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After the Checkpoints: Guidance on Creating Family Conference Forms and Report Cards

When Checkpoints are finished, your next steps are to create family conference forms for each 3-year-old, and then a report card for each 4K student.

Quick step-by-step Troubleshooting on How to Move pictures from phone/tablet to SmartTeach (GOLD) on your laptop

On your phone or tablet (capture + upload to GOLD)

  1. Open the SmartTeach / MyTeachingStrategies (Documentation) app on your phone or tablet.

  2. Tap Add Documentation or Documentation (depending on your app view).

  3. Choose Upload media → pick Photo Library / Recent Captures / Import from Camera Roll (or take photos directly). Select all the pictures you want to add at once.

  4. After the photosare imported into the app,you can attach any notes or quick observations(optional).

  5. When ready, tap Upload to GOLD (this button appears after you attach media). That uploads the pictures and their attached documentation to your Teaching Strategies GOLD online account, so the files move off the device and into the online site.

Tip: Upload regularly (daily if possible) so your photos are backed up to GOLD in case a device is lost or replaced.

On your laptop (finish documentation, tag children & levels)

  1. Open Teaching Strategies GOLD in a browser and log in to your account.

  2. Go to View Documentation (or the Documentation area) — the photos you uploaded from the app will appear in the online documentation list for the relevant class/children.

  3. Click the Action Required tab (or filter) to hide documentation already completed (blue checkmarks) — that leaves items that still need tagging (children, objectives, preliminary level).

  4. Open each remaining documentation item, select the child(ren) who appear, assign objectives/dimensions, and enter preliminary levels as needed. Save each item when finished.

Important visibility notes (how items show on phone/iPad vs laptop)

  • Items you upload from the phone/tablet app will appear on the GOLD online site and can be finished/edited from the laptop.

  • If you create or complete documentation on the laptop, that documentation will not necessarily appear back in the mobile app’s list on the phone/iPad (the app shows documentation captured/uploaded from that mobile device). In other words, the mobile app primarily shows items captured on that device; the full online GOLD site (browser) is the master view. (This matches how the app and online documentation sync; upload from the device pushes to GOLD online.)

A short checklist you can follow every time

  • Take/select photos on phone/tablet.

  • In SmartTeach app: Add Documentation → Upload media → select all photos you want loaded onto your laptop.

  • Tap Upload to GOLD (wait for upload to complete).

  • On laptop: Log in → View Documentation → Action Required → tag children, objectives, levels → Save.

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Video monitoring of Headstart classrooms is continuing through February and March. Dates and details will be communicated to you via email if your classroom was chosen to be reviewed by the federal program.

Any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Thank you,

Annette

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vlog for Implementation
Many resources can help you implement routines with prevention, response, and teaching strategies. Some links provide materials ready to use (e.g., feeling wheel, Tucker the Turtle story), and some provide ideas or examples for how you might develop materials specific to your setting or implement the strategy.

(e.g., I Go to Preschool, Our Preschool Rules, Tucker the Turtle, Making a Scripted Story)

(e.g., Turtle Technique, Take a Deep Breath)

(e.g., Feeling Faces, Feeling Wheel)

(e.g., Greeting Board, Peer Mediated Social Skills, Stay-Play-Talk)

(e.g., images for routines, expectations, rules, infants, and toddlers)

 

Pyramid Model News

Pyramid Model class dates for those enrolled in the course:

Friday, November 21, 2025 12:30-3:30 PM

Friday, January 30, 2026 12:30-3:30 PM

Friday, February 20, 2026 12:30-3:30 PM

Friday, March 20, 2026 12:30-3:30 PM

 

ACT 20 Staff News

Cox Campus Training Dates for 25-26: October 17, December 12, February 13, March 13

February 13th’s COURSE is: , 3.5 HRS to be completed in the AM

February 13th’s Collaboration is from 12:45-3:45 pm in the ESC Boardroom

Bring your computer and your Creative Curriculum Literacy and Assessment teaching manuals.

Teaching Strategies Gold

  • Staying in Compliance in Smart Teach

Support for 4K AIMSWEB Assessments

 

  • (formerly known as Collaborative Conversation Form)

Thomas the Train saying "I think I can, I think I can!"

Intentionally plan “problems” to help children practice solving all kinds of problems embedded in daily routines and activities.

  • Place only enough materials at a certain center so children are required to share.
  • “Forget” to bring a book or material you need to circle time to allow children to help you problem solve.
  • Plan an art project where children have to share or take turns to complete the project.
  • Make snack time a problem-solving time—We have one orange, but four children at the table. We have a problem; what are some solutions?
  • When reading a story, allow children to provide solutions for the character’s problem before finding out what happens next.