So, if you're already working, for instance, with teaching staff around the CLASS pre-K indicators under instructional learning format, for instance so, all of those things where you're asking staff to be thoughtful about using advanced organizers or re-orienting children back to the purpose of a lesson or some of those summary statements that, again, help children connect why they're doing certain things, what the purpose of activities is, what you're really what they're really what you're hoping they're going to get out of the activity. Professional Development: The publisher, Teaching Strategies, offers comprehensive standardized initial training and ongoing professional development. July 2018. And I'll try to capture some as they come in. So is that teacher available to do training? 4.8. And those things should be tied to another part of the performance Standards around professional development and making sure that there is a place for teachers or home visitors to really get one-on-one feedback and supervision and mentoring around the use of the curriculum. And on the flip side of that, once we have the materials, making sure that staff feels supported in using them and using them in the way they were intended to to support the curriculum. So, a lot of people are bringing up the notion of, you know, "I'm not sure that we're meeting our curriculum with fidelity. PDF Editable Common Core Checklists that can be used on your iPad 6th Grade Common Core - Reading, Writing, Specking, and Listening, and Language PDF editable Student & Teacher Data Tracking Checklists All ELA Common Core Standards are included in these Student & Teacher Data Tracking Checklists. That's a great one. In addition, over in the West Head Start Center classrooms, classrooms one and two, Cambridge County Community Action Agency Head Start/Early Head Start Center classroom two, the New City Head Start found that they lacked materials and pictures showing diversity, as specified in the creative curriculum to support children's cultures and home lives and ensure children felt a sense of belonging. Explore the research base around why curriculum fidelity is important. So, as you think about all of those issues, right, materials, authentic depictions of diversity, what are some of the ways Again, if you're thinking about the three-legged stool, the three factors we talked about that support fidelity, if you think about the professional development here, what types of professional development or how could professional development support the grantee in this scenario? Measures - Related Resources And so you can see the definition up here, and it's a fairly straightforward and simple one. Implementation Guide for Effective Coaching of Teachers Documents Developed By National Center for Systemic Improvement The purpose of this implementation guide from the National Center for Systemic Improvement is to help practitioners systematically implement effective coaching practices. I know the scope and sequence to be taught and have it outlined 12. You want to hear from teachers and home visitors about their challenges in curriculum implementation, what things they feel particularly good about, how well the curriculum meets the needs of the children and family in their program. (17) $5.00. The Teacher is responsible for performance expectations, child outcomes, compliance and adherence to policies that create a safe and active learning environment for all children in their care. 0000001905 00000 n Have parents of color to visit the classrooms. Renita, if you want to go back to the PowerPoint, and I will All right. And part of using research-based professional development is using a coaching or a modeling approach that provides real-time, specific feedback. 0000005461 00000 n Comprehensive early childhood curriculum, assessment, and training resources for early childhood educators. Is the teacher lacking materials? But if, in fact, there's data that tells you that maybe you haven't really been attending to the mass pieces of your curriculum, then so it's perhaps no wonder children are struggling to understand a concept. All of those things are things that you would think about in terms of fidelity. 111 49 Teams with previous simulation training (n510) demonstrated numerical superiority to teams without . So, teachers can come together. hb``e``Ka Y800* B1Cy9l9TdZ_s0~a"`_"z"1[b/4q=T y#%7Bp3pH310uq20S` ^% endstream endobj 158 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/Index[10 101]/Length 24/Size 111/Type/XRef/W[1 1 1]>>stream But maybe I really stay away from the science pieces of a curriculum because I'm not really as confident there. The online home of The Creative Curriculum, brought to you by Teaching Strategies, a dynamic company serving infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, Head Start, school-age, and family child care programs. 0000019237 00000 n What is fidelity monitoring? 0000006007 00000 n Great one. And this really speaks to what I was talking about earlier in terms of drift. 0000009802 00000 n So, thinking about your role as an education manager, if you are working with this program and you have this finding, how would you use professional development to support the grantee? That will be a tool you'll look for. 0000008709 00000 n Teachers have used cartoon characters to help children develop self-concepts. Why did you choose the Creative Curriculum? You would see maybe programs that administer some program evaluation instruments in assigned classrooms in the fall and then again in the winter to kind of think about quality practices, homes, or socialization. The Creative Curriculum for Preschool Classroom Levels of Implementation Introduction to The Fidelity Tool Teacher Checklist Guidelines for Use Sample Implementation Item and Indicators Using The Fidelity Tool Teachers Checklist for Self-Reflection Part I: Implementation of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool: Daily Resources You might look at observation notes. So, you've got the materials. This