Sesame Street Growing Together Evaluation

Family Engagement Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04631328
• Other study ID #: 1903
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 31, 2019
• Est. completion date: July 2, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: November 2020
• Source: Public Health Management Corporation
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 620
• Est. completion date: July 2, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: July 2, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Family Engagement

Intervention

Other:
• Growing Together
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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	PHMC	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Public Health Management Corporation	Sesame Workshop

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality (FTPRQ)	Self-report measure (teachers and parents) of the quality of family and teacher relationships.	Up to 12 weeks
Primary	Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale	Teachers' self-efficacy in three areas: student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management.	Up to 12 weeks
Primary	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.	Up to 12 weeks
Primary	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.	Up to 12 weeks
Secondary	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.	Up to 12 weeks