Community Capacity Survey – ECE Directors and Teachers
Community Capacity Survey – ECE Directors and Teachers Name: __________________________ Role/Title: _______________________
Date Completed: __________________ Center Name: ____________________
Purpose: The Wellness Around Traditional Community Health (WATCH) Program is designed to improve the health and quality of life for American Indian children ages 3 to 5 years. This program will provide resources to you, your students, their parents, and the child’s health care provider. The resources will offer education on healthy eating practices as well as physical activity that will enhance child health and establish healthy behaviors for a lifetime. Instruction: This survey will help our staff develop a program tailored to your needs. Please answer the questions to the best of your ability in the space provided. 1. What parts of your daily routine and lesson plan are you most proud of? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Are you currently doing anything to get kids engaged in healthy behaviors in the class, if so, what are they? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. What are some ways cultural components are incorporated in your classroom curriculum and activities? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
Community Capacity Survey – ECE Directors and Teachers 4. Please check the boxes of areas you would like to see changes made in your current daily routine and lesson plan regarding healthy behaviors. Promoting Healthy Diet Promoting Physical Activity Limiting Sitting Time Limiting Screen Time
For questions 5-8 please circle the level of feasibility and an explanation in the space provided, if needed. 5. How feasible do you think it would be for teachers to incorporate nutrition education and physical activity into their daily routine and lesson plan for the kids? (Not feasible)
(Low feasibility)
(Moderate feasibility)
(High feasibility)
________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6. How feasible is it to incorporate a daily structured teacher-led physical activity, such as music and movement, for the kids? (Not feasible) (Low feasibility) (Moderate feasibility) (High feasibility) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7. How feasible is it to attend two separate 1.5 hour trainings for responsive feeding with child health behaviors specialist, Dr. Deepti Dev with your current schedule? (Not feasible)
(Low feasibility)
(Moderate feasibility)
(High feasibility)
________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8. How feasible would it be for you to incorporate more cultural aspects to your current curriculum? (Not feasible) (Low feasibility) (Moderate feasibility) (High feasibility) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Thank you for your participation in the WATCH program.
Community Capacity Interview – ECE Directors and Teachers
Community Capacity Interview – ECE Directors and Teachers Moderator: ________________________ Co‐Moderators: ____________________________ Date Completed: _______________ Center Name: ______________________________ Attendees:_____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Moderator Instructions:
Probe: Only ask if they do not answer it themselves, or if their original answer is appropriate for the follow up.
Follow up: Ask regardless of previous answer.
Clarification: Read this if they seem confused by the question, or if you would like to provide an example.
Introduction:
Greeting and Introductions o Hello, my name is {name and introduction} and welcome to the WATCH Community Capacity Interview. I would like to start with everyone introducing themselves and their position, and we can start with the SPTHB staff that is with me today. {SPTHB staff introduction} {Attendee’s introduction}.
Thank attendees for taking time to participate o Thank you everyone. We hope that you are having a good day so far and appreciate you taking the time out of your day to participate. We are excited to be partnering with you.
Goal and Content of Interview
Community Capacity Interview – ECE Directors and Teachers o Our goal is to provide you with personalized support and resources for your facility. We are aiming to find what best meets your needs, and we will do so by asking a series of questions regarding your previous efforts in promoting healthy weight and development and lifestyle behavior modification, leadership, the surrounding community, trainings, and your current resources to implement these programs, so no detail is too small to leave out. This is a safe and judgement free zone, so your honesty will help us determine the best resources specifically for you and your site.
Length of Interview: Approx. 60 minutes Instructions: After each question we want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to provide an answer, so I may call on you. Since this is over zoom, we will do our best to make sure that all thoughts are heard. Participants: We will have a team member taking notes to make sure we correctly understand what you all are telling us. As I said above, there are no right or wrong answers we just want to understand your experience as best as possible, and you are the expert on your experiences. Does anyone have any questions?
Okay, let’s begin.
