And I'm gonna get to interacting right from the start. And that guide is called an Ed manager's tool kit. We've got a written plan all the way over on the left side of the vector diagram, and over to the right, everything that happens, right? You can then easily cross-reference between the checklist and the CLASS Dimensions Overview or the CLASS Dimensions Guide. And we'll provide several examples of how to do that. So, we hope that you save these dates and we see you again on the next webinar. coaching on teachers' ability to implement The Creative Curriculum with fidelity. And I think about it because I spent sort of the last three years of my life really researching implementation of curricula and other supports to improve class instructional support scores in Head Start program as part of my dissertation research and, really, to a "T," whether a teacher has implemented maybe a stronger focus on quality of feedback in the class or maybe they focused on implementing the OWL curriculum or other curriculum that was maybe a little more structured than they had been used to. With . What is our data telling us, and then how is that data reflected in the decisions we make about selections, augmentation, implementation of curriculum? Background:Self-directed learning (andragogy) or self-determined learning (heutagogy) can be implemented in guided self-study (GSS) with the aim to foster changes in the knowledge and skills of phy. So, again, what might you see in those programs? It can be diagnostic, to a certain extent, for a program. So, if you bring all of your teaching staff together or all of your home visitors together, and there's, you know, a shared concern about how to implement a piece of a curriculum, you can problem-solve, and you can teachers can share with one another how they have solved some of those problems. It can be confusing to a teacher to know whether a curriculum is something rigid, like following a script, or something much more emergent as you go through the day. Fidelity checks consist of three variables: the data collection method, the frequency of data collection, and the support system to maintain and improve the implementation of the intervention. and The Fidelity Tool Teacher Checklist ($55 for a set of 5 each). On the micro level, you would probably expect in these programs to see staff in regularly scheduled planning times, staff who have time to organize materials in learning environments, and to plan curriculum modifications to support access to learning activities for children with disabilities or to modify activities in response to the communities they serve. 0000009277 00000 n And maybe they've got another teacher who's really experiencing quite a bit of success who can offer some advice. 0000041633 00000 n It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Lilian Katz, which is, "Feed the staff so they don't eat the children," right? Date Issued: 2003 Source: Washington, DC: Teaching Strategies Topics: 10. In other words, when I was when people were when teachers were pushed out of their comfort zone and asked to adopt a new technique or a new strategy, to a person, each participant in my study indicated that the most powerful reason that they were able to do that was because they saw that it benefited children. Discover research about why curriculum fidelity is important. So, as a result of all of those things and you can see here multiple classrooms, multiple programs within an agency having the same issue around authentic resources and materials to support diversity these as a result of these things, the monitoring finding was that grantee did not implement with fidelity a curriculum promoting young children's school readiness in the area of social-emotional development and therefore was not in compliance with the regulations. [Laughter]. Online courses represent another option for ongoing professional development. 0000013018 00000 n How confident are they that they understand the components of a curriculum and how to implement them with fidelity? Here's another reason to think about curriculum fidelity. We'll talk about professional development support and the ongoing assessment of child learning, okay? And it's also things that happen where you extend learning, during a diaper change with a baby, for instance, and having language back and forth or as you're waiting in a transition line to go to outdoor play and you decide to do a finger play or a song. We're really excited to kick this webinar series off. coming in so well prepared for kindergarten. Or parents were hearing children tell them what they had learned that day rather than just what they did, right? So, we're really excited that you're here. And so we're gonna walk through that and give you a minute to look at that. I adhere to that diet. And, again, identify strategies around how a program can ensure that they are implementing their research-based curriculum with fidelity. So, some more pragmatic benefits, which probably mean more to those of us who work with teachers regularly because it's why it's important to teachers. 