News | Torsh Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:23:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 TORSH Partners With Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida to Streamline Coaching & Enhance Early Education https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/torsh-and-elcnwf-streamline-coaching-enhance-early-ed/ https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/torsh-and-elcnwf-streamline-coaching-enhance-early-ed/#respond Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:37:17 +0000 https://www.torsh.co/?p=6483 TORSH Talent operationalizes early learning coaching processes, empowering educators to improve practice and drive positive outcomes for children and families.…

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TORSH Talent operationalizes early learning coaching processes, empowering educators to improve practice and drive positive outcomes for children and families.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES, August 5, 2024 — TORSH, Inc., a leading educational technology provider, is thrilled to announce a new collaboration with the Early Learning Center of Northwest Florida (ELCNWF). Through this partnership, ELCNWF will streamline their coaching processes in child care centers, focusing the mentor-mentee relationship on effective classroom strategies, access to resources, and quick and effective information sharing. By investing in improving this process, the coalition moves closer to achieving its vision to ensure all children receive world-class early education preparing them for kindergarten.  

ELCNWF selected TORSH Talent, an innovative professional development and coaching platform for early learning professionals, in order to improve the efficiency and impact of their early learning educator coaching process. 

TORSH Talent has initiatives specifically targeting early learning through their technology solutions, aiming to improve educational outcomes for young children and can be particularly beneficial for early learning environments in several ways:

  1. Observation and Feedback: Early childhood educators can record their interactions with children and receive feedback from ELCNWF mentors and coaches. This helps in refining teaching strategies to better support the developmental needs of young children.
  2. Professional Development: The platform provides access to professional development resources tailored for early childhood educators. This includes training modules, best practices, and instructional strategies that are essential for fostering a high-quality early learning environment.
  3. Collaboration: TORSH Talent facilitates collaboration among early learning educators. Teachers can share videos and resources with their peers, participate in discussions, and learn from each other’s experiences.
  4. Documentation and Assessment: The platform allows early learning educators to document and assess children’s progress over time. This can be particularly useful for early childhood education where continuous observation and assessment are crucial for understanding and supporting each child’s development.
  5. Parental Involvement: Torsh’s solutions can also enhance parental involvement by sharing selected classroom videos and progress reports with parents, helping them stay informed about their child’s learning journey.

“The ELCNWF offers coaching to early learning educators which is a key element of high-quality professional development,” said Suzan Gage, Executive Director of ELCNWF. “By streamlining our internal processes, our coaches are able to shift their collective focus to in-class instruction, which helps to positively impact child outcomes.”  

Courtney Williams, Founder & CEO of TORSH, expressed, “Our team is honored to serve such an important mission in partnership with the Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida. Modern technology and data analysis offers so much potential to improve children’s lives, by improving the quality and impact of the educators who serve them.”

By using TORSH’s technology, early learning centers and educators can create a more effective and collaborative environment, ultimately improving the quality of early childhood education.

About TORSH, Inc.
TORSH, a New Orleans-based education technology company, is dedicated to improving childhood outcomes by increasing educator instructional effectiveness. TORSH Talent, an online coaching and professional learning platform, enables organizations to support educator growth through the entire development cycle of observation, assessment, goal setting, feedback, and coaching. Learn more by visiting torsh.co.

About the Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida
The Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida are the behind-the-scenes team ensuring young children in Northwest Florida have access to affordable, high-quality early learning experiences. We envision a Northwest Florida where all children receive world-class early education and care, thereby being fully prepared to learn upon entering kindergarten. We offer a variety of programs and supports, including Voluntary PreKindergarten (VPK), Mental Health Services, Child Development Screenings, and more. Learn more by visiting elcnwf.org.

