Sesame Street Growing Together Evaluation
- Conditions
- Family Engagement
- Interventions
- Other: Growing Together
- Registration Number
- NCT04631328
- Lead Sponsor
- Public Health Management Corporation
- Brief Summary
This study aims to evaluate the appeal and effectiveness of Sesame Workshop's Growing Together online professional development course.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 620
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
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
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention Growing Together Growing Together program
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale Up to 12 weeks Teachers' self-efficacy in three areas: student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management.
Family Involvement Questionnaire (FIQ) Up to 12 weeks Multi-dimensional parent-report scale of family involvement in early childhood education, reflecting levels of involvement of parent activity across home and classroom contexts.
Activities with Your Child Up to 12 weeks 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.
Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality (FTPRQ) Up to 12 weeks Self-report measure (teachers and parents) of the quality of family and teacher relationships.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Devereux Early Childhood Assessment for Preschoolers, Second Edition (DECA-P2) Up to 12 weeks 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.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
PHMC
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States