Denise Wasko and Becky Coffelt August 23, 2013

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Quote of the Day “Often the documentation provides insight into children’s thinking and helps drive the future curriculum!”

Focus of the day Helping you navigate the online system Helping you to get quality documentations Checkpoints determined by the DE November 13 February 25 May 29

Welcome Let’s do a KWL chart What do you already know about the GOLD assessment? What do you what to learn today about the GOLD assessment?

System requirements for GOLD Online Teaching Strategies GOLD online works on any PC (Windows XP SP2 or later) or Mac (OS X 10.6 or later) with a high-speed Internet connection (see Bandwidth Requirements below for details). The system works with the following web browsers: Apple Safari 6.0 or newer Google Chrome 26.0 or newer Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or newer Mozilla Firefox 18.0 or newer

The Purpose of GOLD Assessment Primary Observe and document children’s development and learning over time Support, guide, and inform planning and instruction Identify children who might benefit from special help, screening, or further evaluation Report and communicate with family members and others

GOLD’s purpose continued Secondary Collect and gather child outcome information as one part of a larger accountability system Provide reports to administrators to guide program planning and professional development opportunities.

Observing and Collecting Facts Analyzing and Responding Evaluating Summarizing, Planning, and Communicating GOLDs Assessment Cycle

Hierarchy of the GOLD Area of development and learning Objective Dimension Indicator Example

Color codes for the GOLD Red-Birth to 1 year skill range Orange -1-2 year skill range Yellow-2-3 year skill range Green -3-4 year skill range Blue –Pre-Kindergarten Year Violet-Kindergarten Year

Logging into GOLD  Go to  On the top right of the home page is “Log In”  Put in your user name and your password  If you forgot your password there is a way to get your password sent to your  Click submit and you will get your dashboard

You’re in GOLD now Do you see the Teacher Quick-Start Guide to the right? Find where you can do the module training on your own to learn more about GOLD “The Sandbox” is a valuable tool

Getting started in GOLD 1. Dashboard -Gives you updates for your profile -What documentation is in the assessment -When your checkpoint is due -Alerts from Teacher Strategies 2. Market Place Tab -Shows if you have placed any orders 3. Communities Tab -Have discussions with other educators 4. Professional Development Tab -Courses available through Teaching Strategies -Sandbox to experiment with the GOLD assessment 5. My profile Tab

Getting into the GOLD Assessment Click on the GOLD icon on the dashboard to get to the GOLD assessment itself. See the 6 tabs. Children Documentation Checkpoint Planning Communication Reports

Adding children/classrooms  You need the children tab  Start by clicking on the “Manage Classroom” words which moves the screen to “Add a class”.  Give a class name  Select Preschool Band and click Submit  Click on add children  Once you add children you can’t delete class until you delete the children

Dashboard continued Go to class list at the left It defaults to select all-but can select only certain children

Documentation Tab Add Documentation Tab View Documentation Search Documentation Forms

The type of evidence you want First you have to identify type of evidence: General Documentation On the Spot Documentation Assessment Opportunity cards

To add documentation  Put in your date by clicking the calendar  You can attach any documentation you want by clicking on the browse button and looking for the picture/scanned item in your computer.  Then select objectives and dimension related to this evidence for each child  Click save and you can see what you documented

GOLD TOOLS On-the –Spot Observation Recording Tool This is an optional tool to use Practical checklist that captures information about children quickly Streamlines the documentation process Use when you are involved with children and need to note a date when a behavior or skill was observed.

On the Spot Observation Recording Tool It is available on-line under the Documentation Tab Talk with your table about how you could use this tool in your classroom

Gold Tools Assessment Opportunity Cards These are optional 10 developmentally appropriate activities that can be integrated into everyday classroom Experiences to help teachers focus their observations on specific skills and collect specific information related to particular objectives

Assessment Opportunity Cards These cards are available on-line under the documentation tab, over to the right under “Resources” Get into groups of 2 or 3 and choose an activity card How could you use in this in your classroom?

Checkpoint This is where you enter your ratings for children in your class Checkpoint by one of 3 ways : Area Objective Child

Checkpoint continued Gray boxes shows you have not started Gold boxes show you have started Blue boxes you have completed but not finalized results Checkmarks show it has been finalized

More on Checkpoint by Area You can enter by clicking a box which takes you to the color progression Click on the link and scroll down to show documentation You click next dimension when done inputting and the information is automatically saved

Checkpoint by objective See the area-click the plus sign to expand the objective Class list on left, dimension on right Click on the objective to select level

Checkpoint by Child Click on the child’s name To change, click change on the side Select levels on the dimension You can move information before you finalize It is up to your program to finalize data Click on box to finalize or you can un-finalize There is support/resources on the side

Checkpoint by Child continued There are no developmental progressions for the areas: Science and Technology Art Social Studies Each program needs to develop their own criteria at this time

Check point by multiple children Makes it easier to complete checkpoint data on several children at once. U-tube has videos to support this UtKSc&list=PLFA7EE5A3D1FF3C60&index=2&feature= plpp_video&noredirect=1 UtKSc&list=PLFA7EE5A3D1FF3C60&index=2&feature= plpp_video&noredirect=1

Planning  Click on planning tab to get the weekly planning form which has the week, the project/study, who created it, and whether it has been submitted or not  You can: edit the forms View/print the forms View print individual child planning Submit to administrator Archive Delete

Weekly Planning form  Click on the new form tab  Select weekly planning form for preschool  The planning form addresses: ▪ Interest areas ▪ Large group ▪ Small group ▪ Read aloud ▪ Individual child planning ▪ Outdoor experiences ▪ Special activities ▪ Family partnerships ▪ To do list ▪ Reflecting on the week

Weekly planning form-Adding activities You can identify the days you want the activity to take place. 5 ways to do activities Custom Recommended Favorite Recent Search

Communication There are 6 parts to this tab Messages Family Conference form Invite Team Members Invite family members Family newsletters Calendars

Communication You can invite family members to join into GOLD so they can see their child’s progress There is an automatic letter you can send inviting parents to be a part of this system and giving parents the link to Teaching Strategies Teaching Strategies instructs parents on how to gain access to the GOLD Online

Messaging center If a child has a family member who has been accepted to receive classroom messages-they can receive the message. Gives families information of what is going on in the classroom.

Preparing for Conferences The Family Conference form is under the Communication Tab There are 2 tutorials to help you fill out the forms

The family conference form There are 3 parts to the family conference form: 1. Strengths in soc/emotional, physical, language, and cognitive development 2. Strengths in learning literacy, math, science and technology, social studies, and the arts 3. Plan for this child's development and learning

Reports There are a variety to use 3 types of “Quick reports” Class profile Individual child Development and learning-Recommended for parents

Using GOLD with students with disabilities The color coded age bands show typical development and that variation There are in-between steps for each progression to show emerging skills or need for more support For students with more severe disabilities, GOLD may not be the only assessment needed to determine programming

How will English-language learners be assessed using GOLD?  A Home Language Survey -4 questions to complete.  There is a tenth area of development and learning on English-language acquisition,  2 dedicated objectives in receptive and expressive language.  Ability to assess dual-language learner's progress in Spanish oral language and literacy.  Children are able to show what they know and can do in other areas of development and learning without the use of English e.g., counting in any language.

Documentation is to be: Strength based About progress Written positively

Power of Observation Article Share with the people at your table: One thing you are already doing for documentation that was mentioned in the article At least one new idea you got from the article you are going to try

Technology Tools I-phones and Androids I-Pads Teaching Strategies Facebook Page Teaching Strategies Blog Webinars U-tube

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