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The Early Learning Coalition of Pasco & Hernando Counties Selects TORSH to Enhance Early Childhood Coaching Initiatives https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/the-early-learning-coalition-of-pasco-hernando-counties-selects-torsh-to-enhance-early-childhood-coaching-initiatives/ https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/the-early-learning-coalition-of-pasco-hernando-counties-selects-torsh-to-enhance-early-childhood-coaching-initiatives/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:36:03 +0000 https://www.torsh.co/?p=6435 TORSH Talent will streamline ELCPH coaching processes, advance teaching practices, and improve early childhood outcomes for thousands of children and…

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TORSH Talent will streamline ELCPH coaching processes, advance teaching practices, and improve early childhood outcomes for thousands of children and families.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES, June 13, 2024 — TORSH, Inc., a leading educational technology provider, is thrilled to announce its new strategic partnership with the Early Learning Coalition of Pasco and Hernando Counties, Inc. (ELCPH) to enhance the organization’s coaching initiatives. Through this collaboration, ELCPH will streamline coaching and professional development for the region’s early learning professionals, driving high-quality education to enable young children and their families to thrive.

ELCPH selected TORSH Talent, an innovative online learning platform, to standardize their coaching processes and deepen the impact of coaching activities on teacher effectiveness. The platform offers an extensive suite of professional learning tools for individual coaching, mentoring, observation, feedback, and collaborative learning. Features such as the exemplar library, video recording functionality, rubrics, and more will empower ELC coaches to seamlessly share exemplary resources with educators, continuously monitor teachers’ progress toward their professional learning goals, and streamline coaching processes using standardized CLASS rubrics.

“Early education programs benefit from a streamlined process that generates clear data on coaching effectiveness for continuous improvement,” said Courtney Williams, Founder & CEO of TORSH. “TORSH Talent will aid ELCPH in achieving this synchronicity for their staff.”

Over time, early learning teachers supported by ELCPH will use TORSH Talent to submit videos of teaching practices for coaches to review, who will then share time-stamped, evidence-based feedback on opportunities for improvement. ELCPH also plans to leverage the platform to facilitate direct communication with early learning site directors and providers, providing them with additional, valuable resources to support their staff and improve teaching effectiveness.

“Using TORSH Talent will improve the quality and impact of both in-person and hybrid coaching,” shared Steve Knobl, Ph.D., Executive Director of ELCPH. “It’s all about supporting teachers not only with targeted feedback but also with following through on clear and actionable next steps from their coaching conversations to advance instructional practices.”

Together with TORSH, ELCPH looks forward to deepening the benefits of their coaching for educators, standardizing coaching processes, and ultimately driving positive outcomes for the thousands of young children and families they serve.

About TORSH, Inc.
TORSH, a New Orleans-based education technology company, is dedicated to improving childhood outcomes by increasing educator instructional effectiveness. TORSH Talent, an online coaching and professional learning platform, enables organizations to support educator growth through the entire development cycle of observation, assessment, goal setting, feedback, and coaching. Learn more by visiting torsh.co.

About the Early Learning Coalition of Pasco and Hernando Counties
The Early Learning Coalition of Pasco and Hernando Counties, Inc. is a 501c3 organization and one of 30 Early Learning Coalitions in Florida. Florida’s Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) program is for all children who are four years old on or before September 1. School Readiness provides subsidized childcare for low-to-moderate-income working families. The nonprofit serves over 10,000 children between infancy and twelve years old, working with over 300 childcare providers in both counties. Learn more by visiting elcph.org.

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TORSH Inc. Partners with Launch Network to Connect Educators to Coaches and Resources for Improved Learning and Wellbeing https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/torsh-inc-partners-with-launch-network/ https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/torsh-inc-partners-with-launch-network/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 17:24:16 +0000 https://www.torsh.co/?p=6411 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES, June 4, 2024 —TORSH, Inc., a leading educational technology provider, is honored to announce its…

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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES, June 4, 2024 —TORSH, Inc., a leading educational technology provider, is honored to announce its strategic partnership with the Launch Network. Through this partnership, the Launch Network will improve learning outcomes across the Rocky Mountain region by increasing unity, wellbeing, and academic success for students, families, and educators.

The Launch Network offers educators crucial resources to aid them in better serving their students and partnering with their families. Among these resources are coaches who serve kids, families, and teachers across multiple school sites and districts in Colorado. To facilitate greater collaboration and quality coaching among these sites, the Launch Network selected the innovative TORSH Talent platform, a secure web-based solution with a mobile application.

