Last Friday, the federal Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) published an evaluation of the Office of Head Start’s (OHS) Designation ...
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The Research Origins of CLASS Research leading to the current version of the CLASS tool began in 1991 as a part of the NICHD Study of Early Child ...
At some of my recent trainings I’ve been feeling a lot like Max in the story “Where The Wild Things Are.” Before I even had the equipment set up, I ...
First of all, “rote” learning is not the enemy; there is a time and place for everything. It’s necessary to memorize addresses, PINs, birthdays, the ...
I recently heard from a trainee who had attended two different Observation Trainings and heard conflicting information related to scoring the ...
So, you’re a Certified CLASS Observer. Now, what? You recertify once a year to make sure you are staying true to the tool—that’s essential. But what ...
Southern State University Head Start Southern Utah University Head Start (SUU HS) is located in Cedar City, Utah and supports 21 classrooms across a ...
You’re a CLASS observer. You arrive to a classroom to conduct an observation but you quickly realize that there are multiple absent children. You ...
This month’s spotlight is turned to Gilles Cantin, a professor in the Didactique Department at the University of Quebec in Montreal. Gilles is one of ...
We are excited to introduce a new monthly blog post that we are calling “Ramblings from the Road.” One of our staff trainers (AKA Carmen C. Virginia) ...