How You Can Ensure the Galileo Pre-K System is Reliable with No Extra Spending

Administrators utilizing the Galileo Fidelity Tool can identify areas where support, feedback, and training can further continuous improvement. Check out this brief webinar.

Galileo Pre-K Online provides early childhood educators a complete and fully integrated curriculum, reporting, and assessment system. Galileo Pre-K is patented with a research-based foundation providing developmentally appropriate learning opportunities for children ages birth through 5. For Galileo to positively impact child development, it’s important to maintain a level of fidelity in implementation with ongoing use as intended by ATI research.

The curriculum, reporting, and assessment system effectively promotes children’s learning when implementation is routinely managed and monitored in keeping with its innovative design. To support its fidelity of implementation, ATI created the Galileo Pre-K Online: Assessment and Curriculum Fidelity Tool. Through monitoring efforts and routine collection of observational data, the Galileo’s assessment and curriculum tools can be easily verified for accuracy. 

The Galileo fidelity tool is focused on four primary areas:

1. Monitoring Galileo Use:  •Child Data/Demographics  •Assessment Data  •Curriculum 
2. Physical Environment:  •Signage  •Safety  •Physical Space  •Diversity
3. Professional Practices: •Professionalism  •Observations/Assessment   •Curriculum Preparation  •Teacher Engagement  •Family Engagement
4. Management and Instruction: •Classroom Management, Schedules & Routines  •Learning Environment  •Use of Interest Centers/Activity Centers  •Instructional Time  •Use of Curriculum  •Individualize Curriculum 

With an easy-to-follow format that includes instructions and sample observations, fidelity verification becomes systematic and straightforward. The administrator utilizing the Galileo Pre-K Online: Assessment and Curriculum Fidelity Tool can confirm accurate implementation and identify areas where support, feedback, and professional development can further continuous improvement.

The tool is located within the Galileo Pre-K Online Help Files and is available to all clients at no additional fee. Click here for a Sample Assessment and Curriculum Fidelity Tool.

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Galileo® Pre-K Online: Assessment and Curriculum Fidelity Tool

Galileo Pre-K Online provides early childhood educators a complete curriculum, fully integrated into an assessment and reporting system that links curriculum, assessment, planning, individualization, and program outcomes. Galileo provides a data-driven, research-based, and standards-aligned approach to providing developmentally appropriate learning opportunities for infants, toddlers, and children ages 3 through 5.

An integrated assessment and curriculum system such as Galileo Pre-K is most effective in promoting children’s learning when implementation is consistent, managed and monitored. Fidelity of implementation occurs when programs use the Galileo Pre-K Online system in the way that ATI designed it to be used. To assist programs in evaluating the fidelity of implementation, ATI has created the Galileo Pre-K Online: Assessment and Curriculum Fidelity Tool. Through monitoring efforts and observational data collected with the Assessment and Curriculum Fidelity Tool, appropriate use of Galileo Pre-K can be verified. The Assessment and Curriculum Fidelity Tool is divided into four focus areas: monitoring Galileo use, the physical classroom environment, professional practices, and management and instruction.  Each focus area is made up of guiding questions to assist the administrator in monitoring implementation and includes a Specific Examples/Notes section for documenting evidence, data sources, and special comments or notes. The administrator utilizing the Assessment and Curriculum Fidelity Tool can identify areas where support, feedback, training and professional development can further continuous improvement.

Learn more about this tool by attending the Assessment and Curriculum Fidelity Tool Learning on Demand Webinar.

Date:  Wednesday, July 12

Time: 1:00-1:30 pm EDT / 10:00-10:30 am MST

To register for the session contact ATI’s Professional Development Department at 1-800-367-4762 or register by clicking the Upcoming Tab.