Justin Darnell, Co-Founder and Chief Navigator of the Launch Network, shared, “It’s time for better, and we are excited to partner with TORSH in creating a social network for kids, families, and teachers where they can share practice, learn together, and co-create better outcomes for everyone.”

TORSH Talent is well-positioned to support the Launch Network in nurturing personal and professional development by opening doors across learning environments. With the Communities feature, teachers and families can connect to share insights about their approaches and swap resources that further student growth. Time-stamped video feedback, a comprehensive resource library, and the ability to build Learning Paths tailored to each person’s needs for professional learning also set up Launch coaches for successful, individualized mentorship with each student, family, and teacher they serve.

“TORSH is beyond excited to collaborate with the Launch Network as their team innovates on ways to up-level collaboration and drive positive learning outcomes for all students, families, and educators through high-impact coaching,” said Courtney Williams, Founder and CEO of TORSH.

The Launch Network will roll out TORSH Talent across all currently supported locations and extend the social network service to as many K-12 classrooms as possible in the Rocky Mountain region. Through in-person and virtual coaching, as well as centralized teacher collaboration, Launch looks forward to promoting every child’s success and every family’s opportunity to thrive. Learn more by visiting launchnetwork.org.

About TORSH, Inc.
TORSH, a New Orleans-based education technology company, is dedicated to improving childhood outcomes by increasing educator instructional effectiveness. TORSH Talent, an online coaching and professional learning platform, enables organizations to support educator growth through the entire development cycle of observation, assessment, goal setting, feedback, and coaching. Learn more by visiting torsh.co.

About Launch Network
At Launch Network, we believe learning is beautiful. We believe every kid, every parent, every teacher, and every community member has unlimited capacity to launch their potential and realize transformational learning, together. That’s why Launch provides its partner educators with coaches for both teaching staff and families to guide greater collaboration and co-creation, leading to greater student and educator success, wellbeing, and unity. Learn more by visiting launchnetwork.org.

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TORSH Talent Streamlines Critical Research Project on Innovative Framework for Early Intervention Providers https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/torsh-talent-streamlines-critical-research-project-on-innovative-framework-for-early-intervention-providers/ https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/torsh-talent-streamlines-critical-research-project-on-innovative-framework-for-early-intervention-providers/#respond Fri, 17 May 2024 16:36:34 +0000 https://www.torsh.co/?p=6388 Innovative Platform Enables Research on Early Intervention for Children with Autism, Streamlining Collaboration and Data Collection NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, UNITED…

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Innovative Platform Enables Research on Early Intervention for Children with Autism, Streamlining Collaboration and Data Collection

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES, May 17, 2024 — TORSH is excited to announce its strategic collaboration with Indiana University’s Special Education program. Their partnership will implement a five-year research project investigating a framework of systematic support to early intervention providers who serve families of toddlers with autism and its effects on provider, parent, and toddler outcomes.

The research team behind this project selected TORSH Talent, a HIPAA-secure web-based platform with a mobile app, to centralize collaboration between the university’s team of intervention consultants and study participants, made up of early intervention providers selected from across multiple states. Kathryn Horn, Intervention Coordinator with Building Interactive Social Communication (BISC) at Indiana University, said, “Using TORSH Talent will make participation in this research project seamless and easy for all participants, storing and transmitting our data to allow for analysis of BISC’s impact on provider, parent, and child learning.”

TORSH’s innovative platform is a useful resource that enables providers to collaborate with the research team. The free mobile app and video recording features allow providers to capture parent-child interactions remotely by seamlessly uploading data and video clips into the platform. The app stores curated resource collections for providers’ easy access to needed tools for weekly sessions with families and allows them to submit self-reflection notes. Secure user permission management maintains the integrity of the study, protecting the “double-blind” nature of data collection and analysis.

“TORSH embraces this unique opportunity to enable critical research on ways to empower the early interventionists who provide essential early intervention services to children with specific developmental needs,” said Courtney Williams, Founder and CEO of TORSH.

