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NCT Number: NCT04631328

Sesame Street Growing Together Evaluation

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

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Key information

Conditions

Family Engagement

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

PHMC

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19102, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Growing Together

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality (FTPRQ)

    Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

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

  2. Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale

    Time frame: Up to 12 weeks

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

  3. Family Involvement Questionnaire (FIQ)

    Time frame: 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.

  4. Activities with Your Child

    Time frame: 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.

Secondary outcomes

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

    Time frame: 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Public Health Management Corporation

Other

Collaborators

  • Sesame Workshop

Registry information

Official study title

Sesame Street Growing Together Evaluation: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Professional Development Course for Early Care and Education Teachers

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Nov 17, 2020
Registry last updated
Nov 17, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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