3. Strength Items- plotting higher scored items
“Each staff member, list strengths of the team”
“Additional strengths provided by the ECS”
Modifiable Items- plotting lower scored items
what is “short-term”?
what is “long-term?”
ALSO . . . listening to the teacher voice (not just
about highs and lows)
This plotting is your menu
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4. Let’s try plotting using the PQA summary and
some of the anecdotal evidence that was
collected.
Working in PAIRS
What about classrooms that are scoring with
very high quality across the PQA?
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5. What has been working well?
What have you experienced as challenges?
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6. ECS facilitated, Teacher decided
Based on Strengths and Modifiable Items
Based on PQA and COR data
Could be a GSRP Implementation Area
Start with
“teachers will . . .” (for a classroom quality goal)
“children will . . .” (for an early learning goal)
Goals are not actions
—not how the teachers will get there
Move from “goal areas” to “goal statements”
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7. Classroom Quality Goal
Use the PQA item descriptor or row for language
EXAMPLE
PQA Item III-E:
“Teachers will use many strategies to support
communication with children whose primary language
is not English”
Early Learning Goal
Use COR item level descriptors for language
EXAMPLE
COR Item V:
“Children will begin to create unique simple patterns
with at least three repeats”
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8. Let’s try goal setting using one of the
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT modifiable items
that you identified in the previous example.
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9. Specific
Measurable
Achievable/Attainable
Results-focused/Realistic
Timely
Use the S.M.A.R.T. Questionnaire to Revise Goals
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10. GOALS PLANS
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11. “If you don’t know where you are going,
you’ll end up someplace else.” —Yogi Berra
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth
going.” —Beverly Sills
“Although goals are important, having a plan
of action is vital to the success of those
goals. Having a goal with no plan of action is
like wanting to travel to a new destination
without having a map.” —Steve Maraboli
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12. Start each action with a VERB
Most common verbs for GSRP classroom action
planning
Brainstorm
The action planning is where your ECS expertise
is especially valuable
prompts
teacher reflection- checklist
explore root causes (what is going to create change?)
keep actions realistic
anticipate any barriers
use HighScope resources (i.e. textbook, training
participant guides)
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13. Using the example provided, develop a goal
statement and action plan.
How can the teaching team’s strengths be
used to help facilitate this process?
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