About TORSH, Inc.
TORSH, a New Orleans-based education technology company, is dedicated to improving childhood outcomes by increasing educator instructional effectiveness. TORSH Talent, an online coaching and professional learning platform, enables organizations to support educator growth through the entire development cycle of observation, assessment, goal setting, feedback, and coaching. Learn more by visiting torsh.co.

About Indiana University Graduate School of Education, Special Education
Indiana University’s Special Education program prepares teachers and researchers to work with all kinds of learners. The faculty and staff of the School of Education embrace an ambitious mission “to improve teaching, learning, and human development in a global, diverse, rapidly changing, and increasingly technological society.” Through fieldwork, collaborative coursework, and research experiences, students gain knowledge and confidence to pursue educational careers. More information is available by visiting education.indiana.edu and the PI’s faculty profile.

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Arkansas Department of Health Expands its Offering of Early Intervention Technical Assistance with TORSH’s Innovative Platform https://www.torsh.co/success-stories/arkansas-expands-early-intervention-technical-assistance-torshs-innovative-platform/ https://www.torsh.co/success-stories/arkansas-expands-early-intervention-technical-assistance-torshs-innovative-platform/#respond Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:01:26 +0000 https://www.torsh.co/?p=6345 Background First Connections is a Little Rock-based agency within the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), Division of Elementary and Secondary…

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Background

First Connections is a Little Rock-based agency within the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Office of Special Education (OSE) that provides early intervention support and services to parents and other caregivers of program-eligible children from birth to three years old. First Connections also provides technical assistance to early intervention professionals to meet program certification requirements, offers ongoing professional development, and supports providers in applying evidence-based practices in their work with families.

First Connections employs only two full-time technical assistance and training professionals to support a diverse group of early intervention professionals spread across the state. With such a small team and such a big mission, First Connections needed a better way to provide certification training, ongoing professional development, and technical assistance beyond in-person training workshops. The program also needed more effective ways to track completion and collect data on the effectiveness of their technical assistance and training. Last, early interventionists working toward certification needed more flexibility in when and how they accessed training while they managed full caseloads.

These challenges led First Connections to search for a comprehensive online platform to help them manage and deliver technical assistance. In particular, First Connections wanted a solution to enable early intervention professionals to navigate certification requirements at their own pace. They also wanted an intuitive, simple-to-navigate platform to accommodate different technological abilities.

The goal: Ensure that all early intervention professionals, regardless of their location or schedule, have equitable access to essential resources and support opportunities.

The Solution 

First Connections was excited to discover TORSH Talent, a HIPAA-secure online platform that streamlines technical assistance and certification processes for staff in early intervention programs. With TORSH’s extensive expertise in supporting early intervention and care programs, First Connections found an ally to help them meet their goals and overcome obstacles.

Using TORSH Talent’s advanced suite of tools, First Connections has successfully launched a robust, accessible online environment for practitioners to tap into technical assistance services that support their practices. First Connections immediately began using TORSH Talent to:

  • Offer on-demand, asynchronous courses
  • Track completion of certification requirements
  • Offer a variety of on-demand technical assistance modules to support in-service development of
    practitioner’s knowledge, abilities, and skills
  • Offer Learning Paths tailored to the core competencies needed for specific roles

Core Competencies For Early Interventionists:

  • Teaching families their IDEA rights in the context of the Part C Program process;
  • Completing the Child Outcomes Summary (COS) rating as a team with the family using the state-approved tool
  • Determining Part C Program Eligibility as a team with the family
  • Developing a family-centered Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) around typical routines, child and family interests, and family priorities and concerns
  • Selecting the Part C service necessary to reach the goals and objectives on the IFSP

Core Competencies For Therapists:

  • Evaluation practices and sharing results of evaluations in the evaluation report within Part C Program guidelines and timelines
  • Providing IFSP services within typical child and family activities to meet Natural Environment requirements
  • Documenting Home and Community Visits (service sessions) in ways that describe the parent or caregiver participation

With its expanded reporting on practitioner engagement with content, TORSH Talent also enables First Connections to assess the effectiveness of their courses and course content in ways that the program was unable to do previously with in-person workshops or even in live webinars.


