The Teachstone Team is constantly striving to develop new, innovative products and discovering ways to improve our current materials. We recently focused our efforts of improving the suite of Pre-K CLASS training materials, including Introduction and Observation Trainings and the Train-the-Trainer program.
This means that these pre-K trainings now feature brand-spankin’ new materials! This applies to both Teachstone and affiliate trainings.
How did we do it?
- We gathered feedback from our staff and affiliate trainers
- We went to work revising, reviewing, copyediting, formatting, and all-around improving
- We delivered beta tests and gathered feedback
- We went back to work applying beta feedback and finishing touches
We did not make any changes to the Pre-K CLASS Manual, scoring procedures, or training videos; however, we made quite a few changes to other materials. The improvements are too numerous to name, but here are a few:
- Updated research slides
- New “CLASS Resources” section
- Improved agendas and sequencing
- Half- and full-day Intro options
- New Classroom Organization domain activity (observation training only)
- More in-depth coding slides (observation training only)
- More concise justifications (observation training only)
If you are a Pre-K CLASS Affiliate Trainer and haven’t yet ordered your new materials supplement package, check out the Affiliate Blog for ordering instructions!
If you have suggestions about how we can improve any of our products, email me directly at emily.doyle@teachstone.com.