“Show. Don’t tell,” said every writing teacher ever. And just as common was students’ response: “Why?” Whether describing a setting sun or explaining ...
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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 ...
I once gave a cohort of student teachers each a magic wand as they approached their graduation. My colleague Maggie and I told the ...
A couple weeks back, I came across this story in the Washington Post (and another on Ed Central) that nearly made me spit out my morning coffee. One ...
In our earliest implementations, when Teachstone was just being formed, we often heard that teachers were caught off guard by CLASS-based ...
Recognizing Realities Following the course of my 30+ years in the profession, I clearly recognize that not all early childhood educators have a ...
As we reach the peak of summer here in Charlottesville, Virginia, thunderstorms break up the heat and provide water to gardens across the city. Just ...
The CLASS score report is a vessel for providing informative and constructive feedback to teachers about the effectiveness of their classroom ...
When we were in Chicago in July, 2015, we caught up with Vanessa Rich, the President of the National Head Start Association and the Deputy ...
The Good What’s so great about being a preschool teacher? A lot, actually. Working with kids can be an enormously rich, rewarding experience, one ...