“The TORSH system provides an online platform to coordinate a variety of technical assistance activities and offer content and ongoing certification training courses to meet the needs of home visitors around their schedules.”

Tracy Turner
Part C Coordinator
The Arkansas Department of Education, Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Special Education

Initial Successes

With the comprehensive technical assistance and certification platform now fully operational within TORSH Talent, early intervention professionals are successfully engaging in coursework that historically had limited offerings. The result is that the statewide network of early intervention professionals are obtaining certification credentials in a timely manner with minimal support. And so far, feedback from in-the-field professionals about the experience has been positive.

First Connections is seeing significant improvements to both engagement and satisfaction levels among early intervention professionals, who appreciate the flexibility offered by TORSH Talent to access technical assistance on their schedules and supportive content specific to their needs. The collaboration between First Connections and TORSH has also yielded improved data collection, collaboration, and communication among stakeholders through the use of reporting tools.

As their partnership with TORSH progresses, First Connections anticipates a notable improvement in the effectiveness of their technical assistance offerings. Ultimately, bettering this support will also strengthen the practices that early intervention professionals leverage to serve families and children across the state.

What’s Next

The next step for First Connections is to work with TORSH to develop internal reports that group leaders can use to track their Provider Program staff’s completion of certification and annual professional development hours to further engage users. Additionally, First Connections plans to leverage TORSH Talent’s data collection capabilities to enhance the fidelity of technical assistance implementation and ongoing quality improvement. The program anticipates additional growth for practitioners and transformational practice improvements across the state through this collaboration.

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Arkansas’ First Connections and TORSH Catalyze Statewide Early Interventionist Certification and Technical Assistance https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/arkansas-first-connections-and-torsh-catalyze-statewide-early-interventionist-certification-and-technical-assistance/ https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/arkansas-first-connections-and-torsh-catalyze-statewide-early-interventionist-certification-and-technical-assistance/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:39:11 +0000 https://www.torsh.co/?p=6327 New Orleans, LA, April 1, 2024 — TORSH, Inc. welcomes its new strategic partnership with Arkansas’ early intervention program, First Connections,…

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New Orleans, LA, April 1, 2024 — TORSH, Inc. welcomes its new strategic partnership with Arkansas’ early intervention program, First Connections, to operationalize certification and technical assistance for early interventionists across the state who serve families of children aged birth to three. This collaboration will catalyze crucial processes to ensure that early intervention professionals have the knowledge, abilities, and skills identified in the program’s “core competencies” to provide high-quality early intervention to parents of children with disabilities across Arkansas.

First Connections sought an innovative solution after navigating numerous challenges with providing technical assistance, certification training, and ongoing professional development to a statewide network of home-visiting therapists and therapy assistants, service coordinators, and staff. The small administrative team struggled to provide these offerings at the times and frequency necessary to meet the needs of busy early interventionists. After a thorough search, First Connections selected TORSH’s robust Talent platform, a secure web-based solution with a mobile application, as the perfect solution for their statewide network. Early interventionists can complete self-paced, ongoing professional development and required certification modules designed by First Connections in palatable chunks.

Tracy Turner, Arkansas’ Part C Coordinator, shared, “We are excited to partner with TORSH and design technical assistance and certification processes that are both accessible for early interventionists to manage alongside their caseloads and easy to implement for our lean team.”

TORSH Talent facilitates anytime, anywhere support and certification programs. Features to nurture ongoing technical assistance ensure that both seasoned professionals and new hires have the support they need at times and places that work for them. With over 40,000 users across 35 states, TORSH Talent has been recognized for its ease of use, robust features, and technological innovations.

“First Connections has already made a huge difference in standardizing certification training and ongoing professional development by investing in effective technical assistance and certification processes for their interventionists,” said Courtney Williams, Founder and CEO and Founder of TORSH. “We are honored to help support their mission of ensuring a well-trained workforce.”

