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 ...
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If you're like me, you've started to notice that CLASS domains and dimensions are applicable to life even outside the classroom. You start wondering ...
InterAct 2017 was a huge success! Huge thanks to everyone who attended, presented, and to the Teachstone staff who helped out behind the scenes ...
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is having its moment in education. SEL and CLASS program developers and practitioners would be well-served to ...
I had the opportunity to interview teacher Dana McDowell, a Pre-K teacher from Lafayette, Louisiana. During the 2016-17 school year Dana participated ...
In preparing summer professional development for teachers, my district knew we wanted CLASS to play a larger role in our trainings. But how were we ...
It’s hard to deny that the CLASS Observation Training is effective in its primary goal: developing reliable CLASS Observers. Our impressive pass ...
In every CLASS Observation Training, there is always one video that is my favorite. I know--they say we aren’t supposed to have favorites, but when ...
If you’re reading this blog post, then there’s now a 100% chance that you’ve engaged with Teachstone’s free resources. After all—our blog is just one ...
When conducting a CLASS training, there are always a few dimensions I know participants are probably going to struggle with more than others. For ...