Cognia Observations vs Model Schools Conference

Cognia offers three powerful observation tools in one convenient app. Independent use of the tools help educators gather data to develop classroom insights, drive purposeful conversations between school leaders and teachers, and deliver effective strategies for student success. Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool® (eleot) See the impact of instruction by focusing on your most important stakeholders—your students. The eleot® is a learner-centric classroom observation tool that provides a range of items to measure students’ engagement, collaboration, and dispositions, indicating their responsiveness to the learning environment. Environmental Rating for Early Learning™ (erel) Ensure a brighter future for the next generation by gaining insights on practices and behaviors of both your youngest learners and the adults who influence the early learning environment. The erel™ is a research-based early learning classroom observation tool that examines elements of effective classroom environments essential for fostering the optimal health, safety, and educational development of young children, infant to kindergarten. Teacher Observation Tool Support your teachers and strengthen instructional practices with short, formative observations collecting actionable feedback that improves teaching and learning and helps students thrive. With this proprietary observation tool, administrators can gather and interpret data for focused discussions on teaching practices and build capacity for effective learning environments. Use the Cognia® Observations app to: • Conduct observations online or offline and take notes as you go. • Upload offline observations later when internet access is available. • Receive immediate access to a PDF copy of an observation. • Create and distribute detailed reports of observations from the desktop application. • Create, view, and manage observations at the system level and for associated institutions.

The Model Schools Conference (MSC) app is your place to easily plan out your conference experience, explore session information, network with other participants, and access a wealth of resources. In the app, you can: Dashboard – access video clips, announcements, notifications, featured resources and what’s coming up on the schedule. Schedule – explore the complete conference schedule from multiple views. The entire list of sessions sorted by day, calendar grid or your own personal schedule. Each session has detailed information including associated resources, post and reply to comments and the ability to provide feedback. Networking – explore the presenters and share ideas anytime through session specific discussions, reach out to conference organizers and key contacts directly via chat and messages. Photo Gallery – share photos of your conference experience within the app. Conference Partners – browse sponsors/partners, their contribution to the conference, special promotions and more. Your Profile – access is unique to your information, you can update your photo and information as needed. Session Feedback – give feedback through the built-in survey on each session specifically and the conference overall.