Using TORSH Talent, First Connections looks forward to creating additional growth opportunities for early interventionists by expanding technical assistance and ongoing professional development course offerings to include modules on trauma-informed services and supports developed by Dr. Sufna John of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and her team. By cultivating evidence-based practices and skills in early intervention providers, First Connections builds pathways of success for all families of young children with disabilities throughout Arkansas to thrive.

About TORSH, Inc.
TORSH, a New Orleans-based education technology company, is dedicated to improving childhood outcomes by increasing educator instructional effectiveness. TORSH Talent, an online coaching and support platform, enables organizations to support educator growth through the entire cycle of technical assistance, from observation and assessment to feedback and coaching. Learn more by visiting torsh.co.

About First Connections
First Connections is a federally funded program for families with children under age three who have a developmental delay or disability. First Connections collaborates with families to facilitate the child’s active participation in family and community activities. When early intervention is needed, the earlier it is provided, the better the outcome for the child and family. Supports provided under First Connections are aligned with each family’s unique situation, culture, language, resources, and priorities. Learn more by visiting firstconnectionsar.org.

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TORSH Inc. and Teaching Lab Partner to Improve Student Outcomes Through Teacher-Led Learning Communities https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/torsh-teaching-lab-partner-to-improve-student-outcomes/ https://www.torsh.co/press-releases/torsh-teaching-lab-partner-to-improve-student-outcomes/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:41:33 +0000 https://www.torsh.co/?p=6309 New Orleans, LA, March 18, 2024 — TORSH, Inc., a leading educational technology provider, proudly announces its new strategic partnership with…

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New Orleans, LA, March 18, 2024 — TORSH, Inc., a leading educational technology provider, proudly announces its new strategic partnership with Teaching Lab, a nonprofit shifting the paradigm of teacher professional learning. Through their collaboration, these organizations will improve student learning outcomes by cultivating shared learning and continuous improvement both within Teaching Lab and with potential partners. 

Teaching Lab aims to increase student achievement by building systems of support for high-quality teaching practices through hybrid and virtual coaching and educator training, each designed with careful attention to crafting teacher-led learning communities. Through the innovative TORSH Talent platform, coaches will support partner school districts across the country to observe teaching practices for improvement, mentor aspiring teacher leaders, and facilitate cross-district collaborations for shared learning. 

With their expertise and background in professional learning and coaching, TORSH is a partner well-positioned to help Teaching Lab ensure the success of these support systems for educators. “By using TORSH Talent across our organization and partners, Teaching Lab will merge the best research on teacher coaching with modern tools for collaborating, innovating, and improving teaching practices,” said Dr. Sarah Johnson, CEO of Teaching Lab.

TORSH Talent is a secure web-based solution with a mobile application, built to seamlessly support the implementation of those elements of professional learning that research shows lead to improved student outcomes. Through features like time-stamped feedback on coaching videos, in-platform video conferencing, goal setting and tracking, discussion forums, and a resource and exemplar library, TORSH Talent offers a robust toolkit for Teaching Lab to drive its mission forward. 

“TORSH looks forward to partnering with Teaching Lab on this vital effort to improve teaching practices for the benefit of all students,” said Courtney Williams, Founder and CEO of TORSH.

Together, Teaching Lab and TORSH will create a model for future district and school partners to successfully implement teacher-led continuous improvement through virtual and hybrid coaching and training. 

For more information about TORSH, visit torsh.co.

About TORSH, Inc.

TORSH, a New Orleans-based education technology company, is dedicated to improving childhood outcomes by increasing educator instructional effectiveness. TORSH Talent, an online coaching and professional learning platform, enables organizations to support educator growth through the entire development cycle of observation, assessment, goal setting, feedback, and coaching. Learn more by visiting torsh.co.

About Teaching Lab

Teaching Lab is a nonprofit organization with a mission to fundamentally shift the paradigm of teacher professional learning for educational equity. We envision a teaching profession where educators own and drive a culture of learning and continuous improvement in their instructional practice, dramatically improving equitable student outcomes. Our approach is based on rigorous research, which we summarize as “Head, Heart, and Habits”, with educational equity as the end goal. 

