Teaching Strategies in Illinois

GOLD

GOLD is an ongoing observational assessment tool—based upon years of feedback from thousands of educators and important new research about how children develop and learn.

GOLD is an assessment system that helps teachers be intentional in their teaching by accurately pinpointing where children are in their development and learning. It’s a teacher-friendly, easy-to-understand approach to observation, documentation, portfolio-building, and reporting—the essential components of a high-quality assessment system.

Subscription Pricing

The Illinois Head Start Association has negotiated special pricing and arranged with Teaching Strategies for GOLD online participants to subscribe to the system.

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Our Solutions Are Aligned to Illinois Early Learning Standards

The Creative Curriculum for Preschool

• April 2015: Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards for Preschool

The Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos

• December 2015: Illinois Early Learning Guidelines Birth to Age 3

The Creative Curriculum for Kindergarten

• July 2018: Illinois Learning Standards: English Language Arts (2010), Mathematics (2010), Science (2014), and Social Studies (2017)

GOLD

• October 2017: Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards for Preschool (2013) and Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age Three (2013)

ReadyRosie

• Illinois Learning Standards
• Illinois Learning Standards – PreK
• Illinois Learning Standards – Infant/Toddler
• Illinois Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Standards