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CLASS Video Library Samples

Each clip in this collection shows examples of effective interactions as defined by the CLASS®. Research shows that educators who watch classroom videos from the Video Library make greater gains in their interactions with children.

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Infant Dimension: Early Language Support

 

As you watch this video, look for how the teacher:

  • Labels and describes different foods
  • Repeats the children’s sounds
  • Has verbal exchanges with an infant 

Toddler Dimension: Quality of Feedback 

 

As you watch this video, look for how the teacher:

  • Assists the child in finding the penguin’s eyes
  • Makes comments to help a child identify body parts of a paper penguin
  • Provides additional information to the child

Pre-K Dimension: Teacher Sensitivity

 

As you watch this video, look for how the teacher:

  • Is in tune with a child’s needs
  • Responds to a child’s needs by providing different options
  • Involves the child in resolving the problem rather than solving it for him

K-3 Dimension: Instructional Learning Formats

  

As you watch this video, look for how the teacher:

  • Asks questions that focus the students’ attention on multiplication strategies
  • Summarizes the lesson

Upper Elementary Dimension: Analysis and Inquiry

 

As you watch this video, look for how:

  • The teacher asks an open-ended question to prompt students’ thinking
  • The students brainstorm and plan
  • The teacher asks students to consider alternatives to their suggestions

 

Secondary Dimension: Content Understanding

 

As you watch this video, look for how the teacher:

  • Helps students see connections between concepts
  • Accesses students’ prior knowledge
  • Rephrases for clarity