One of the most enjoyable parts of my work at Teachstone is providing observer support. I am lucky enough to be able to provide many levels of ...
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!
In last month’s blog post in our family child care (FCC) series, we looked at the challenge of maintaining objectivity. This month’s we'll look at ...
I’ve just spent four days in Roanoke at this year’s VAECE annual conference. As it always does, this organization—so dear to my heart—put on a high ...
In last month’s blog post in our family child care (FCC) series, we looked at the challenge of coding consistently in inconsistent settings. This ...
In last month's blog post in our family child care (FCC) series, we looked at the first challenge of coding across multiple age levels in family ...
I had the pleasure of attending the SECA annual conference January 16-18 in Williamsburg, Virginia.
My last blog post kicked off a series of posts about how to use the CLASS™ measure in family child care (FCC) settings. From research, discussion ...
Even though family child care (FCC) settings may differ from other child-care arrangements (and from one another), we truly are a family when it ...
In April, Teachstone and Brookes Publishing will release the Infant CLASSTM tool! It’s been a little over a year since I provided a series of pilot ...