The Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS®) is an observational assessment tool designed to assess classroom quality in infant through 12th grade classrooms.
We’re a leading provider of CLASS® training in Minnesota and ready to prepare you to implement CLASS® in your own classroom, home, or center, and to support those who do.
All trainings are approved by Achieve MN Center for Professional Development and are available in Develop, the Minnesota Quality Improvement and Registry Tool.
Access self-guided online modules about CLASS®, which offer an introduction to the Classroom Assessment Scoring System. You’ll also learn how the concepts measured by the CLASS® apply to Minnesota quality initiatives.
Pre-K and K-3 CLASS® Awareness and Overview
Get an overview of the CLASS® framework and learn why teacher-child interactions are so important.
CLASS® Observer Reliability
Learn about the CLASS® instrument and score video segments in preparation for online reliability testing. This training is for individuals who live or work in Minnesota only.
CLASS® & Coaching: Putting CLASS® into Practice (PCIP)
Are you a coach, supervisor, coordinator, trainer, or consultant? Prepare to work with teachers on CLASS® concepts and practices.
Reviewing the CLASS®: Minnesota Pre-K and K-3 CLASS® Recertification Refresher
Prepare for your annual reliability recertification test. Review the pre-K CLASS® tool, practice coding with video, and get tips for recertification.
For coaches
Putting CLASS® Into Practice: Classroom Organization for Coaches
Review the dimensions that fit in the classroom organization domain – behavior management, productivity, and instructional learning formats – and identify successful application strategies.
Putting CLASS® Into Practice: Emotional Support for Coaches
If you support teachers as a coach or in a related role, join us to take an in-depth look at the four emotional support dimensions: positive climate, negative climate, teacher sensitivity, and regard for student perspective.
Putting CLASS® Into Practice: Instructional Support for Coaches
Prepare to aid teachers in strengthening concept development, quality of feedback, and language modeling in interactions and activities.
For teachers
Putting CLASS® Into Practice: Classroom Organization for Teachers
Analyze classroom organization dimensions – behavior management, productivity and instructional learning formats – and learn how they fit into the overall context of the CLASS®.
Putting CLASS® Into Practice: Emotional Support for Teachers
The Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS®) measures emotional support in four dimensions: positive climate, negative climate, teacher sensitivity, and regard for student perspective. This training will prepare teachers to review these areas through the lens of their own teaching practices.
Putting CLASS® Into Practice: Instructional Support for Teachers
If you’re an educator, prepare to implement the classroom interaction strategies of concept development, quality of feedback, and language modeling.