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Ochsner’s Michael R. Boh Center for Child Development Turns to Torsh to Improve Services for Children and Enhance Engagement Between Clinicians, Patients & Parent https://www.torsh.co/article/ochsner-boh-center-for-child-development-services/ Thu, 25 Mar 2021 19:00:12 +0000 https://www.torsh.co/?p=3383 Torsh is pleased to announce its partnership with Ochsner’s Michael R. Boh Center for Child Development to provide its HIPAA-secure…

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Torsh is pleased to announce its partnership with Ochsner’s Michael R. Boh Center for Child Development to provide its HIPAA-secure platform used by physicians, clinicians, and parents that allows for observation, collaboration, and support. 

The TORSH Talent platform will initially be used at the Boh Center’s Feeding Therapy Clinic as well as with participants of their Developmental Assessment program. The clinic works with children who have trouble eating due to pickiness, G-tube dependencies, endangerment, or other factors. At the Feeding Therapy Clinic, specialists work to minimize the challenges that accompany clinic feedings, which often involves observations by many different physicians and/or clinicians. These observations are captured on video and shared with the many members of each patient’s treatment team. Patients who cannot physically visit the Center, are assessed and treated through a program called Developmental Assessments, via video. Through this process, parents/guardians provide videos, usually around five, for clinicians and physicians to observe, assess, treat and support the patient and families

TORSH Talent’s HIPAA-compliant offering provides both programs with a secure, easy-to-use platform for video engagements and observations to take place. The results of this more efficient process are time saved by providers, expanding their capacity to work with more patients, while enhancing their interaction with parents through specific evidence-based feedback. 

The Boh Center is already looking to future opportunities to utilize other features of the Torsh platform by digitizing evaluation forms, creating a resource center for providers and parents, as well as expanding access to other clinics and programs. 

Ochsner has a reputation for leveraging cutting-edge technology to the benefit of its patients. We at Torsh are honored to work with this team of innovators in support of their continued quest for improved patient engagement, process improvements, and a commitment to patient data security.   

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About Torsh

Founded in 2012, Torsh began as a video collaboration tool that has since evolved into a full-service platform used by educators, providers, families, and specialists to improve outcomes and services for children and students nationwide. The platform allows for facilitation via both in-person and video observations by empowering users to easily and conveniently self-assess and reflect on practice and behaviors, receive meaningful standards-aligned coaching, richly collaborate with mentors and peers, quickly access exemplar video and file examples, and measure critical evidence-based data insights. TORSH Talent also seamlessly integrates with third-party platforms like zoom, Canvas, and Salesforce. TORSH Talent is HIPAA- and FERPA-compliant and serves tens of thousands of users in over 2,000 centers, schools, universities, and organizations in the United States. For more information, visit https://torsh.co

About The Michael R. Boh Center for Child Development

The Michael R. Boh Center for Child Development is dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents with developmental disorders through comprehensive interdisciplinary team evaluations, integrated treatment protocols, high-quality evidence-based patient care, the direction of special education services, and professional education and research. For more information, please visit https://www.ochsner.org/boh

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Don’t Get Lost! Your Guide to Navigating Changes to Talent HS.

(Bookmark This Blog Post!)

We certainly hope your summer has been all that you’ve imagined. Fourth of July is right around the corner! Woo-hoo! As previously discussed, the TORSH team has been hard at work updating our current platform to bring you the best user experience possible. While we understand that change can be a great thing, it can also be difficult to transition to something new, so we’ve included 4 things that will ease your transition to our redesigned platform.

Let’s take a look!


1. Quick Tips – Available Now!

Have questions about the redesign? Check out some FAQs about Coaching Corner & our New Features Here. We are doing what we can to eliminate some of the stress that comes along new updates. Throughout the course of this rollout we will provide you with helpful documents and videos to assist with the transition. Wondering how you can preserve your current Workflow? Watch these videos that illustrate our most common workflows – how they work now, and how they will work in the redesigned platform.

