MEASURE AND IMPROVE TEACHING QUALITY WITH CLASS® 2nd EDITION

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The Classroom Assessment Scoring System® (CLASS), the leading quality improvement system for teaching, helps you focus, measure and improve classroom interactions—a key factor proven to drive children’s academic and life-long success. Learn how you can shift your continuous quality improvement efforts to what matters most—life-changing interactions between teachers and children.

Get ready for the year ahead! Join our free, virtual event for early childhood professionals!

Back to School with Meaningful Interactions is a free event for early childhood educators that will leave you feeling energized about returning to the classroom. Join Teachstone for an afternoon of inspiring sessions with applicable strategies for supporting great teaching practice. Learn about the power of interactions, enhancements to the CLASS tool, and tactical tips you can start implementing right away. Register for free.

 

Nurture Stronger, More Equitable Teacher-Child Relationships

Factors such as absenteeism, racial or cultural differences, and other biases can make it difficult for teachers to form meaningful relationships with every child in their class. With Banking Time: Investing in Relationships, teachers learn evidence-based strategies proven to form stronger relationships that can positively impact children’s development and learning.

An Easier Way to Offer a Family Engagement Workshop

Extend quality interactions beyond the classroom, and give every family the opportunity to learn how to support their children’s development and learning with an one-hour, virtually hosted workshop.

myTeachstone Online Professional Development Platform

Continue coaching teachers, even at a distance, using real classroom footage in myTeachstone.

myTeachstone allows teachers and coaches to build strong relationships using online tools. With over 1,000 learning resources, coaches can assign professional development to teachers, track progress, and facilitate online group discussions.

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Trauma-Informed CLASS® Professional Development

For students who have been affected by traumatic life experiences, our interactions can profoundly affect child outcomes and how children process and move through trauma. Explore Interactions at the Heart of Healing, a new trauma-informed CLASS professional development series.

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Free Resources for Educators

We are the experts on high-quality teacher-child interactions. We are committed to providing the resources and guidance educators need to support children with those meaningful interactions that foster engagement and learning. 

The Only CDA Training Powered by CLASS

Prepare to earn your CDA at home, while building CLASS skills for improved interactions with children. Choose from two different online course formats – an on-demand course or a course facilitated by experienced educators.

Our CDA programs have received Gold Standard recognition from the Council for Professional Recognition. They also include portfolio creation support and 12 CEUs.

Teachstone is Now a Certified B Corporation

We’re more committed than ever to positively impacting the lives of educators and the students in their care.

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We’re here to help get your program on a path to success and answer your questions.

INTERACT NOW: CLASS® SUMMIT | March 23-25, 2021

Our annual CLASS Summit is returning for its 6th year!

Join Teachstone, and thousands of education leaders and coaches, at a virtual event to engage with inspiring keynote speakers, powerful stories, ideas from thought leaders in education, and helpful strategies you can implement tomorrow.

Our theme for the Summit is Building Back Through Interactions. We invite those across ECE leadership who are passionate about building back our educational systems and supporting teachers to come together to explore how we can do more to support the learning and developmental outcomes for every child.