Cognia Observations vs GaDOE Community

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.

GaDOE Community is a virtual collaboration space hosted by GaDOE for education professionals with a vested interest in Georgia education. Keeping student success at the core of our work, the GaDOE Community is a platform connecting GaDOE teams, school and district staff, RESAs, and other partners in Georgia to share important information, discuss ongoing work, and share success stories through meaningful interaction and collaboration. In addition to networking, GaDOE Community provides: - GaDOE Professional Learning Catalog - GaDOE Guidance and Policy Documents - GaDOE Hosted Collaborative Groups - GaDOE Competitive Grants - GaDOE Newsletters Users eligible for membership include: - Georgia public PK-12 employee - GaDOE employee - RESA employee - Other Georgia state agency employee - Georgia higher education faculty member - GaDOE advisory panel member - GaDOE contractor - GaDOE collaborative partner - Georgia private PK-12 employee - Georgia pre-service teacher in a teacher education program. *All registered Community members should be over the age of 18. Requests for user accounts are reviewed daily.