Title: School-Age Child Care Train the Trainers Project 1995-1996
Comments: Train the Trainers. Post-Training Assessment. Questionnaire
and Focus Group.
Contact who has experience using this assessment instrument:
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Respondent Number (enter your birth date mo/day/year)*
*respondent Numbers are only used for a record of who attends
multiple sessions.
POST TRAINING ASSESSMENT
Spring 1996
1995-1996
The primary purpose of the SACC training you have received is
to provide you with teaching materials and techniques that you
can use in future training with your staff members to make your
school-age child care program more effective.
Please tell us how you plan to do future school-age child care
staff training in your programs. Your honest responses are necessary
and important for us to know how to plan future training. Each
participant should enter his/her birth date at the top of this
page to help us keep track of who attended multiple training sessions.
All responses to this questionnaire are anonymous and confidential.
Please feel free to elaborate on any of the questions on the back
of page 5 of the questionnaire.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Please mark the ONE BEST ANSWER to each question.
1. Since children are often in school age child care 3 hours or
less daily, staff training on a regular basis is:
[ ] NOT IMPORTANT
[ ] SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
[ ] VERY IMPORTANT
2. SACC Programs can expect to budget funds for staff training:
[ ] FREQUENTLY
[ ] SOMETIMES
[ ] RARELY
[ ] OTHER:
3. In your program, school-age child training might be most effectively
done:
[ ] IN SHORT SEGMENTS AS PART OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED STAFF MEETINGS
[ ] DURING FULL DAY WORKSHOPS SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR
[ ] AS PART-DAY WORKSHOPS SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR
[ ] ON AN INDIVIDUAL TUTORIAL BASIS
[ ] IN A SERIES OF FORMAL CLASSES OR COURSES
[ ] OTHER:
4. If you plan to do training in regularly scheduled meetings,
how often do you think you will do training?
[ ] RARELY
[ ] SOMETIMES
[ ] ON A REGULAR BASIS, E.G., MONTHLY, BIWEEKLY, WEEKLY
[ ] OTHER TIMES RATHER THAN IN STAFF MEETINGS
5. Will you expect staff members to "study" on their
own as part of staff training, e.g., view assigned video tapes,
read assigned materials?
[ ] FREQUENTLY
[ ] SOMETIMES
[ ] RARELY
[ ] NO. go to question 7.
6. If staff members are expected to "study" materials
on their own about quality school-age child care, self study can
best be done:
[ ] BY THEMSELVES AS ASSIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR/SUPERVISOR
[ ] AS PART OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED STAFF TRAINING
[ ] OTHER: See enclosed
7. Will you invite "experts" on particular topics to
meet with the staff as part of staff training:
[ ] FREQUENTLY
[ ] SOMETIMES
[ ] RARELY
[ ] NO
8. Will you encourage staff members to attend formally taught
classes or courses about child care:
[ ] FREQUENTLY
[ ] SOMETIMES
[ ] RARELY
[ ] NO KNOWN COURSES OFFERED IN OUR COMMUNITY
9. How much staff training will you try to plan for during the
next year:
[ ] 0 HOURS
[ ] 1-14 HOURS
[ ] 15-30 HOURS
[ ] 31-50 HOURS
[ ] 50+ HOURS
10. As program director/manager/training how comfortable do you
feel about doing training for your staff:
[ ] NOT COMFORTABLE AT ALL
[ ] SOMEWHAT COMFORTABLE
[ ] USUALLY COMFORTABLE
[ ] VERY COMFORTABLE
11. The best place to conduct the staff training:
[ ] AT THE SCHOOL-AGE CHILD CARE CENTER
[ ] AT ANOTHER PLACE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO STAFF
[ ] OTHER:
12. Will you plan to have most of your staff training conducted
by:
[ ] THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OR ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER FROM THE PROGRAM
[ ] OUTSIDE EXPERTS WHO COME TO THE CENTER AND OFFER TRAINING
[ ] INSISTING THAT STAFF ATTEND FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, E.G.,
INSERVICE, WORKSHOPS
[ ] URGING STAFF TO ATTEND FORMAL CLASSES OR COURSES
[ ] OTHER:
13. Give examples of titles or authors of as many educational
materials you can think of which can be used with staff for training
purposes:
14. Please add any other comments about how you plan to offer
training for school-age child care staff.
15. How many children do you have in your SACC program
___ (TOTAL NUMBER)
16. How many children do you have in your program in each of the
following age groups:
___ 5 YEAR OLDS
___ 6-8 YEAR OLDS
___ 9-13 YEAR OLDS
___ OVER 13 YEAR OLDS
17. How many staff do you have in your program:
___ (TOTAL NUMBER)
18. How many staff are:
___ FULL TIME
___ PART TIME
19. Did you attend any SACC training offered previously?
[ ] YES. IF YES, WHERE AND WHEN: See enclosed.
[ ] NO
[ ] UNAWARE OF ANY EARLIER TRAINING OFFERED IN MY COMMUNITY
20. Is your program:
[ ] REGISTERED
[ ] NOT REGISTERED
[ ] NOT REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED
[ ] IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REGISTERED
21. How long have you worked in school-age child care:
[ ] LESS THAN 1 YEAR
[ ] 1 TO 2 YEARS
[ ] 3 TO 5 YEARS
[ ] 5 + YEARS
22. Please check your job title at the school-age child care program:
[ ] PROGRAM DIRECTOR
[ ] SITE DIRECTOR
[ ] TEACHER
[ ] AIDE/ASSISTANT
[ ] OTHER:
23. Please check the one phrase that most accurately describes
your level of education:
[ ] HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE
[ ] SOME POST HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
[ ] SOME COLLEGE EDUCATION
[ ] 2 YEAR COLLEGE GRADUATE
[ ] 4 YEARS COLLEGE GRADUATE
[ ] SOME GRADUATE EDUCATION
[ ] A GRADUATE DEGREE BEYOND BACCALAUREATE
24. ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU WISH TO SHARE WITH US, PLEASE ADD HERE.
Please give completed questionnaire to workshop leader.
Thank You for your cooperation in answering these questions.
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ENTRY DATE:: May 1998