As I begun to search for resources fostering early learning
I found something that I also have been noticing in the classrooms I work
with. I like when I am able to read something
and theorize what it would look like and then see it applied. It is the CLASS Tool that is widely being
used in Head Start classrooms. I think
that is a new approach to learning for early childhood and because of its focus
on interactions the outcomes for children are very beneficial.
The CLASS Tool is an observation by reliably trained
observers of teachers and it analyzes how they are working with the children. Through the process of training teachers in
this manner they are taught to be more efficient and intentional which results
in improving their teaching methods. This
is something that we all know benefits the children greatly.
One reason I was interested in this program is because Head
Start programs are putting it into place and they will be and are improving
quality for some of our neediest children.
Head Start has put in quite a few mandates over the years increasing
educational requirements for teachers and now with this program being
implemented in the classrooms the teachers will have more support in their day
to day interactions with their children.
To find out more about this program you can go to www.teachstone.org .
