CLASS® for Affiliate Trainers

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Facilitation Tips

Tips and tricks to help you lead your best CLASS training session.

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Introduce and Demystify Note-taking Early and Often

In this video, veteran CLASS trainers Sarah and Mary Margaret, discuss several ways to support your Observation Training participants as they learn the art of notetaking-- long before the training videos even begin!

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Use Your Justifications as a Prep Tool!

In this clip, CLASS training expert, Mary-Margaret discusses how your Master Code Justifications booklet can be an invaluable preparation tool as you set out to deliver Observation Training and defend those master codes with confidence!

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Show Regard and Sensitivity For Your Participants

In this clip, CLASS training expert, Mary-Margaret discusses how to avoid participant "shut down" and maximize engagement by taking a sensitive approach to the ways you facilitate your training videos.

Scaffolding CLASS Concepts

Know it, teach it, breath it: building CLASS knowledge in your trainings.

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Facilitating the “Observing with a Lens” Discussion

As you watch this video, look for how the trainer: actively listens to participants and affirms their comments, uses open-ended prompts when asking participants to comment, summarizes participants’ comments for the whole group and builds relationships with participants.

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Offering Continued Support during Day 2 Wrap-Up

As you watch this video, look for how the trainer: Makes herself available to participants after the training, discusses her personal experiences with the participants, praises and affirms the participants’ efforts.

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Building Rapport with an Icebreaker Activity

As you watch this video, look for how the trainer: Facilitates an icebreaker activity to build group rapport, uses the participants’ names, jokes and smiles with the participants, affirms the participants’ comments.

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Moving around the Room to Check In on Participants

As you watch this video, look for how the trainer: jokes and smiles with the participants, shares her own experiences, and moves around the room to check in with participants.

From the CLASS Affiliate Blog

What’s Contingent Responding All About, Anyway?

What Does Regard for Student Perspectives Look Like in a Teacher Directed Activity?

Ten Things to Do Before Conducting Your First Observation Training

Enhance Your Training Skills #4: Defending the Master Code (It Helps to Have a Red Cape!)

Digging Deeper into CLASS

Resources to support trainees after a training.

E-book

Observer Tips: Frequently Asked Questions

A complement to the CLASS Manual

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A Teacher’s Take on CLASS Observations

A teacher's take on the benefits of being observed and why she appreciates CLASS.

From the Store

Tools to Support CLASS Affiliates

CLASS Affiliate Trainer Recertification

Renew your CLASS Affiliate Trainer certification Demonstrate your in-depth understanding of the CLASS measure and continue providing quality programs to your colleagues.

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CLASS Train-the-Trainer

This research-based training program allows you to build in-house CLASS experts and certify observers to collect reliable classroom data.

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Pre-K CLASS® Observation Trainer Version 4 Upgrade

Teachstone is excited to provide Affiliate CLASS® Trainers with access to version 4 of the Pre-K CLASS Observation Training. By ordering these onboarding materials, you will be able to upgrade to the newest version of this training.

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Connect with Teachstone trainers and affiliate trainers, access to special trainer resources, and learn about updates to the field.

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