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 ...
Reliability and Certification (4)
Here's the scenario: you became an Affiliate Trainer within the past year. It's now time for you to recertify. This recertification is different from ...
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 ...
CLASS observers have a limited arsenal when it comes to conducting observations and assigning scores: CLASS score sheets for noting and sorting ...
While it’s gratifying and inspiring to observe warm, nurturing, and instructionally dynamic classrooms, unfortunately that’s not always the case. I ...
What does the color green have to do with assigning Low, Mid, and High ranges to CLASS indicators? Well, in all honesty, not much, but I’m hoping an ...
I have a confession to make. I loathe football. Yes, it’s true. I have spent my life surrounded by football-watching brothers, cousins, sons, and ...
Dear Master Coders, I recently heard about risk competency and big body play at a local teaching conference. I have spent time considering this in ...
The scenario: A teacher is sitting with several children having snack, and the teacher asks a student, “What are you going to be for Halloween?” Is ...
This morning, we received an email from an observer who had a great question about whether or not it’s OK to code interactions on the playground. ...