Strong relationships between teachers and students are proven to drive learning and development.
The CLASS (Classroom Assessment Scoring System) is an innovative observation tool designed to objectively assess classroom quality based on teacher-child interactions, developed by the University of Virginia’s Curry School Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning.
This course is ideal for early childhood leaders and mentors who want to use this method to assess and improve teaching quality and foster better social, emotional and academic outcomes for students, as classrooms with higher CLASS scores are proven to do.
The Faculty of Education currently offers two levels of CLASS Observation Training courses: Pre-K and Toddler.
Learn to collect and use meaningful teaching assessment data
Explore how to collect CLASS teaching assessment data, which is the first step in improving the quality of educator-child interactions. Understand how to use meaningful data on classroom quality to inform coaching interventions.
Understand how to conduct educator observations and give feedback
Gain strategies to conduct formal and informal educator observations using CLASS and provide feedback to help both new and experienced teachers become more effective.
Gain the foundation to become a CLASS coach
Build a strong foundation to become a CLASS coach and develop other educators' CLASS knowledge, so they can apply the tool in their own setting.
Fees
For individuals
To take CLASS Observation Training as a stand-alone course, you'll pay the normal price.
Upcoming dates for this course are yet to be announced.
Course details
Who is it for?
The program is designed for early childhood leaders or trained mentors who use the National Quality Framework and local state frameworks in their daily practice, and may have responsibility for leading the educational programming and practice under the National Quality Standards in their setting.
Specific roles include:
Early childhood leaders
Centre coordinators
Authorised officers
Government and system-level personnel
There are no eligibility requirements for this course.
Relevance to your job and industry
This course has been designed to give you a strong understanding of CLASS and the skills to use it within your educational setting.
CLASS uses research-driven insights to measure how teachers interact with children and offers resources to strengthen those interactions to create supportive, structured, and engaging classroom experiences.
It is the only observational teacher-assessment tool that connects the behaviours of teachers to students' gains and has been proven to work in tens of thousands of classrooms across all age ranges. Over 150 research studies show that students in classrooms with higher CLASS scores have better social, emotional, and academic outcomes.
You will receive a Certificate of Completion once you've successfully completed the training.
Skills and learning outcomes
During this course, you will learn how to effectively observe educator-child interactions and provide feedback that can help both new and experienced educators improve the learning and development outcomes of their students.
By the end of the course, you'll be able to:
Collect CLASS teaching assessment data, which is the first step in improving the quality of educator-child interactions in the classroom
Know how to use meaningful data on classroom quality to inform coaching interventions
Conduct formal and informal educator observations
Have a strong foundation for becoming a CLASS coach, including CLASS fluency.
Who you'll learn from
You will learn from leading education experts and practitioners from the Faculty of Education.
The Faculty of Education is an authorised trainer in Australia and provides training in CLASS across Toddler (aged 15 to 36 months), Pre-K (aged three to five years) and K-3 levels.