0000041326 00000 n Okay. Implementation of Curriculum with Fidelity Download the video [MP4, 54MB] Download the transcript View the transcript This webinar helps Head Start administrators, teachers, home visitors, and child care partners understand and explore curriculum fidelity. Again, seems obvious, but but a really important one. The Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos, 3rd Edition. To. For instance, if the curriculum guide for this week or this month say that you're going to focus on shapes and all your children already identify shapes well and have really a solid understanding of that concept, you're not going to the activities around shapes, right? A checklist was used to record and assess performance in the simulations. And as I said, it's a bit of both. Asia-Pacific early childhood care and education: teacher training handbook for social and emotional learning Corporate author : UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific Person as author : Singh Diwan, Monisha [author] Document code : TH/C3-5134/IQE/22/022-HB If it's a confidence issue, figuring out the best way to provide training and support. ___a variety of simple sand toys (e.g. And then let's think a little bit, again, from the teacher's perspective about why ongoing assessment of child learning is so important. The publisher also offers in-person courses designed for administrators and coaches on how to help teachers implement the curriculum with fidelity. Or would that teacher thrive more in a smaller group setting where you can talk through these issues with other teachers? Creative Curriculum for Preschool: Implementation Checklist Share Resource Type: Instruments Author (s): Teaching Strategies, Inc. I think reassuring people and just helping people understand, when do you know fidelity is met? Allyson: It's probably the best you can do. And what Robert Pianta and his associates found in a study regarding the use of a curriculum intervention, in terms of positive outcomes for children, was that it was that individualized consultation and regular, consistent feedback that were most effective in improving preschool teachers' use of instructional strategies. Allyson: Okay. And I am sure we'll have some exciting topics for all our participants then, as well. Welcome. Does this curriculum meet maybe all of the critical domains in the ELOF, and does it meet or address activities in support of the school readiness goals we've set for our children, and if not, what is missing? And then if there is a significant thing missing that a curriculum and augmentation might address, then you would go about looking at that and really, I would say, bringing the group together to figure out goodness of fit between your different curricular options and your program needs, your family culture, the local community needs, and then really develop a plan whereby you can think about sort of the initial rollout and training and then the ongoing P.D. 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. Curriculum Materials to Support Implementation: The curriculum includes a comprehensive set of materials to support implementation. It is critical that curriculum interactions and activities result in positive child outcomes and achieve school readiness goals. That's probably true. The materials may also include resources to help education managers and coaches support education staff to implement the curriculum effectively. And so the continuum is a little bit of a falsity, right? So, thanks for sharing. Teacher Time Series Promoting Children's Development and Lea. Probably lots of you are familiar with that approach. Effect of formal advanced cardiovascular life support training with high-fidelity mannequins on knowledge and confidence of third-year PharmD students . So, if a child isn't progressing as planned and you have some concerns, it can be helpful for teachers or a home visitor to really examine how the teaching was implemented, how the curriculum was adhered to, and where there was effectiveness of instruction and where maybe there wasn't, right? Great. Curriculum Materials to Support Implementation: The curriculum provides some materials to support implementation. So, all of these things are really critical to ensuring implementation with fidelity. Professional Development: Frog Street offers a range of in-person courses, including both initial (Frog Street Infant Curriculum Implementation) and ongoing (Frog Street Infant Curriculum Follow-Up) training sessions. School personnel need to conduct fidelity checks regularly (e.g., three times per year) as part of the overall implementation of RTI. The Teacher works in collaboration with the partnering Teacher or Teacher Assistant, Classroom Partners, Special Needs Aides and Volunteers in the classroom. Assisted with exhibition design, curation, and planning. You're not going to go out with your umbrellas. And from the research from, you know, Bridget Hamre and Barbara Wasik, folks that you know, names that we're all familiar with their research really shows that that fidelity makes a difference in terms of children's outcomes. Train on why it's valuable to have diversity represented in the classrooms. And I'm assuming Kim means to sort of gather data about what's going well. Other research tells us that teachers are concerned about what they perceive as the need for the intervention. The curriculum features 13 Activity Guides that provide weekly lesson plans. I see lots of you are already using the chat box. If you find that 6 out of 10 classrooms have not had any math activities going on in the past two months, you're you're going to need a plan, right? And that information is really helpful to program leadership, such as education managers, such as yourself, As you think about what supports are needed to sustain curriculum implementation. 