Resources
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General Resources
Nutritious Meals and Snacks Resources
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Environment Rating Scales (ERS) Resources
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Growing Futures Resources
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- Growing Futures Help Center
- Employment Information for Individuals
- Employee Information for Organizations
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- Growing Futures Help Center
- Individual Accounts
- Career Pathways
Curriculum Alignment Resources
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Teaching Strategies GOLD Resources
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GOLD Onboarding Resources
- Model Implementation Plan (PDF)
- The Model Implementation Plan is a visual road map that outlines the recommended professional development, best practices, and resources that will support a successful first year of implementation.
- Preparing for Implementation (PDF)
- The Preparing for Implementation Document helps you reflect on pre-implementation key features: identifying measures of success, building a professional development plan, planning for logistics, and reviewing fidelity FAQs.
- Getting Started Checklists
- The Getting Started Checklists, each designed with a specific type of user in mind, provide tactical steps so you can feel confident in independently getting started with GOLD.
- User Guides
- The GOLD User Guides, each designed with a specific type of user in mind, provide you with the comprehensive collection of steps and year-round support to ensure a successful GOLD implementation.
- GOLD Objectives for Development and Learning: Birth through Third Grade (PDF)
- GOLD Progressions: Birth through Third Grade (PDF)
- Teaching Strategies Support Portal for GOLD
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- Introduction to GOLD Training
- The Introduction to GOLD is a bundle of courses that is delivered online, self-service, through the MyTeachingStrategies platform. Attendees must be participating in Bright & Early ND, working towards a Step 3 or Step 4 Quality Rating, and have an active Teaching Strategies account.
- To register via Growing Futures, select the following link: Introduction to GOLD, Self-Paced Training, Available May 1st - August 31st, 2023.
Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Resources
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- Introduction to CLASS Trainings
- The Introduction to the Infant CLASS, Introduction to the Toddler CLASS, and Introduction to the Pre-K CLASS are a bundle of courses that are delivered online, self-service, through the myTeachstone platform. Attendees must be participating in Bright & Early ND, working towards a Step 4 Quality Rating, and have an active myTeachstone account.
- To register via Growing Futures, select the following link: Introduction to the Infant CLASS, Self-Paced Training, Available May 1st-August 31st, 2023.
- To register via Growing Futures, select the following link: Introduction to the Toddler CLASS, Self-Paced Training, Available May 1st-August 31st, 2023.
- To register via Growing Futures, select the following link: Introduction to the Pre-K CLASS, Self-Paced Training, Available May 1st-August 31st, 2023.
Continuous Quality Improvement Resources