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Title: Perspectives on quality and supporting quality improvement from early childhood technical assistants working with family child care educators.
Authors: Hooper, Alison1 (AUTHOR) alhooper2@ua.edu, Han, Myae2 (AUTHOR), Buell, Martha2 (AUTHOR), Hallam, Rena2 (AUTHOR)
Source: Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education. Oct-Dec2023, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p1024-1044. 21p. 2 Charts.
Subject Terms: *Child care, *Educators, Family-work relationship, Semi-structured interviews, Resistance training
Company/Entity: United States. Federal Communications Commission
Abstract: Onsite, individualized support for early care and education providers has emerged as an effective strategy for supporting quality improvement. We explored how Technical Assistants (TAs) working with family child care (FCC) educators in a voluntary Quality Rating and Improvement System perceive FCC quality and the challenges they face in supporting quality improvement. We conducted qualitative semi-structured interviews with 11 TAs providing support to FCC educators. Transcripts were analyzed using open coding to identify categories related to quality and quality improvement. TAs identified numerous components of FCC program quality that inform their work and two main challenges they face related to supporting quality improvement. Results suggest TAs may benefit from additional training and ongoing support to help them meet FCC educators' specific quality improvement needs and view FCC quality through a strength-based lens. These results can inform how TAs and other specialists are prepared and supported to work with FCC educators and how quality improvement supports can be tailored to the unique context of FCC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Copyright of Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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  Data: Onsite, individualized support for early care and education providers has emerged as an effective strategy for supporting quality improvement. We explored how Technical Assistants (TAs) working with family child care (FCC) educators in a voluntary Quality Rating and Improvement System perceive FCC quality and the challenges they face in supporting quality improvement. We conducted qualitative semi-structured interviews with 11 TAs providing support to FCC educators. Transcripts were analyzed using open coding to identify categories related to quality and quality improvement. TAs identified numerous components of FCC program quality that inform their work and two main challenges they face related to supporting quality improvement. Results suggest TAs may benefit from additional training and ongoing support to help them meet FCC educators' specific quality improvement needs and view FCC quality through a strength-based lens. These results can inform how TAs and other specialists are prepared and supported to work with FCC educators and how quality improvement supports can be tailored to the unique context of FCC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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