0000010532 00000 n And certainly you want to ensure that there is some observation going on so that teachers are not, as I said, just following a specific script or not adjusting for individual children's needs or knowledge or skills, those types of things. 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. Explore the research base around why curriculum fidelity is important. 0000023325 00000 n So, curriculum is all of these things, and it also includes all of the things that you're all entering in the chat box. Why did you choose the Creative Curriculum? Effectively individualize coaching with positive guidance, clear strategies, and observation tools. Well, you might go out with your umbrellas if you're really adventurous. 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. We have large numbers today. Fidelity Checklist. So [Laughter] What are you going to do? 0000018504 00000 n These are terrific. Okay. Standardized training procedures provide consistent content and delivery methods across training sessions. And while you do that, I'll explain the visual on the screen, sort of two prompts there. Teams with previous simulation training (n510) demonstrated numerical superiority to teams without . 0000048428 00000 n But certainly you want teachers to still feel that they have the flexibility to really be responsive to individual children, to changes that occur every day in a classroom, and to whatever's happening or whatever's relevant that day. But since we're talking about curriculum today, Joe and I thought it might be interesting to have you all start with just entering a word or two in the chat box about what you think of when you hear the term "curriculum. What's a curriculum to you, with your program? We want you to walk away with a clear definition of what that is and how to ensure that in your program. Standardized initial training options include two in-person courses: a one-week introduction to the curriculum and a four-week training that covers the five major topics in the "HighScope Infant-Toddler Wheel of Learning:" active learning, adult-child interaction, learning environment, schedule and routines, and assessment. Joe Preece: Hello. by. 0000012533 00000 n Is the teacher lacking confidence? Those are things you'd want to think about in your curriculum fidelity pieces. 111 0 obj <> endobj xref They knew that when they were playing in the water table, it was because they were exploring the concept of volume or how you know, how different containers take different amounts of fluid. I have system for monitoring attendance 13. The rubric offers informa-tion and guidelines for how to score coaches on the fidelity worksheet. Curriculum fidelity refers to how closely programs apply curriculum content and processes as they are designed. In addition to the observations, during interviews, the teachers stated that the "Sesame Street" cartoon-character posters in the classrooms represented the diversity and ethnicity of the children. You can't really ever totally wean back. Implementation of The Creative Curriculum for Preschool: Foundation Physical Environment 1. What gap is it filling? and again, you can Maybe Renita or Joe, if you've been tracking questions, if you want to pick a few that haven't been answered or if you want People want to add them in the chat box now, that's great, too. And, really, if you look across disciplines even, but certainly in the early childhood and k-12 world, those teacher variables that are most related to implementation fidelity include the teacher and the intervention alignment, teacher beliefs so, their efficacy previous practices, and congruence between teacher and intervention priorities, right? Rubrics are available for the classroom, school, and district level. They also embed prompts for teachers to implement assessment and family engagement. 4.8. Discover research about why curriculum fidelity is important. And it's the same for teachers, particularly when they have so many things really pulling on their time and their focus. 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. their self-esteem and confidence. And do I have opportunities myself to think about what I need to do this well and how I think I'm doing? teachers are going to say, "If I could just see that morning meeting done in the way it's so beautifully laid out in my manual. This engaging Book Discussion Card Supplement for Henny Penny, comes right from the Teaching Guide, so you maintain fidelity to the program and make learning fun. Creative Curriculum Infant/Toddler/Two's Session 1* (2 days) Creative Curriculum Infant/Toddler/Two's Session 2* (2 days) Creative Curriculum GOLD Teachers Lab* (2 days) (Note: If attending formal curriculum training sessions through the developer and not through Grow NJ Kids, the titles of the training may differ; i.e. 0000001939 00000 n I'm with NCECDTL. And I want to invite you I see folks are still in the chat box, but I do want to invite you to also use the question-and-answer box or the chat box to jot down or collect questions as we go along. Allyson? With changes in the Head Start Performance Standards and increased focus on implementing a programs chosen curriculum with fidelity, ABC Head Start decided to start by assessing how faithfully teachers were using the curriculum. The two Lesson Plans for a Strong Start books give teachers six weeks of lesson plans for infants and toddlers as well as information on how to continue to make intentional plans for children. The curriculum offers professional development and materials