set includes 13 no-prep templates perfect for exploring shapes, critical thinking, and creativity. And then probably the most important piece is the quality of delivery, right? It makes me think about sort of the OWL curriculum. And so that pillar needs to be strong because it's holding quite a bit of information that's important in this house metaphor. Okay, great. The workshops cover a wide range of content, such as child development, observation and assessment, interactions, and the learning environment. This detailed checklist is intended to assist teachers in creating a classroom environment conducive for teaching and with established pro-active strategies to assist with classroom behaviors. And when we think about fidelity of implementation here, we're talking about two aspects, really global fidelity and individual lesson or activity fidelity. I have my blood drawn. The other resources you will need to use along side this are: Effective Coaching of Teachers: Fidelity Tool Rubric. Why did you choose the HighScope curriculum? To. We will be using that scenario later in the presentation, so you may want to, you know, become familiar with where that is, maybe print it out, pull it up, you know, just get it ready. So I'm going to pause here and see if we have questions. That's a great one. Barbara assess if teachers receive the full, interactive orientation to the curriculum. I get my cholesterol levels. So, continuing that ongoing coaching and support really helps teachers stay on it, really helps them see when maybe they're starting to move away from the implementation with fidelity. PDF | Background Junior doctors are often the first responders to acutely unwell patients and yet frequently report feeling under-prepared to do so. The curriculum offers three volumes to support teachers during implementation: Volume 1: The Foundation, Volume 2: Routines & Experiences, and Volume 3: Objectives for Development & Learning. Joe Preece: Hello. So being able to go and and maybe visit another program and see how others are doing that, as well. So, again, what might you see in those programs? But has it been, you know, a month and a half and staff have been able to plan together? And I am sure we'll have some exciting topics for all our participants then, as well. But if it's one week and it rained every day and it didn't happen, but within the course of a month, you see some that activity or something very similar around helping children understand different textures, then that would still be a curriculum implemented with fidelity, even though it wasn't scripted and it didn't happen in the exact time and place that a curriculum might define. 0000042626 00000 n So, am I learning about the training? The curriculum offers three volumes to support teachers during implementation: Volume 1: The Foundation, Volume 2: Routines & Experiences, and Volume 3: Objectives for Development & Learning. Every human being has the right to safe, dignified and harm-free care in health institutions. %PDF-1.4 % And I would say P.D. Jul 1995 - Dec 19956 months. Oh, that's a great idea. The two curriculum activity books provide age-appropriate activity "Possibilities" for infants and toddlers as well as guidance on assessment, parent partnerships, and the learning environment. Professional Development: Frog Street Toddler offers a range of in-person courses, including both initial (Frog Street Toddler Curriculum Implementation) and ongoing (Frog Street Toddler Curriculum Follow-Up) training sessions. Wow. Zip. And so we're gonna walk through that and give you a minute to look at that. So [Laughter] What are you going to do? One is the session presentation, where you can, you know, print that off and take notes, and you'll have the slides to keep after the webinar. Yes. 0000001939 00000 n We always have to remember to take care of our staff so that they can in turn take care of our children. Online courses represent another option for ongoing professional development. So many great responses. Professional Development: The publisher, HighScope, offers comprehensive standardized initial training and ongoing professional development. How do you work with teachers who are not implementing the curriculum in the way it was intended? And I want to emphasize the "over time" and its importance here because what we don't want curriculum fidelity to be is a scripted response to curriculum implementation. Train on how to form relationship with families. That could be very helpful as you start to think about this work. So, you're going to want to know if your program is using assessment data over time and that that formative assessment data is used to inform curriculum modification. Glenn, so important. You can have beautiful materials, but if you're not sure how to use them or where to place them in your program or like me when I had teachers in my childcare program it wasn't a Head Start program, but a childcare program we would get new materials once a year. So, we'll talk here a little bit about, again, fidelity of implementation, those processes. Complete Creative Curriculum Fidelity Teacher Checklist (annually) Individualize with children based on their needs and interests. The materials may also include resources to help education managers and coaches support education staff to implement the curriculum effectively. And that's an important one because, again, I think sometimes when we think about adherence to a curriculum, a particular model or a plan, we forget about the pieces that are really open-ended and meant to be child-guided, which are just as important in terms of components around a curriculum. And I think, again, we can look to the research here to give us a clue about that. For example, maybe there are certain components of the curriculum that are implemented less frequently or with less fidelity by the majority of classrooms. Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center, Head Start Collaboration Offices and State Systems, Exploring the Head Start Program Performance Standards.