Clinical trial NCT04631328: Sesame Street Growing Together Evaluation
Official title: Sesame Street Growing Together Evaluation: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Professional Development Course for Early Care and Education Teachers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Family Engagement
Lead sponsor: Public Health Management Corporation
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Sesame Workshop
First posted: 2020-11-17
Enrollment: 620
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

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


Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality (FTPRQ)
timeFrame: Up to 12 weeks
measure: Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale
timeFrame: Up to 12 weeks
measure: Family Involvement Questionnaire (FIQ)
timeFrame: Up to 12 weeks
measure: Activities with Your Child
timeFrame: Up to 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Devereux Early Childhood Assessment for Preschoolers, Second Edition (DECA-P2)
timeFrame: Up to 12 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: PHMC
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
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