About This Product
The highly anticipated toddler version of the CLASS® tool is here -- providing early childhood programs with an accurate, reliable way to assess effective classrooms. For use with children from 15-36 months, this standardized observation tool measures the effectiveness of interactions between teachers and children, a primary ingredient of early educational experiences that prepare children for future school success. The first tool to measure teacher�child interactions for the toddler age group, CLASS® Toddler:
One copy of the CLASS® Toddler Dimensions Overview, a tri-fold reference sheet for observers, is included with the manual. The manual is spiral-bound and contains 80 pages.
This manual is part of CLASS®, the bestselling classroom observational tool that measures interactions between children and teachers -- a primary ingredient of high-quality educational experiences. With versions for toddler programs, PreK, and K-3 classrooms, the reliable and valid CLASS® tool establishes an accurate picture of the classroom through brief, repeated observation and scoring cycles and effectively pinpoints areas for improvement.
- Covers two crucial domains of teacher�child interaction: Emotional And Behavioral Support and Engaged Support For Learning
- Provides developmentally appropriate descriptions of what effective interactions look like in toddler classrooms
- Establishes an accurate, complete picture of classroom interactions through brief, repeated observation and scoring cycles
- Highlights areas of strength and areas for improvement useful for guiding improvement efforts
- Identifies challenges and helps identify areas for improvement
- Provides important information related to programs' most urgent needs: accountability, professional development, and research
- Has been used in several state evaluation systems and for national evaluations of Early Head Start
One copy of the CLASS® Toddler Dimensions Overview, a tri-fold reference sheet for observers, is included with the manual. The manual is spiral-bound and contains 80 pages.
This manual is part of CLASS®, the bestselling classroom observational tool that measures interactions between children and teachers -- a primary ingredient of high-quality educational experiences. With versions for toddler programs, PreK, and K-3 classrooms, the reliable and valid CLASS® tool establishes an accurate picture of the classroom through brief, repeated observation and scoring cycles and effectively pinpoints areas for improvement.
CLASS® Toddler
The accurate, reliable way to assess teacher–child interactions
For programs serving children from 15–36 months
With this toddler version of the widely used Classroom Assessment Scoring System® (CLASS®) tool, your early childhood program will have an accurate, reliable way to assess classrooms. The CLASS® Toddler tool assesses teacher–child interactions, a primary ingredient of early educational experiences that prepare children for future school success.
This reliable and valid tool:
- Assesses two crucial domains of teacher–child interaction: Emotional and Behavioral Support and Engaged Support for Learning
- Provides developmentally appropriate descriptions of what effective interactions look like in toddler classrooms
- Establishes an accurate picture of classroom interactions through brief, repeated observation and scoring cycles
- Highlights areas of strength and areas for growth useful for guiding improvement efforts
The CLASS® Toddler Dimensions
The CLASS® Toddler tool measures eight critical dimensions that fall under two domains:
Emotional and behavioral support
- Positive climate
- Negative climate
- Teacher sensitivity
- Regard for child perspectives
- Behavior guidance
Engaged support for learning
- Facilitation of learning and development
- Quality of feedback
- Language modeling
