AI/AN FACES 2019 Head Start program director survey

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American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2019 (AI/AN FACES 2019)

Spring 2020

Program Director Survey

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Introduction

SURVEY INFORMATION

Mathematica Policy Research is conducting the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2019 (AI/AN FACES 2019) under contract with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

We need for you to complete this brief survey which asks you about your program and staff as well as your thoughts about program management and your background.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Questions are not always numbered sequentially, so please answer questions in the order they appear, regardless of the question number. Additionally, you may be told to skip some questions because they do not apply to you.

Your participation in the study is voluntary and you may refuse to answer any questions you are not comfortable answering. Your answers will not be shared with other staff in your program, or anybody else not working on this study. Please be assured that all information you provide will be kept private to the extent permitted by law. The information you provide to the study will be protected and will only be seen by selected members of the study team. The survey will take about 20 minutes of your time to complete.

A. Children and Families Served

O1

This first set of questions asks about the children and families your program serves.

How many children are enrolled in your Head Start program? Here, we are referring to “cumulative enrollment” or all children who have been enrolled in the program and have attended at least one class or, for programs with home-based options, received at least one home visit. By Head Start we are referring to preschool Head Start, not Early Head Start.

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CHILDREN ENROLLED

A12i

A12h

Does your program serve any children or families who speak a language other than English at home?
1	Yes
0	No GO TO SECTION AB, PAGE 3

Other than English, what languages are spoken by the children and families who are part of your program?

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

35 Native language(s) – Specify

12 Spanish

21 Other – Specify

AB. NATIVE CULTURE/LANGUAGE IN PROGRAM

These next questions are about use of native culture and language in your program.

Does your program have a cultural/language elder or specialist? By cultural/language elder or specialist we mean someone that you may rely on or consult with in regards to culture or language. Though culture and language are interrelated, sometimes an elder or specialist might only be consulted on one or the other, and not both.
1	Yes
0	No GO TO AB8

AB1

Who is your cultural/language elder or specialist?

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

1 A spiritual leader

2 An influential member of the tribal or cultural community

3 A member of the tribal or cultural community

4 Other – Specify

AB2

AB8

Does your program use a cultural curriculum?
1	Yes
0	No

AB9

Does your program use a locally designed or tribal specific tool to assess children’s Native language development?

1	Yes
0	No

What kind of Native language program(s) does your Head Start program have?

A full immersion classroom is one where only Native language is used for all interactions and activities every day, without English or another language being used.

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

1 Full immersion (all classrooms)

2 Full immersion (some classrooms)

3 Partial immersion (Native language used 50% of the time or greater)

4 Structured language lessons (Basic Language)

5 Teachers use words in the classroom

6 None of these

7 Other – Specify

AB14

STOP

CHECK IN HERE

Please read the instructions below to continue the survey.

If you selected that you use a full or partial immersion program in either all or some classrooms, then go to question AB16 on page 6.

Otherwise, please continue to question AB15 on page 5.

Has your program ever had a full or partial Native language immersion program(s)? A full immersion classroom is one where only Native language is used for all interactions and activities every day, without English or another language being used. A partial immersion classroom is one where Native language is used 50% of the time or greater.
1	Yes, we have offered language immersion program(s) in the past
0	No, we have never offered a language immersion program GO TO AB17, PAGE 6

AB15

AB15a

Why are you no longer using a Native language immersion program?

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

1 No fluent speakers available in the community

2 No fluent speakers with training to teach language

3 Limited support or interest from parents or the community

4 No teachers speak the language

5 Other – Specify

GO TO AB17, PAGE 6

What kind of Native language immersion program(s) do you have?

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

1 Full immersion (only Native language is used for all interactions and activities every day)
GO TO AB17

2 Partial immersion (Native language used 50% of the time or greater)

4 Other – Specify

AB16a

AB16

What percentage of language used in the immersion classroom(s) is in the Native language?

PERCENT

Next, we’d like to know about whether and how your program has used the Making it Work framework.

Are you using or have you used Making it Work in your program?
1	Yes, for some classrooms
2	Yes, for all classrooms
3	No GO TO SECTION E, PAGE 7

AB18

AB17

How has Making it Work been used? MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

1 We developed a new curriculum

2 We developed new activities to add into our existing curriculum

3 We developed new approaches for classroom activity planning

4 We developed new approaches for developing student goals and plans

5 We developed new approaches for monitoring and assessing children’s progress

6 Other – Specify

E. Curriculum and Assessment

E2

The next questions are about curriculum and assessment.

