Annex 5A: Questionnaire Survey

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Background: The World Bank team is working to illustrate the diversity and complexity of early childhood education (ECE) school leadership in low- and middle-income countries. We appreciate your support in filling out the following survey that will help us capture the heterogeneous nature of ECE learning centers for our forthcoming publication.

Instructions: Please completely answer the following questions by providing detailed responses and documenting sources of information. Please provide sources and links to reference all of your answers.

Questions:

1. Is there a principal or school coordinator position in ECE centers? Make any distinction to whether your answer refers to public or private. 2. Who is the acting principal or coordinator figure? (Teacher, administrator, other) Make any distinction to whether your answer refers to public or private. 3. What is the professional background of the principal in ECE centers?

What higher education degree(s) do they have (if any)? Do they have any certifications? What percentage of principals only have a secondary education diploma? 4. How many principal/coordinator figures are in schools? Is there only one school principal for all grades (including ECE) or is there also a principal for the ECE grades? 5. Who chooses the principal/coordinator position at the ECE center/ grades? 6. What entity (if any) designates the person in charge of selecting the principal/coordinator position at the learning center? If possible, please share the corresponding law or norm that determines this. 7. How long does the principal/coordinator position term last? Are there term contracts or term limits? 8. Is there an entity or assigned individual that evaluates the principal/ coordinator’s performance? 9. Can the principal/coordinator select, hire, and evaluate teachers? Do these evaluations have consequences? 10. Is there any national public or private in-service training for ECE principals? 11. Do principals or ECE coordinators have any academic incentives? 12. Is there anything else you would like to share about ECE school leadership?