to support implementation and continuous improvement. Absolutely. Absolutely. For example, maybe there are certain components of the curriculum that are implemented less frequently or with less fidelity by the majority of classrooms. So, as you're doing that, you can also think about those same types of supports as related to curriculum fidelity. And using a process, sort of a process embedded in implementation science, you kind of think through the steps and the supports that will be necessary along the way to augment curriculum or enhance curriculum, so I would also watch for that. That's a great one. Provide training and technical assistance to classroom teachers on a one-on-one basis or in small groups. We have two additional Ed Manager webinar series coming up, one in January, on the 24th, and one in March, on the 28th, at the same time. So go ahead and find where that is on your screen. Do we ourselves or do you as Ed managers feel like you need some more support to fully understand a curriculum in order to support staff in implementing it? Scores approached 100% accuracy/completion for all stations. Kim is suggesting you could use the ECERS. Sometimes, they include things like checklists or observation procedures, interview questions to ask staff and families about, things that can really help you collect data to help you answer that question, "Is curriculum being implemented with fidelity across our program? And probably most importantly, I would say in addition to using those tools and resources, developing an action plan as a result of what you find, right? And so you can see the definition up here, and it's a fairly straightforward and simple one. And that's important, right, because if we believe in something and we believe it's something we can do with support and that it will be beneficial to children, we're gonna continue to do it, and we're gonna continue to work hard to do it well. 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 part of using research-based professional development is using a coaching or a modeling approach that provides real-time, specific feedback. Conclusions: Examination of a diverse sample of . No, "The Fidelity Tool" is a self-assessment tool that helps programs to assess if Creative Curriculum is being fully implemented. Certainly, ongoing professional development. And that would be a great thing to do as part of a professional development day or even a community of practice, right, where you have sort of a safe environment in which to really dig deep into that content. Joe: Yeah, so there's there's been a couple of questions on curricular enhancements, and I think the question that best gets to what we're trying to get to is what should programs think about if they are considering a curriculum enhancement? And I would say P.D. So monitoring and looking across your own programs for curriculum fidelity is important, but more important is what are you going to do with that data when you find it? Find a Head Start job near you or anywhere in the U.S. You've got to sort of get to what's behind that, right? 0000004456 00000 n And so in that way, collecting information about curriculum fidelity can really be helpful. Additionally, programs can purchase Coaching to Fidelity, Preschool Edition ($210), which is a Glenn, so important. So whether you're using Creative Curriculum or the OWL or HighScope, many of these publishers also publish fidelity tools. And when we say "intervention," which is a research-y word, I would just replace that with "curriculum.. And in addition, I'm going to read it out loud here. Why did you choose the HighScope curriculum? Resources to put child photos. trailer <<47499F57DC9C49C1B77ECB9652180DE5>]/Prev 61417/XRefStm 1545>> startxref 0 %%EOF 159 0 obj <>stream The other piece that's really important is ongoing assessment of learning. And we just wanted to get kicked off today with this definition because we know that sometimes it's confusing to staff. Research & Evaluation Methods > 10.3. Kim says, "Have teachers swap classrooms and look for materials needed. So smart. So, welcome, welcome, welcome to the first webinar in the education manager series. Professional Development: The publisher, HighScope, offers comprehensive standardized initial training and ongoing professional development. Background: Based on the Health Belief Model, this study examined preservice teacher attributes and attitudes toward providing physical activity opportunities for children in school. Background: Management of burn injuries presents a complex and challenging situation for medical staff, especially for inexperienced young doctors. Finally, HighScope offers customized trainings for programs. Have parents of color to visit the classrooms. Notes/Date Observed October March Developmentally appropriate not appropriate Flag ritual (optional) Finally, the Daily Resources provide teachers with more specific guidance on how to engage children in learning experiences throughout the day (e.g., Intentional Teaching Cards, Mighty Minutes, Book Conversation Cards). Criteria for Infant and Toddler Curricula, How to Navigate the Curriculum Consumer Report, Alignment with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF), Individualization Based on Interests, Strengths, and Needs, Individualization for Children with Disabilities, Suspected Delays, or Other Special Needs, Professional Development and Materials to Support Implementation.
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