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Quick step-by-step Troubleshooting on How to Move pictures from phone/tablet to SmartTeach (GOLD) on your laptop

On your phone or tablet (capture + upload to GOLD)

  1. Open the SmartTeach / MyTeachingStrategies (Documentation) app on your phone or tablet. Google Play+1

  2. Tap Add Documentation or Documentation (depending on your app view). teachingstrategies.my.site.com

  3. Choose Upload media → pick Photo Library / Recent Captures / Import from Camera Roll (or take photos directly). Select all the pictures you want to add at once. teachingstrategies.my.site.com+1

  4. After the photos are imported into the app, attach any notes or quick observations if you want (optional).

  5. When ready, tap Upload to GOLD (this button appears after you attach media). That uploads the pictures and their attached documentation to your Teaching Strategies GOLD online account — so the files move off the device and into the online site. teachingstrategies.my.site.com+1

Tip: Upload regularly (daily if possible) so your photos are backed up to GOLD in case a device is lost or replaced. Teaching Strategies

On your laptop (finish documentation, tag children & levels)

  1. Open Teaching Strategies GOLD in a browser and log in to your account.

  2. Go to View Documentation (or the Documentation area) — the photos you uploaded from the app will appear in the online documentation list for the relevant class/children. Teaching Strategies

  3. Click the Action Required tab (or filter) to hide documentation already completed (blue checkmarks) — that leaves items that still need tagging (children, objectives, preliminary level).

  4. Open each remaining documentation item, select the child(ren) who appear, assign objectives/dimensions, and enter preliminary levels as needed. Save each item when finished. Teaching Strategies+1

Important visibility notes (how items show on phone/iPad vs laptop)

  • Items you upload from the phone/tablet app will appear in the GOLD online site and can be finished/edited from the laptop. Teaching Strategies

  • If you create or complete documentation on the laptop, that documentation will not necessarily appear back in the mobile app’s list on the phone/iPad (the app shows documentation captured/uploaded from that mobile device). In other words, the mobile app primarily shows items captured on that device; the full online GOLD site (browser) is the master view. (This matches how the app and online documentation sync; upload from the device pushes to GOLD online.) Teaching Strategies+1

A short checklist you can follow every time

  • Take/select photos on phone/tablet.

  • In SmartTeach app: Add Documentation → Upload media → select all photos you want loaded onto your laptop.

  • Tap Upload to GOLD (wait for upload to complete).

  • On laptop: Log in → View Documentation → Action Required → tag children, objectives, levels → Save.

HeadStart 10/31/25

Head Start Teachers, please be sure that:

1) Manila “Teacher folders” are up to date with proper documents and dates for fire drills.

2) Maroon/Purple Head Start student folders have proper documents in them.  Not all may have an ASQ yet, but if so, it should be signed by the parent and teacher.

3) Home Visit/Large Group document is up to date with Fall conferences and sign-in sheets.

Any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Thank you,

Annette

4K/4KCA 10/31/25

Resources for Implementation 10/31/25
Many resources can help you implement routines with prevention, response, and teaching strategies. Some links provide materials ready to use (e.g., feeling wheel, Tucker the Turtle story), and some provide ideas or examples for how you might develop materials specific to your setting or implement the strategy.

Scripted Stories  (e.g., I Go to Preschool, Our Preschool Rules, Tucker the Turtle, Making a Scripted Story)

Behavior Regulation and Calm-Down Strategies (e.g., Turtle Technique, Take a Deep Breath)

Teaching Emotions (e.g., Feeling Faces, Feeling Wheel)

Teaching Problem Solving

Teaching Friendship Skills (e.g., Greeting Board, Peer Mediated Social Skills, Stay-Play-Talk)

Transition Visuals

Using Visuals to Support Children in the Early Learning Environment

Images for Visuals (e.g., images for routines, expectations, rules, infants and toddlers)

Considerations for Working with Children Who Have Experienced Trauma

Let Lauren know if you’d like to begin a coaching cycle together. Solutions come out of collaboration!

Coach walkthroughs for Pyramid Essentials in 4K/Head Start classrooms and Teaching Strategies Environment fidelity checks began in October.

Pyramid Model News 10/31/25

Preparing for the Pyramid Checklist 

Pyramid Model Training has begun with Self-Paced Online Modules

Module 1 Action Plan Template

ACT 20 Staff News 10/31/25

Cox Campus Training Dates for 25-26: October 17, December 12, February 13, March 13

October’s course was: Transforming Storytime. Thanks for attending and doing the work with us!

Our Product: START 3-Read Strategy with Organizer for Creative Curriculum Texts

Our collaborative product to frequently implement the START 3-Read using our Creative Curriculum is still being built in the link above. Please feel encouraged to add more 3-read plans based on the Science of Reading trainings from Cox Campus.

December 12th’s COURSE is: Connecting the Dots for Dual Language Learners Throughout the Preschool Day 2.5 HRS to be completed in the AM 

December 12th’s Collaboration is at 12:45-3:45 pm in the ESC Boardroom

Teaching Strategies Gold

Support for Assessments