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GOT GOLD?
What’s new?
Contents
What’s New? 1
When is GOLD upgrading to
MyTeachingStrategies? 2
How to prepare for
MyTeachingStrategies™ 2
A few things to know about
the MyTeachingStrategies™
preview 2
Accessing
MyTeachingStrategies™ 3
About
MyTeachingStrategies™ 3
Important reminders 4
Contact Us 4
Attachments A & B
Rita Pearson said, “Every child deserves a champion: an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best
they can possibly be”.
As Early Childcare Educators, you can be a champion for every child you encounter. As you work with children
each day remember to look at each child individually. Where is each child? How do I work with this child to help them master certain skills? MyTeachingStrategies™ will help you
answer these questions. Since the temporary launch in April, the leadership team at the Early Learning Coalition (ELC) along with the Program Officers at the Children’s Service
Council have worked hand in hand with the leadership team at Teaching Strategies to make upgrade to MyTeachingStrategies™ a smooth transition for everyone.
With that said, Strong Minds Providers have been transitioned from GOLD® to MyTeachingStrategies™ as of
August 15, 2017. This upgrade is a result of gathering feedback from GOLD® subscribers like you, Teaching Strategies has simplified the way to carry out your
commitment to ongoing, formative assessment. Using what you have learn through the assessment process to inform the many other aspects of building a high-quality program—from
individualizing instruction, to communicating with families, to investing in professional development and program improvement.
Thank you to Devos Blum Family YMCA, My First Steps & Kiddie Haven for submitting GOLD in Action pictures! Submit your pictures to be displayed on the next issue of GOT GOLD!
September 2017 Issue 17
When did GOLD upgrade to
MyTeachingStrategies™?
A few things to know about the
MyTeachingStrategies™
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and password, which will bring
you to the upgraded user
interface. You’ll continue to find
all the tools and resources you
need to support your assessment
process in the “Assess” area of
MyTeachingStrategies™, along
with all your existing
documentation and data.
As of August 15, 2017,
MyTeachingStrategies™ is your
new entry-point for accessing
GOLD® and all the other Teaching
Strategies digital classroom tools
and resources that you use.
There’s no action needed on your
part – you’ll simply log in using
your existing GOLD® username
What’s new with MyTeachingStrategies™
• A redesigned homepage
• More in-depth, rich training
courses
• Streamlined interface to
increase productivity
• Intentional Teaching
Experiences to incorporate
into lesson plans
• Connecting children to
dimensions through lesson
planning to individualized
children’s needs
There’s no action needed on your part – you’ll simply log in using your existing GOLD® username and password
• We encourage you to explore all the great features available to
you, with access to your upgraded account you can now complete
your Interrater Reliability Certification or any of the courses found
within the Develop area.
• If you don't immediately see data in some of the reports - don't
worry! Some reports are refreshed at regular intervals and will
take some time to populate after you first log in.
• Your program has transition to the birth through third grade
objectives before you start the 2017-2018 school year.
• As you create lesson plans in the Teach Section, you will see
Intentional Teaching Experiences. There are 75 Experiences to
choose from. The original activities library can now be found in the
Family Section of MyTeachingStrategies™.
• All lesson plans created on the previous GOLD platform can now be
found under the Teach Section. They are found in the “View
Archived Weekly Lesson Plans” folder.
• MyTeachingStrategies™ is also now available in Spanish. Click on
your initials in the upper right-hand corner and select “Manage My
Profile” to change your profile settings.
About MyTeachingStrategies™
The Dashboard & 5 main areas of MyTeachingStrategies™
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When you sign into MyTeachingStrategies™, you will be taken to your personal DASHBOARD. The dashboard provides important personalized communications to help you get the most out of your MyTeachingStrategies™ digital tools.
1. The TEACH area provides planning functionality to help you
link your assessment data with instruction. Here you’ll find
weekly and monthly planning calendars and digital
curriculum assets. You can also research articles or find
“filler” articles by accessing the World Wide Web.
2. In the ASSESS area you’ll find everything you need to enter
assessment information for the children in your classroom.
Here you can view and add documentation, and input your
checkpoint data.
3. In the DEVELOP area you’ll find the Interrater Reliability
certification as well as, My Courses. This provides access to
your online professional development courses. As well as,
The Objectives for Development and Learning course is
included with your GOLD® subscription.
4. When you enter the REPORT area, you'll see a menu of all
available reports. You will be able to select the
INFORMATION ICON to see a description of each report.
5. Within the FAMILY area, you will be able to access Family
Conference Forms and other family connections
Accessing MyTeachingStrategies™
As of August 15, 2017, when you
signed in using the same username
and password that you use for your
current GOLD account.