1. Collaborating on a Group of ArtifactsOld | New

2. Giving Summative Feedback on a Group of ArtifactsOld | New

3. Performing an ObservationOld | New


2. Webinars – Coming in August/September

In an effort to become more hands-on with you all, we will be hosting an informative Webinar Series in the near future. This series of Webinars will dive into the platform on a much deeper level and give you the ins and outs to some of our most common used functions! Take a look at our upcoming schedule. 

TORSH Talent HS Redesign 101: What’s Changed? In this webinar we’ll take a look into the new TORSH Talent HS platform and lay out the differences in what you may be used to versus the current version.

Take a Deep Dive into Coaching Corner Imagine GREAT becoming better? Well that’s essentially what has taken place and we are eager to inform you all about it in the second installment of our webinar series!

Observe & Reflect: Transforming the Feedback Process We close out our informative webinar series by giving you an in-depth look at how we’ve attempted to make receiving feedback much easier.


3. A Newly Redesigned Help Center

Coming in August, our Help Center will contain all new PDF’s, FAQs, & Help Videos pertaining to the TORSH Talent HS platform. Our goal is to get you back to what you love doing; Educating. By providing these documents we are trying to shorten the time needed to grasp all of the platform’s new features.


4. Pre-Recorded Training Videos

We will now provide access to tutorials of the TORSH Talent HS platform 24/7. Role-specific videos will allow Teachers, Coaches, & Admins to learn specific tasks at their own pace and feature-specific videos will take an in-depth look at different aspects of the TORSH Talent HS platform.

 

We are excited about the new improvements to the TORSH Talent HS platform, and we look forward to helping you get the most out of what TORSH Talent HS can offer!

— TORSH Talent HS Team 

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Don’t Get Lost! Your Guide to Navigating Changes to Talent.

(Bookmark This Blog Post!)

We certainly hope your summer has been all that you’ve imagined. Fourth of July is right around the corner! Woo-hoo! As previously discussed, the TORSH team has been hard at work updating our current platform to bring you the best user experience possible. While we understand that change can be a great thing, it can also be difficult to transition to something new, so we’ve included 4 things that will ease your transition to our redesigned platform.

Let’s take a look!


1. Quick Tips – Available Now!

Have questions about the redesign? Check out some FAQs about Coaching Corner & our New Features Here. We are doing what we can to eliminate some of the stress that comes along new updates. Throughout the course of this rollout we will provide you with helpful documents and videos to assist with the transition. Wondering how you can preserve your current Workflow? Watch these videos that illustrate our most common workflows – how they work now, and how they will work in the redesigned platform.

1. Collaborating on a Group of ArtifactsOld | New

2. Giving Summative Feedback on a Group of ArtifactsOld | New

3. Performing an ObservationOld | New


2. Webinars – Coming in August/September

In an effort to become more hands-on with you all, we will be hosting an informative Webinar Series in the near future. This series of Webinars will dive into the platform on a much deeper level and give you the ins and outs to some of our most common used functions! Take a look at our upcoming schedule. 

TORSH Talent Redesign 101: What’s Changed? In this webinar we’ll take a look into the new TORSH Talent platform and lay out the differences in what you may be used to versus the current version.

Take a Deep Dive into Coaching Corner Imagine GREAT becoming better? Well that’s essentially what has taken place and we are eager to inform you all about it in the second installment of our webinar series!

Observe & Reflect: Transforming the Feedback Process We close out our informative webinar series by giving you an in-depth look at how we’ve attempted to make receiving feedback much easier.


3. A Newly Redesigned Help Center

Coming in August, our Help Center will contain all new PDF’s, FAQs, & Help Videos pertaining to the TORSH Talent platform. Our goal is to get you back to what you love doing; Educating. By providing these documents we are trying to shorten the time needed to grasp all of the platform’s new features.


4. Pre-Recorded Training Videos

We will now provide access to tutorials of the TORSH Talent platform 24/7. Role-specific videos will allow Teachers, Coaches, & Admins to learn specific tasks at their own pace and feature-specific videos will take an in-depth look at different aspects of the TORSH Talent platform.

 

We are excited about the new improvements to the TORSH Talent platform, and we look forward to helping you get the most out of what TORSH Talent can offer!

— TORSH Talent Team 

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