myTeachstone Learn-Abouts
myTeachstone Learn-Abouts includes online video examples to assist educators in learning about specific dimensions. Participants must take all 12 courses listed in that age level to meet the requirements.3 hours / 0.3 CEUs
Teachstone + Florida
Teachstone is proud to provide trainings that support Florida’s early childhood workforce. Together, we can upskill the early childhood workforce in your community by providing trainings from the newest teacher to the most experienced teachers as well as program directors.
Explore the pathways below to see how we can help your program leaders take advantage of this opportunity to receive bonuses, offered through the Florida Department of Education, Division of Early Learning, and upskill their teams’ and their own classroom performance through powerful interaction techniques.
Pathways to Success
Let us help you meet the goals of Florida’s Build a World Class Workforce Initiatives, funded through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. Each section below outlines the solutions offered by Teachstone that will meet the requirements for each pathway.
Teachstone trainings support the development of educators who are new to the early childhood workforce. Upon completion of each Teachstone training course with a passing grade, educators will receive a certificate of completion. Browse the trainings below to learn more about our offerings for pre-K educators and for infant/toddler educators.
Trainings for Pre-K Educators
CLASS Foundations for Teachers is designed to help teachers become oriented to the power of meaningful interactions. Educators will learn how interactions are a core factor that supports children’s development and learning, what the CLASS framework is, and how to focus on meaningful interactions. Pre-K educators must take all four courses to meet the requirements. 21 Hours / 2.1 CEUs
myTeachstone Learn-Abouts includes online video examples to assist educators in learning about specific dimensions. Participants must take all 10 courses listed in that age level to meet the requirements. 2.5 hours / 0.25 CEUs
Trainings for Infant and Toddler Educators
3 hours / 0.3 CEUs
CLASS Primer for Teachers
CLASS Primer for Teachers provides the foundational knowledge to energize staff around your CLASS implementation and journey. It offers digestible content designed to increase understanding of effective interactions, reflect on current teaching practices, and learn about the CLASS tool, and your program’s CLASS implementation.3 hours / 0.3 CEUs.
Thinking & Thriving: Interactions for Early Learning
Thinking & Thriving: Interactions for Early Learning is a half-day, virtual, facilitated training for infant and toddler teachers to learn about the cognitive and language development of our youngest learners and how best to support that development through the proven power of interactions.3.75 hours / 0.4 CEUs.
CLASS Support Kits (with Transfer-to-Practice Webinars)
CLASS Support Kits (with Transfer-to-Practice Webinars) includes reusable guidebooks to promote he effective use of the quality materials, and a workshop style learning opportunity designed to orient teachers to the materials, build confidence in implementation, and support utilization of best practices. With support from a CLASS specialist, teachers will practice planning and using the materials to build ability to apply strategies beyond the included guidance.2 hours
Intro to CLASS
Intro to CLASS is designed to help participants learn about effective teacher-child interactions and the ways these interactions help children learn. Your instructor will provide an overview of the CLASS tool and its domains and dimensions. Training will include video examples for each dimension as well as activities to engage participants.3 hours
Building Community with Interactions
Educators’ interactions with families, colleagues, and their broader professional communities help set the stage for their interactions with children. In this course you will connect the Classroom Assessment Scoring System® (CLASS®) framework with a focus on family engagement and professionalism. You will discover how to create impactful relationships and build a community through the power of interactions.6 hours
Early learning directors (ELDs) will be better equipped to promote high-quality adult-child interactions throughout their program after completing CLASS Primer for Leaders and by completing a selection of the additional courses listed below that add up to the 29-hour requirement.
Required Training
A CLASS Primer for Leaders
Designed with a busy leader in mind, CLASS Primer for Leaders is a two-hour online course developed to support leaders in understanding the power of CLASS, and in planning and leading CLASS implementation. This training is 2 hours / 0.2 CEUs.
To meet the requirements of the Upskill Directors pathway, ELDs must complete this course in addition to a selection of the courses below to meet the 27-hours required.