What curriculum/curricula does your program use?

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

11 Creative Curriculum

12 HighScope

14 Let’s Begin with the Letter People

15 Montessori

16 Bank Street

17 Creating Child Centered Classrooms- Step by Step

18 Scholastic Curriculum

19 Locally Designed Curriculum

20 Curiosity Corner

24 Frog Street

28 Opening the World of Learning (OWL) (Pearson)

27 Learn Every Day

26 DLM Early Childhood Express (McGraw-Hill)

21 Other – Specify

E3

If your program uses more than one curriculum, which one is your main curriculum?

MARK ONE ONLY

11 Creative Curriculum

12 HighScope

14 Let’s Begin with the Letter People

15 Montessori

16 Bank Street

17 Creating Child Centered Classrooms- Step by Step

18 Scholastic Curriculum

19 Locally Designed Curriculum

20 Curiosity Corner

24 Frog Street

28 Opening the World of Learning (OWL) (Pearson)

27 Learn Every Day

26 DLM Early Childhood Express (McGraw-Hill)

21 Other – Specify

23 Use each equally

d Don’t know

E9

What is the main child assessment tool that you use?

MARK ONE ONLY

1 Teaching Strategies GOLD Assessment (formerly known as The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum Assessment Toolkit for ages 3-5)

2 HighScope Child Observation Record (COR)

3 Galileo

4 Ages and Stages Questionnaires: A Parent Completed, Child-Monitoring System

5 Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP)

6 Work Sampling System for Head Start

7 Learning Accomplishment Profile Screening (LAP including E-LAP, LAP-R and LAP-D)

8 Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP)

9 Brigance Preschool Screen for three and four year old children

10 Assessment designed for this program

11 Another state developed assessment – Specify

12 Other – Specify

13 Do not use a child assessment tool GO TO SECTION B, PAGE 10

E10

What methods does your program use for these assessments?

MARK ONE ONLY

1 Ratings based on observation or work sampling

2 Testing with standardized tests or assessment or screening instruments

3 Both observation-based ratings and direct assessments

4 Other – Specify

0 Do not assess

B. Staff Education and Training

B2

The next questions are about efforts to promote staff education and training.

B3

Does your program have any efforts in place to help program staff get their Associate’s (A.A.) or Bachelor’s (B.A.) degrees?
1	Yes
0	No
2	Not applicable; all staff required to have at least a B.A

B3f

What is your program doing to help program staff get their A.A. or B.A. degrees?

		MARK ONE FOR EACH ROW
		YES	NO
a.	Providing tuition assistance	1	0
b.	Giving staff release time	1	0
c.	Providing assistance for course books	1	0
d.	Providing A.A. or B.A. courses onsite	1	0
e.	Other – Specify	1	0

Who is eligible for assistance to get their Associate’s or Bachelor’ degrees?

By “lead teacher” we mean the head or primary teacher in the classroom. If teachers are co-teachers count them as lead teachers here.

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

1 Center-based lead teachers

2 Center-based assistant teachers

4 Home visitors

8 Family child care providers

9 Content managers

3 Family service workers

5 Other – Specify

B27r

Of the activities your program offers, which does your Head Start professional development funding directly support?

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

2 Attendance at regional, state, or national early childhood conferences

3 Pay substitutes to allow teachers time to prepare, train, and/or plan

4 Coaching/mentoring

1 Other types of consultants hired to work directly with staff to address a specific issue or concern

5 Workshops/trainings sponsored by the program

6 Workshops/trainings provided by other organizations

7 A community of learners, also called a peer learning group (PLG) or professional learning community (PLC), facilitated by an expert

8 Time during the regular work day to participate in Office of Head Start T/TA webinars

9 Tuition assistance for A.A. or B.A. courses

10 Onsite A.A. or B.A. courses

11 Tuition assistance for courses toward getting a credential

12 Cultural trainings

99 Other – Specify

B27b

How frequently does your program provide support for these kinds of activities?

MARK ONE ONLY

1 These activities are part of the regular operation of the program (e.g. provided weekly or monthly)

2 These activities are supported at least a few times a year

3 These activities are supported once or twice a year

4 These activities are supported occasionally, but not every year

5 These activities are not supported by my program

H. Overview of Program Management

The next questions are about program management.

H7

In the past 12 months, have you participated in the following kinds of professional development?

