CLASS Specialists at Teachstone all take turns providing reliability support to anxious testers. We often see the same mistakes and misconceptions ...
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Imagine this scenario: As a coach, you walk into a classroom to conduct an informal CLASS observation followed by a coaching conversation. During ...
CLASS® behavioral markers (those bulleted lists of observable behaviors under each indicator on your dimension face pages) are both friends and, if ...
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 ...
We recently saw a comment on the CLASS Community Facebook Group from one of our MMCI Instructors and CLASS Observers, Candice Smith, and this is what ...
A couple weeks ago, a friend shared this short video below from The Atlantic with me. Turns out, this video was everything I love about good media: ...
Research shows many early childhood educators feel ill-equipped to meet the needs of children who display problem behaviors (Fox & Smith, 2007; ...
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 ...
There are many systems and tools available for programs to in their assessment and quality improvement. Some measure similar things and some measure ...
In last month’s post, An Exception to Scoring Productivity, we talked about exceptions to the general coding protocol of needing to see consistent ...