Do Families Adequately Inform Programmatic Decisions? Assessing Early Childhood Administrators' Response to Family Satisfaction Data

• In Event: 32.083 - Roundtable Session 12
  In Roundtable Session: 32.083-18 - Parents' Voices in Response to Educational Policy and Practice

Abstract

Although early childhood programs are encouraged to facilitate home-school collaboration, use of family feedback to inform programmatic decisions may be underutilized in practice. In the Northeastern United States, families rated level of satisfaction with eight aspects of the birth-five program in an anonymous end-of-year survey (70% response rate). Program administrators then participated in a focus group discussing aggregated findings. Content analysis revealed noteworthy insights regarding initial reactions and proposed recommendations. The program director documented which proposed changes were implemented several months later. Results and implications for research and practice are discussed.

Author

• Nicole Megan Edwards, Rowan University