Sesame Street Growing Together Evaluation

Public Health Management Corporation620 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to evaluate the appeal and effectiveness of Sesame Workshop's Growing Together online professional development course.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

620

Conditions

Family Engagement

Interventions

Growing TogetherOTHER

Growing Together is a suite of free, online research-informed professional development modules to help early childhood educators promote deeper family engagement and enrich teacher-parent interactions.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Teachers: * Work in an eligible center with a director who has agreed for the center to participate in the study * Serve as the lead teacher in a classroom with at least 3 four year olds (can be a co-teacher and can teach a mixed age class) * Have access to reliable, high-speed internet * Have an email address that can be shared with researchers * Read English enough to understand course materials and/or surveys * Not have previously accessed the Growing Together course * Be available during the timeframe of the study Parents: * Have a child who is 4 years old or about to be 4 years old during the weeks of the course enrolled in a classroom at least 3 days in a typical week with a teacher interested in participating in the study * Have access to reliable, high-speed internet * Have an email address that can be shared with researchers * Read English enough to understand course materials and/or surveys * Be available during the timeframe of the study Exclusion Criteria: Teachers: * Working in an ineligible center * Working in a center with a director who has not agreed for the center to participate in the study * Not being a lead teacher * Not teaching at least 3 four year olds * Not having access to reliable, high-speed internet * Not willing to share an email address with researchers * Being unable to read English enough to understand course materials and/or surveys * Having previously accessed the Growing Together course * Not being available during the timeframe of the study Parents: * Not having a child who is 4 years old or about to be 4 years old during the weeks of the course * Not having a child enrolled in a classroom at least 3 days in a typical week * Not having a child enrolled in a classroom with a teacher interested in participating in the study * Not having access to reliable, high-speed internet * Not willing to share an email address with researchers * Being unable to read English enough to understand course materials and/or surveys * Not being available during the timeframe of the study

Locations (1)

PHMC

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality (FTPRQ)

Self-report measure (teachers and parents) of the quality of family and teacher relationships.

Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale

Teachers' self-efficacy in three areas: student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management.

Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

Family Involvement Questionnaire (FIQ)

Multi-dimensional parent-report scale of family involvement in early childhood education, reflecting levels of involvement of parent activity across home and classroom contexts.

Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

Activities with Your Child

Parent report of the frequency with which they or someone in their family engaged in a variety of activities with their child; adapted from the Head Start FACES studies parent interviews.

Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Devereux Early Childhood Assessment for Preschoolers, Second Edition (DECA-P2)

Behavior rating scale completed by parents and teachers. Provides an assessment of within-child protective factors related to resilience and a screener for behavioral concerns in children ages 3 through 5.

Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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