		MARK ONE FOR EACH ROW
		YES	NO
a.	College or university course(s) related to your role as a manager or leader (for example, a course on leadership, management and administration, human resources, or a course for a specific license, certificate, or other type of credential)	1	0
b.	Visits to other Head Start or early childhood programs to improve your own work as a program director	1	0
c.	A network or community of Head Start and other early childhood program leaders organized by someone outside of your program, for example a professional organization	1	0
d.	A leadership institute offered by Head Start A leadership institute is a type of conference or workshop that provides an opportunity to learn new skills or discuss important issues related to leadership. Sometimes leadership institutes are specifically for staff who have named leadership roles in their centers or programs (like directors or managers), but leadership institutes can also include other types of staff who want to learn about leadership issues.	1	0
e.	A leadership institute offered by an organization other than Head Start	1	0
f.	Trainings related to your role as a manager or leader (for example: NIHSDA Management Training Conference, Native American Child and Family Conference, Head Start governance training, CLASS training)	1	0

GO TO H8 ON PAGE 13 IF YOU ANSWERED YES FOR E AND F ON THIS ITEM; OTHERWISE GO TO SECTION N, PAGE 14

H8

What do you need additional help with to do your job as a program director more effectively? Select the top three.

MARK UP TO THREE (3) BOXES

4 Program improvement planning

5 Budgeting

6 Staffing (hiring)

10 Data-driven decision making

15 Establishing good relationship with OHS program and/or grant specialist

13 Leadership skills (for example, diplomacy skills, coaching skills)

7 Teacher evaluation

8 Evaluation of other program staff

9 Teacher professional development (for example, conducting classroom observations)

1 Educational/curriculum leadership

12 Integrating Native culture and language into the curriculum

3 Creating positive learning environments

2 Child assessment

11 Working with parents, extended family and community caregivers

14 Building relationships with Tribal leadership

16 Working with and partnering in the community

17 Assessing community needs

N. Use of Program Data and Information

The next questions are about the use of program data and information.

Na1

Which of the following data and information is your program collecting?

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

1 Child/family demographics

2 Vision, hearing, developmental, social, emotional, and/or behavioral screenings

3 Child attendance data

4 School readiness goals

5 Family needs

6 Service referrals for families

7 Services received by families

8 Parent/family attendance data

9 Parent/family goals

10 CLASS results or other quality measures

11 Staff/teacher performance evaluations

12 Personnel records

13 Child assessment data

14 Other – Specify

15 None of the above GO TO SECTION O, PAGE 17

Na2

In what ways do you use the data and information being collected?

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

1 To help identify and address professional development needs of staff

2 To assess services being provided

3 To learn whether families are reaching their goals

4 To determine whether we are making progress towards program-wide goals

5 To help identify the needs of the child and family

99 Other – Specify

Na3

N3

Please indicate how much each of the following are barriers to using data and information:

		MARK ONE FOR EACH ROW
		NOT A BARRIER	A LITTLE BARRIER	SOMEWHAT OF A BARRIER	A MAJOR BARRIER
a.	Not enough time to use the data to guide planning	1	2	3	4
b.	Inadequate technology resources to track and analyze data	1	2	3	4
c.	Lack of staff buy-in to value of data	1	2	3	4

N4

Do you use an electronic database to store program data? (Sometimes these databases might be called management information systems or data systems. They might be something set up or managed by an external vendor, or something set up by your own program.)
1	Yes
0	No GO TO N6, PAGE 16

N6

Is your management information system(s) something that your program set up, or is it provided and managed by an external vendor?

MARK ONE ONLY

1 Set up by our own program

2 External vendor

3 Combination

4 Don’t know

N7

Do you have someone on staff responsible for analyzing or summarizing program data so those data can be used to support decision-making or answer research questions? This person might also support other program staff in summarizing and analyzing data.
1	Yes
0	No GO TO SECTION O, PAGE 17

N8

Does this person focus only on data analysis tasks?
1	Yes, this person focuses only on these data analysis tasks
0	No, this person has other responsibilities

Has this person ever received any training or taken a course related to data analysis?
1	Yes
0	No

O. Program Resources

The next questions are about your program’s resources for the current program year.

Many grantees have revenue from sources other than Head Start that allows them to serve additional children and families (that may or may not qualify for Head Start) or to support other initiatives and improvements. The next questions are about these sources of revenue.

