2008/2009 CLASS Training


Agenda

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DAY 1
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Overview
  • Introductions
  • Logistics
  • Welcome by the Office of Head Start
  • Overview of the Three-Day Training
9:00 a.m. Introduction to the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS)
  • Overview of the CLASS
  • Defining Structure, Process, and Academic Achievement
  • How the CLASS is Organized
10:00 a.m. Key Components of the CLASS
  • The CLASS Dimensions: Part 1
  • The CLASS Dimensions: Part 2
  • The CLASS Dimensions: Part 3
Noon Review of the CLASS Dimensions Activity

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. Using the CLASS
  • Principles of Scoring
  • Strategies for Successful Scoring
2:00 p.m. Training Segment 1: Counting Fruits and Vegetables
  • View, Code Together, and Discuss
3:00 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. Training Segment 2: Making Butterflies
  • View, Code in Small Groups, and Discuss
4:45 p.m. Wrap-up


DAY 2

8:30 a.m. Welcome, Overview of the Day, Discussion of Parking Lot, and Other Questions

9:00 a.m. Training Segment 3: Dice and Dirt
  • View, Code, and Discuss
10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Clarifying Dimensions Activity

11:15 a.m. Training Segment 4: Heat Transfer
  • View, Code, and Discuss
12:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 p.m. Training Segment 5: Pancakes, Pancakes
  • View, Code, and Discuss
2:30 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. What does Reliability Mean?

3:00 p.m. Practice Reliability Assessment
  • Very Busy Spider
3:45 p.m. Individual Feedback on Practice Reliability Assessment


DAY 3
8:30 a.m. Welcome, Overview of the Day, and Feedback from Reliability Practice

8:45 a.m. Reliability Assessment
  • Reliability Segment 1: Seeds and Salon
  • Reliability Segment 2: Walking Down the Road
10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Reliability Assessment
  • Reliability Segment 3: Mice Squeak, We Speak
11:15 p.m. Lunch

12:15 p.m. Feedback on Reliability Assessment

1:00 p.m. What Are We Learning From Research on the CLASS?

1:15 p.m. CLASS and Professional Development
  • Linking with Your Program’s Professional Development Activities
1:45 p.m. Other CLASS Professional Development Efforts in Head Start

2:00 p.m. Setting Professional Development Goals: Video Clip and Discussion

2:45 p.m. Suggestions for Improving Teaching Practices on CLASS Dimensions

3:30 p.m. Taking It Home
  • Implementation in Your Program
  • Continuing Your Professional Development
4:00 p.m. Wrap-up