Are you an Affiliate Trainer for the Toddler CLASS? The Toddler Observation PowerPoint was recently updated with a few minor changes; most of these ...
Posts by Sherilyn Crump
sherilyn.crump[at]teachstone.com
Sherilyn (Sheri) joined the Teachstone team the summer of 2013. During her years serving as a Head Start Education Coordinator, Sheri became a CLASS observer and then an affiliate CLASS trainer. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Child Development/Family Studies from Western Michigan University and a master’s degree in Early Childhood Education. Her professional experience also includes child-care directing, preschool teaching, parent education, and training adults in the field. Sheri resides in Elkhart, Indiana—though she is a Michigander through and through! She enjoys writing and reading poetry, visiting historic sites and landmarks, watching really good movies, and spending time with family!
Favorite Teacher: Mr. Harrison, 11th–12th grade (US History)
I was well steeped in the Pre-K tool when I attended my first Toddler CLASS training and I remember feeling pretty confident. The Dimensions were ...
How do you make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? I posed that question to a random selection of contacts via text message. What did I discover? ...
If you are a Pre-K Affiliate Trainer, you may be growing a little weary of the training video, “Making Butterflies.” It may surprise you to hear ...
There are videos in CLASS observation trainings that push participants’ “buttons” and challenge their objectivity. You know the ones. Regardless of ...
The science is in on New Year’s resolutions. According to a recent article by Bob Sulilvan in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, about half of us will ...
We Teachstone trainers often have participants in our trainings that have previously attended a CLASS Observation training. Some participants are ...
Personal biases can challenge observers assessing the quality of teacher-child interactions with the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). In ...