O2

Does your program receive any revenues from the following sources other than Head Start to serve children and families (that may or may not qualify for Head Start)?

Please think about all the funding streams that come into your program, even for centers that do not provide Head Start services.

		MARK ONE FOR EACH ROW
		YES	NO	DON’T KNOW
a.	Tuitions and fees paid by parents - including parent fees and additional fees paid by parents or co-pays such as registration fees, transportation fees from parents, late pick up/late payment fees	1	0	d
h.	State or local Pre-K funds from the state or local government	1	0	d
i.	Child care subsidy programs that support care of children from low-income families (through vouchers/certificates or state contracts for specific number of children)	1	0	d
b.	Other funding from state government (e.g. transportation, grants from state agencies)	1	0	d
c.	Other funding from local government (e.g., funding from tribal government, grants from county government)	1	0	d
d.	Federal government other than Head Start (for example, Title I, Child and Adult Care Food Program, WIC)	1	0	d
e.	Revenues from non-government community organizations or other grants (for example, United Way, local charities, or other service organizations)	1	0	d
f.	Revenues from fund raising activities, cash contributions, gifts, bequests, special events	1	0	d
g.	Other – Specify	1	0	d

P. Program Community

The next questions are about the community your program serves.

P1

The next questions are about problems you might see in the community your program serves. How much of a problem is each of the following?

		MARK ONE FOR EACH ROW
		NOT A PROBLEM	SOMEWHAT OF A PROBLEM	BIG PROBLEM
a.	Public drunkenness/people being high or stoned in public	0	1	2
b.	Opioid use	0	1	2
c.	Other types of substance use problems By “substance use problems” we mean the repeated use of alcohol and/or drugs that can cause health problems, disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home.	0	1	2
d.	Lack of resources for treatment of substance use	0	1	2

If all responses to items in P1 are marked “not a problem” please go to Section I, page 21

P2

What supports does your program offer staff for working with families that have substance use problems?

By “substance use problems” we mean the repeated use of alcohol and/or drugs that can cause health problems, disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home.

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

1 Written information for staff on signs and symptoms of substance use problems

2 Written information for staff on where they can direct or refer parents or caregivers for substance use treatment in the community

3 Support groups for staff to deal with the challenges of supporting families dealing with substance use problems

4 Training or peer learning groups for staff to recognize signs and symptoms of substance use problems in parents or caregivers and share strategies for working with parents or caregivers with substance use problems or children exposed to substance use

5 Training for staff on the effects of substance use exposure on children

6 Training in how to talk with parents or caregivers about suspected substance use problems

7 Training for staff on how to use information that families share in order to help them get the support they need

8 Supervision for staff focused specifically on dealing with a family’s substance use problems

9 Coordination between health services manager/committee or family services staff and teaching staff to address family substance use problems

10 Additional classroom staff for working with children to address behavioral and health needs

11 More mental health professionals available to work directly with children

12 This is an issue in the community but does not affect my program GO TO SECTION I, PAGE 21

99 Other – Specify

13 None of the above GO TO SECTION I, PAGE 21

P3

Which of these supports include a specific focus on the opioid epidemic?

By “substance use problems” we mean the repeated use of alcohol and/or drugs that can cause health problems, disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home.

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

1 Written information for staff on signs and symptoms of substance use problems

2 Written information for staff on where they can direct or refer parents or caregivers for substance use treatment in the community

3 Support groups for staff to deal with the challenges of supporting families dealing with substance use problems

4 Training or peer learning groups for staff to recognize signs and symptoms of substance use problems in parents or caregivers and share strategies for working with parents or caregivers with substance use problems or children exposed to substance use

5 Training for staff on the effects of substance use exposure on children

6 Training in how to talk with parents or caregivers about suspected substance use problems

7 Training for staff on how to use information that families share in order to help them get the support they need

8 Supervision for staff focused specifically on dealing with a family’s substance use problems

9 Coordination between health services manager/committee or family services staff and teaching staff to address family substance use problems

10 Additional classroom staff for working with children to address behavioral and health needs

11 More mental health professionals available to work directly with children

12 This is an issue in the community but does not affect my program

99 Other – Specify

13 None of the above

I. Director Employment and Educational Background

Now, we’d like to ask you some questions about your professional background and your job with Head Start.

IA

In total, how many years have you been a director…

Please round your response to the nearest whole year.