Community Efforts & Knowledge of Efforts Thank you for completing the Community Capacity survey. These first few questions will cover your current efforts and allow you to expand on them. 1. On the survey, you all listed that you are proud of [insert answer(s) from question 1] in your daily routine and lesson plan at your center, and I am sure that feels really good. Can you expand on why this/these specific item(s) is/are special to you? a. Follow up: Thank you.
Community Capacity Interview – ECE Directors and Teachers 2. On the survey, you selected [insert answer(s) from question 4] as some changes you would like to make to your daily routine, can you please tell me why? a. Follow up: What challenges do you have making these changes? b. Follow up: Thank you for sharing that. 3. On the survey, you all listed [insert answer(s) from question 3 survey] as culturally significant aspects of your classroom, teaching, and program. Can you tell me more about how you incorporate these? a. Alternate Question: From the survey it seems that you are not including any cultural aspects currently, is there anything you would like to include? b. Probe: Are there any community partners involved to help with including culture? c. Follow Up: Thank you.
{Co‐moderators}, do you have any follow up or clarification questions? Now, we will ask a few questions about leadership and individuals involved in creating healthy environments. It is important to talk about this so that we are certain to invite all of the invested people in future decisions. Are there any questions so far?
Leadership and Key Stakeholders 4. Who is involved in making the decision about adding to the current program and curriculum? 5. Who is in charge of making decisions about health promotion programs and projects at the center? a. Follow up: Thank you for that. 6. Is there anyone not here that should be included in these kinds of decisions? 7. How many teachers are at your site? b. Probe: How many classrooms are there?
Community Capacity Interview – ECE Directors and Teachers 8. Who would be the point person to contact in regard to information for all teachers?
{Co‐moderators}, do you have any follow up or clarification questions? Thank you for sharing, I will now ask some questions about what resources you have available or that you would like to have or need.
Resources 9. Please tell us what your current day in the classroom looks like. 10. Can you please explain the planning that goes into your current schedule? 11. On the survey, you put that you were doing [insert answer(s) from question 2 on the teacher survey] to get kids engaged in healthy behaviors, are you having any challenges with that? a. Follow up: What resources do you think you would need to overcome these challenges? b. Follow up: Do you have any barriers preventing you from receiving these resources? c. Follow up: Is there someone you currently turn to for support in obtaining resources? 12. Do you set aside time for the kids to get up and move around during the day? 13. On the survey, you put [insert answer(s) from question 6 on the survey] for implementing a daily structured teacher‐led movement activity, what are some barriers that might prevent you from doing this? d. Probe: Does your current availability allow for you to set aside time for these structured activities? e. Probe: Is there any extra equipment that you anticipate needing in order to incorporate this?
Community Capacity Interview – ECE Directors and Teachers {Co‐moderators}, do you have any follow up or clarification questions? Thank you for your feedback. In the next section we will be discussing your community climate. When we say community, we mean you, your classroom, your leadership, the parents, the broader tribe, and the medical and health community.
Community Climate 14. Please tell us about what you have done with the community to provide or educate about healthier behaviors for children. 15. On the survey, you put [insert answer(s) from question 5] for adding WATCH nutrition education and physical activity curriculum to the classroom, are there any barriers? a. Follow up: Thank you, we value your feedback. 16. On the survey, you put [insert answer(s) from question 8] to incorporate more cultural aspects to the curriculum, are there any barriers to that? b. Follow up: Thank you for your feedback. 17. Do you currently use responsive feeding practices, like role modeling or verbal cues, during snack and mealtimes? c. On the survey, you put [insert answer(s) from question 7] to attend two separate 1.5 hour trainings for responsive feeding with Dr. Dev, what might prevent you from attending these? {Co‐moderators}, do you have any follow up or clarification questions? That is all of the questions we had for you guys. Again, thank you so much for your time and participation. Is there anything else which you would like to share with me? Does anyone have any questions? Okay, thank you. This information will be critical to help us create a best practice program that is catered to your facility’s specific needs.