To log in, go to
TeachingStrategies.com and click
the LOGIN button at the top, right-
hand side of the screen.
When the sign in screen appears,
enter your username and password.
Then click SUBMIT.
Forgot Password/ Username Use the FORGOT PASSWORD? And FORGOT USERNAME? Links if you forget your information. Your username and a temporary password will automatically be sent to the email address in your profile. For security reasons, the temporary password will expire.
Contact Us!
GOLD Team
Sandra Schultz TA/GOLD Coordinator
561-600-9427 [email protected]
Ashley Higgins GOLD Specialist
(561) 600-9429 [email protected]
Ricky Connolly
IT Specialist 561-514-3300
Important Reminders
• Fall Checkpoint
August 15th – October
29th, 2017
• Refer to the ELC
Website for Upcoming
trainings
ODL Pick up Locations
ELC BOYNTON BEACH October 6th 8:30am –12:00pm
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ELC PROSPECT PLACE October 19th 10am-2pm
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ELC PORT CENTER October 20th 10am-2pm
──── ELC Belle Glade
October 30th 10am-2pm
──── Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County's 1st Annual Early Childhood Education Conference
2017 on October 14th.
Please see attached flyers for more information
Providers can also reach out to the StrongMinds
Navigators to request technical assistance (TA) in GOLD under the content area of “Assessment and
Documentation”.
Lina Galiano 561-374-7586 Irene Apolinar 561-374-7521 Nehemie Noel 561-374-7732
Customer Support Tech Support
1-800-637-3652 1-866-736-5913 Monday- Friday Monday-Friday
8:00am-6:00pm ET 7:00am-9:00pm ET
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1ST ANNUAL EARLY
CHILDHOOD CONFERENCE:
FROM PLAY TO PRACTICE
OCTOBER 14TH, 2017
REGISTER NOW!!!
1st Annual Early Childhood Conference:
****FROM PLAY TO PRACTICE****
DATE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2017
TIME: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
LOCATION:
PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
901 S. FLAGLER DRIVE
WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33401
Registration for the Conference is a three step process
Step 1
Register on ELCPBC's training website at https://elc.webauthor.com/pub/class.cfm. Log in using
your existing acocunt or if you are a new user create an account by selecting the Register button.
Complete your contact information to register your account. Select Conference title from the list
of offerings and follow the step to complete your registration.
Step 2
You will receive a confirmation email, which will contain a Paypal link to pay by credit/debit card.
Follow the instructions to pay your registration fee of $25.00 (which is non-refundable).
Step 3
Once payment is complete on Paypal, click the Return to Merchant link which will direct you to
the Whova webpage to select your workshop sessions.
Please select 1 workshop from the list in each workshop group: -
Workshop A (10:30 am - 11:45am)
Workshop B (1:15pm - 2:30pm)
Workshop C (2:45pm - 4:00pm)
Take a look at the Workshops that will be offered...
Have questions please contact Darianne Powell at email
[email protected] or telephone 561-600-9421.
Also you may contact Rachel Mondesir at email [email protected] or
telephone 561-600-9423.
See you there!!
READ MORE
PARENTS / FAMILIES - PRESS 1
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS / ADMINISTRATIVE - PRESS 2
(561) 214-8000
Special Notice : If you require Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations to participate in any
ELCPBC event or activity, please notify Christie Young, Single Point of Contact, by phone at 561-214-
7424 or by email at [email protected] within at least seven (7) days of the event.
Accommodations will be provided at no extra charge.
Sponsorship by the Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County, the State of Florida: Office of
Early Learning, and the Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County.
WWW.ELCPALMBEACH.ORG
Attachment A
Pick up Locations
ELC BOYNTON BEACH
2300 High Ridge Rd,
Boynton Beach. October 6th 8:30am –12:00pm
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ELC PROSPECT PLACE
3111 S Dixie Highway
West Palm Beach October 19th 10am-2pm
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ELC PORT CENTER
2051 Martin Luther King Blvd,
Riviera Beach October 20th 10am-2pm
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ELC Belle Glade
401 Southeast 2nd Street
Belle Glade October 30th 10am-2pm
ELC is providing the Objectives
for Development and Learning:
Birth to Third Grade edition
books to Strong Minds providers
at no cost to the provider, based
on the number of classrooms.
Please stop by one of our locations to pick up the new edition of the GOLD Objectives for Development and Learning resource guide. The dates and times are listed for each location. If you have any questions please contact Ashley Higgins (561)-600-9429 or Sandra Schultz (561)-600-9427.
Books will also be available for pick
up at the Early Learning Coalition of
Palm Beach County's 1st Annual
Early Childhood Education
Conference 2017 on October 14th.
Attachment B