	NUMBER OF YEARS
I0. In any early childhood program
I2a. In any Head Start program
I2b. Of this Head Start program

IB

In total, how many years have you worked…Please round your response to the nearest whole year.

	NUMBER OF YEARS
I2. With any Head Start program
I2c. As part of any Head Start program’s management team
I2d. As a teacher or home visitor in any Head Start program

I1

In what month and year did you start working for this Head Start program?

MONTH

YEAR

I3

How many hours per week are you paid to work for Head Start?

HOURS

I23

What is your total annual salary (before taxes) as a program director for the current program year?

$

,

.

0

0

DOLLARS PER YEAR

GO TO I15b, PAGE 23

I12

What is the highest grade or year of school that you completed?

MARK ONE ONLY

1 Up to 8th Grade

2 9th to 11th Grade

3 12th Grade, but No Diploma

4 High School Diploma/Equivalent

5 Vocational/Technical Program after High School

7 Some College, but No Degree GO TO I14

8 Associate’s Degree

9 Bachelor’s Degree

10 Graduate or Professional School, but No Degree

11 Master’s Degree (MA, MS)

12 Doctorate Degree (Ph.D., Ed.D.)

13 Professional Degree after Bachelor’s Degree (Medicine/MD, Dentistry/DDS, Law/JD, etc.)

I13

In what field did you obtain your highest degree?

MARK ONE ONLY

1 Child Development or Developmental Psychology

2 Early Childhood Education

3 Elementary Education

4 Special Education

11 Education Administration/Management & Supervision

12 Business Administration/Management & Supervision

5 Other field – Specify

I14

Did your schooling include 6 or more college courses in early childhood education or child development?
1	Yes
0	No IF YOU COMPLETED SOME COLLEGE, BUT DO NOT HAVE A DEGREE, GO TO I15b, PAGE 23; OTHERWISE, GO TO I15, PAGE 23

I15

Have you completed 6 or more college courses in early childhood education or child development since you finished your degree?
1	Yes
0	No

I15b

Do you currently hold a license, certificate, and/or credential in administration of early childhood/child development programs or schools?
1	Yes
0	No

I32

I31

Including your post-secondary degree, graduate degree, and certification programs, etc., are you currently enrolled in any additional training or education?
1	Yes
0	No GO TO I24

What kind of training or education program are you enrolled in?

MARK ONE or more boxes

1 Child Development Associate (CDA) Degree Program

2 Teaching Certificate Program

3 Special Education Teaching Degree Program

4 Associate’s Degree Program

5 Bachelor’s Degree Program

6 Graduate Degree Program (MA, MS, PH.D. or Ed.D.)

7 License, certificate and/or credential in administration of early childhood/ child development programs or schools

8 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

9 Other – Specify

I24

What is your sex?
1	Male
2	Female
3	Prefer not to answer

I25

In what year were you born?

YEAR

I26

Are you of Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin?
1	Yes
0	No

I28

What is your race? Select one or more.

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

11 White

12 Black or African American

13 American Indian or Alaska Native

27 Asian

26 Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander

25 Another race – Specify

I29

Do you speak a language other than English?
1	Yes
0	No GO TO SECTION IJ, PAGE 25

I30

What languages other than English do you speak?

MARK ONE OR MORE BOXES

35 Your Native language – Specify

34 Other Native Language(s)– Specify

12 Spanish

21 Other – Specify

IJ. YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT YOUR JOB AND PROGRAM

The next questions are about how you feel about your job and the services provided by your program.

I6

In your current Head Start position(s), how much do the following make it harder for you to do your job well? Do they make it a great deal harder, somewhat harder, or not at all harder for you to do your job well?

		MARK ONE FOR EACH ROW
		GREAT DEAL HARDER	SOMEWHAT HARDER	NOT AT ALL HARDER
a.	Time constraints (not enough hours in the day)	3	2	1
b.	Too many conflicting demands	3	2	1
c.	Not a high enough salary for the job demands	3	2	1
d.	Lack of support staff	3	2	1
e.	Not enough training and technical assistance for professional development	3	2	1
f.	Not enough support and communication from administration	3	2	1
g.	Not enough funds for supplies and activities	3	2	1
h.	Dealing with a challenging population	3	2	1
i.	Staff turnover	3	2	1
j.	Lack of parent support	3	2	1
k.	Lack of qualified teaching staff	3	2	1
o.	Tribal leadership changes	3	2	1
l.	Other - Specify	3	2	1

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