vlog, trainers and resident CLASS experts Mary-Margaret Gardiner and Sarah Hadden discuss the differences between CLASS "lenses" by ...
The Scoring Summary Sheet can offer observers and coaches a lot of insight on what's happening in a classroom during a typical day. Located on page ...
Staff trainer and CLASS expert Mary-Margaret Gardiner is delving into the three R's of leading CLASS discussions: Reinforce, Reframe, and Redirect. ...
In today's vlog, trainers Mary-Margaret Gardiner and Sarah Hadden talk through their tips on how to use the video exemplars as a way to truly build ...