You are welcome to invite teachers and staff at your program to subscribe and contribute to the blog as it is really their work with children that will be assessed.
It is my hope that you will post comments and contribute to the discussion!!
For starters...
The CLASS (CLassroom Assessment Scoring System) is worth the most points in your Early Achiever rating. Of the possible 100 points, the CLASS is worth 40!
I'll post blogs here highlighting elements of the CLASS so that you can learn about them, share/train your staff on them and so that we can all discuss how to build strengths and skills in the CLASS prior to your assessment by the UW.
Here is the first one...
Under "Quality of Feedback" is an item "Feedback Loops". One of the ways to create a feedback loop is back and forth conversations. In the CLASS, they are looking for 2 things: frequency and high quality.
Let's discuss –
1. What would a high quality back and forth conversation look like (vs. a low quality one)
2. Observe yourself/your staff with the children. Are you seeing frequent back and forth conversations? What quality are these conversations?
3. What are some strategies you can use to increase the frequency and quality of the back and forth conversations between adults and children?
4. Do you also see back and forth conversations among the children with each other?
5. How can you encourage more back and forth conversations among the children?
I look forward to everyone’s contributions to the discussion!
Kris
More about the CLASS tooll http://www.teachstone.org/about-the-class/
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