Select from the Courses Below to Meet the 27-Hour Requirement
CLASS® Group Coaching Training (formerly MMCI)
This structured group coaching model immerses teachers in CLASS professional development that’s been proven to change teaching behaviors. By creating an in-house CLASS coach to deliver this face-to-face program to teachers, programs help teachers develop awareness and enact change in the classroom.24 hours / 2.4 CEUs
Instructional Support Essentials Training for Teachers
Build your knowledge of Instructional Support indicators and dimensions—and understand why they matter. Watch real classroom footage illustrating effective interactions and be able to apply the CLASS lens to your own practice.6.5 hours / 0.7 CEUs
Instructional Support Strategies Training for Coaches
Instructional Support Strategies helps coaches generate strategies for increasing their teachers’ effectiveness in the Instructional Support domain, and helps them integrate these strategies into their professional development work with teachers.6.5 hours
Feedback Strategies Training for Coaches
In CLASS Feedback Strategies, coaches learn how to translate CLASS observation data into effective feedback, how to plan for conferences, and how to promote teacher understanding of the CLASS tool.6.5 hours
CLASS Master Coaching
CLASS Master Coaching is a comprehensive program that supports coaches seeking to deepen their coaching practice. With CLASS Master Coaching, coaches engage in a parallel process based on the CLASS tools and work to improve the interactions they have with the educators they support.2 day training, 1 year program / 8.4 CEUs
CLASS Observation Support: Settings with Dual Language Learners
CLASS Observation Support: Settings with Dual Language Learners is an online course designed to increase confidence in observing and recognizing effective interactions in settings with dual language learners.2 hours / 0.2 CEUs
CLASS Observation Support: Settings Serving Children with Disabilities
CLASS Observation Support: Settings Serving Children with Disabilities is designed to bring awareness and share strategies to effectively observe and score interactions that are supportive of children with disabilities.2 hours / 0.2 CEUs
Building Community with Interactions
Educators’ interactions with families, colleagues, and their broader professional communities help set the stage for their interactions with children. In this course you will connect the Classroom Assessment Scoring System® (CLASS®) framework with a focus on family engagement and professionalism. You will discover how to create impactful relationships and build a community through the power of interactions. Virtual, 6 hours/0.6 CEUs
Positively affect outcomes for children at scale by improving educator-child interactions with these trainings for early learning teachers, staff, and administrators.
Choose from the Trainings Below
CLASS Primer for Leaders
Designed with a busy leader in mind, CLASS Primer for Leaders is a two-hour online course developed to support leaders in understanding the power of CLASS, and in planning and leading CLASS implementation.2 hours / 0.2 CEUs
CLASS® Group Coaching (formerly MMCI)
This structured group coaching model immerses teachers in CLASS professional development that’s been proven to change teaching behaviors. By creating an in-house CLASS coach to deliver this face-to-face program to teachers, programs help teachers develop awareness and enact change in the classroom.24 hours / 2.4 CEUs
CLASS Observation Training - Pre-K or Infant/Toddler
Become a CLASS-certified observer to reliably assess teaching quality using CLASS. In this training, participants gain an in-depth understanding of the CLASS methodology and prepare to reliably assess teaching quality using CLASS.14 hours over 2 days / 1.4 CEUs
Instructional Support Essentials Training for Teachers
Build your knowledge of Instructional Support indicators and dimensions—and understand why they matter. Watch real classroom footage illustrating effective interactions and be able to apply the CLASS lens to your own practice.6.5 hours / 0.7 CEUs
Instructional Support Strategies Training for Coaches
Instructional Support Strategies helps coaches generate strategies for increasing their teachers’ effectiveness in the Instructional Support domain, and helps them integrate these strategies into their professional development work with teachers.6.5 hours
Feedback Strategies Training for Coaches
In CLASS Feedback Strategies, coaches learn how to translate CLASS observation data into effective feedback, how to plan for conferences, and how to promote teacher understanding of the CLASS tool.6.5 hours
CLASS Master Coaching
CLASS Master Coaching is a comprehensive program that supports coaches seeking to deepen their coaching practice. With CLASS Master Coaching, coaches engage in a parallel process based on the CLASS tools and work to improve the interactions they have with the educators they support.2-day training, 1-year program / 8.4 CEUs
CLASS Observation Support: Settings Serving Children with Disabilities
CLASS Observation Support: Settings Serving Children with Disabilities is designed to bring awareness and share strategies to effectively observe and score interactions that are supportive of children with disabilities.2 hours / 0.2 CEUs
CLASS Observation Support: Settings with Dual Language Learners
CLASS Observation Support: Settings with Dual Language Learners is an online course designed to increase confidence in observing and recognizing effective interactions in settings with dual language learners.2 hours / 0.2 CEUs
Building Community with Interactions
Educators’ interactions with families, colleagues, and their broader professional communities help set the stage for their interactions with children. In this course you will connect the Classroom Assessment Scoring System® (CLASS®) framework with a focus on family engagement and professionalism. You will discover how to create impactful relationships and build a community through the power of interactions.6 hours/0.6 CEUs