1. Never look for deficits. The lens through which you look is key, because your mentee will feel where you are coming from – whether you state your ...
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There I was at the final session of a yearlong professional development program, which surprisingly, and very pleasantly, turned out to be the most ...
On February 1, 2015, Early Learning Ventures (ELV) became Colorado’s newest Early Head Start Grantee. Combining the comprehensive nature of Early ...
In my last post, I discussed a few misconceptions around strengths-based coaching approaches and borrowed a term coined by the expert coaches on our ...
It happens every time. You introduce a new dimension and think you’ve done a great job of explaining the definition of the dimension, the indicators ...
At a CLASS Group Coaching (MMCI) Training in Florida, an instructor told a story about finding a coconut on the beach with her granddaughter. She ...
Building positive relationships through community and student engagement is one of the core values for the education department at Blue Ridge ...
If you regularly read this blog, then you probably already know that at Teachstone, we’re big fans of the “strengths-based” coaching approach. What ...
Which Pre-K CLASS Dimension is Your Favorite? Observers, which one do you love to observe and code? Teachers, which one do you excel in? Coaches, ...
Concept development is one of the most difficult CLASS dimensions to understand—and even harder to explain to others! So, when I saw the children's ...