Ohio Welcome - Teaching Strategies

Welcome, Ohio Educators!

Congratulations on receiving your new Teaching Strategies curriculum, assessment, and professional development. Get started by following these steps, plus explore additional resources to elevate your program experience.

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Create Your Digital Account

You’ll need a digital account to unlock the full benefits of your digital resources.

Open the email from [email protected] that includes your login information. (Don’t see it? Check your SPAM folder.)
Login to the smartteach.com portal. Bookmark the page for future use!
Watch these videos to learn how to add users, create classes and child records, and assign licenses.

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Unbox Your Print Curriculum

The Creative Curriculum^® for Preschool
See what’s included in The Creative Curriculum for Preschool in this unboxing video.

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The Creative Curriculum^® for Infants, Toddlers, and Twos
See what’s included in The Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers, and Twos

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Start Your Onboarding and PD

You have 8 weeks of onboarding support (TAP) included for you and every educator on your team to help everyone successfully implement The Creative Curriculum^® and GOLD^®.

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Need help now? Let our experts walk you through it.

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Download Teacher Apps

There are 2 apps that will empower teachers to use both their digital curriculum and assessment. Simply, go to the App store and search for

Purchase Additional Curriculum Kits

Provide a print curriculum kit to each classroom in your program.

The Creative Curriculum^®
for Infants

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The Creative Curriculum^®
for Toddlers

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The Creative Curriculum^®
for Infants, Toddlers, and Twos

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The Creative Curriculum^®
for Preschool

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The Creative Curriculum^®
for Pre-K

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Explore Ohio Approved Professional Development

Meet Ohio professional development standards for SUTQ (Step Up To Quality) with approved on-demand and in-program professional development that is included with your Professional Development Teacher Membership. The Ohio approved courses:

fulfill the yearly 10-hour training requirement, and
include content covering the 8 training topics of: Behavior/ Classroom Management, Critical Conversations, Curriculum and Assessment, Developmental Milestones, Family Engagement, Inclusion, Trauma, and Science of Reading.*

Explore Ohio Approved On-Demand Courses (Coming soon)

Explore Ohio Approved In-Program Courses (Coming soon)

Get 1:1 Support

Schedule a Zoom with a dedicated coach.

Talk to an Expert

Join Office Hours

Talk to a product expert to answer any questions.

Elevate Your Experience

Talk to a rep today to explore our other curriculum options and add family engagement resources, social–emotional curriculum, and classroom materials that complement your new solution.

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Ecosystem Curriculum Family Engagement Classroom Materials Professional Development Literacy Screener

Build a foundation for reading success with exciting science of reading-based lessons that are easy to use alongside any preschool curriculum.

Explore the Curriculum

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Better serve and engage all families with a research-based framework and video modeling to extend and reinforce learning.

Develop Family Partnerships

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Help preschool children make healthy decisions, resolve conflicts, manage their feelings, and build positive relationships with our evidence-based social-emotional curriculum.

Explore the Curriculum

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Provide all the right materials with one kit. Ensure each preschool classroom has the resources teachers need to guide daily learning experiences and spur investigation.

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We believe that programs are most successful when they implement curriculum and assessment with fidelity.

Explore Coaching

Build teacher confidence and improve child outcomes through expert-led, in-person or virtual training tailored to your program’s goals.

Explore Sessions

Identify children who may be at risk for dyslexia and other reading difficulties with our groundbreaking universal literacy screener.

Explore the Literacy Screener

Build a foundation for reading success with exciting science of reading-based lessons that are easy to use alongside any preschool curriculum.

Explore the Curriculum

Better serve and engage all families with a research-based framework and video modeling to extend and reinforce learning.

Develop Family Partnerships

Help preschool children make healthy decisions, resolve conflicts, manage their feelings, and build positive relationships with our evidence-based social-emotional curriculum.

Explore the Curriculum

Provide all the right materials with one kit. Ensure each preschool classroom has the resources teachers need to guide daily learning experiences and spur investigation.

Learn More

We believe that programs are most successful when they implement curriculum and assessment with fidelity.

Explore Coaching

Build teacher confidence and improve child outcomes through expert-led, in-person or virtual training tailored to your program’s goals.

Explore Sessions

Identify children who may be at risk for dyslexia and other reading difficulties with our groundbreaking universal literacy screener.

Explore the Literacy Screener

*Please note at this time, as of April 7, 2025, only Science of Reading OA training offered through the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (ODEW) is being designated as meeting the Science of Reading topic area. DCY is working with the ODEW literacy team to develop review criteria for training submitted for OA approval on this topic area soon.