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APPENDIX A:
I am Moving, I am Learning
Implementation Evaluation
Stage 1 Questionnaire
March 2007
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR)
Princeton, NJ
IamMovingIamLearning@mathematica-mpr.com
www.mathematica-mpr.com
For questions, call Linda Mendenko toll free at 866-627-9980
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A. INTRODUCTION AND SCREENER
In the spring of 2006, your Head Start program was offered an opportunity to attend a three-day training-for-trainer event for I am Moving, I am Learning (IM/IL). This training event presented strategies and resources to address childhood obesity in Head Start by increasing children's physical activity and improving their nutrition. The purpose of this questionnaire is to learn about your program's efforts to implement IM/IL activities. Now that you have had a chance to work on implementation, we would also like to know your views about the training and technical assistance that you received to assist you with the implementation. The information from this survey will be used to make improvements in IM/IL, such as changes in the type of training and technical assistance that programs receive to implement IM/IL.
The information you provide in the questionnaire will not be used for purposes of monitoring your program's performance. Information you provide will be treated in a private manner, to the extent permitted by law, and the responses on this survey will be kept separately from your name, contact information, or the name of your Head Start program. We will not report the responses of individual programs to anyone, including to the Office of Head Start or any other government agency. We will only report findings of this survey in aggregate form (for example: “X% of programs have tried to implement IM/IL activities”).
This questionnaire should be completed by the person in your program who has been designated to lead the implementation of IM/IL. If this person did not attend the spring 2006 IM/IL training event, then section B of this questionnaire should be completed by the individual in your program with the most senior management responsibility who did attend the spring 2006 IM/IL training event. Please note that sections C and D should be completed by the person leading the implementation of IM/IL.
If there is no one currently at your program who attended the spring 2006 IM/IL training event, please contact us for guidance about completing section B of this questionnaire. Please call us toll free at 866-627-9980.
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Please read each question carefully.
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Please use black or blue ink to complete this questionnaire.
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Always proceed to the next question unless special instructions tell you to go elsewhere.
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Most questions can be answered by simply placing a check mark in the appropriate box. For a few questions you will be asked to write in a response.
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If you are unsure about how to answer a question, please give the best answer you can rather than leaving it blank.
If you have any questions, please contact our staff at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. toll free at 866-627-9980.
Please return the completed questionnaire in the enclosed pre-paid mailer by April 16, 2007.
B. SPRING 2006 IM/IL TRAINING EVENT
| B1. | Including yourself, how many staff attended the training? | | NUMBER OF STAFF
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| B1a. | Were all of the staff members who went to the training able to attend all days of the training? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| B2. | For each staff member who attended the spring 2006 IM/IL training event (including yourself), indicate the title of the staff member in the table provided below. If the staff member has more than one title, select the title for that staff member that is associated with their highest level of management responsibility.
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On a scale of 1-4, with 1 being “strongly disagree” and 4 being “strongly agree,” how would you rate the following aspects of the spring 2006 IM/IL training event you attended?
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| B4. | Looking back on the spring 2006 IM/IL training event, how would you describe the allocation of time during the training? Rate the allocation of time during the training with 1 being “too little time,” and 5 being “too much time.”
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| B5. | Looking back on the spring 2006 IM/IL training event, on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is “poor” and 5 is “excellent,” how would you rate the overall quality of the training? CIRCLE ONLY ONE |
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| B6. | Did your program experience unexpected costs associated with attending the spring 2006 IM/IL training event? |
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| B6a. | What were the costs? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
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| B7. | At the spring 2006 IM/IL training event, was your program made aware of technical assistance that would be available when your program implemented IM/IL activities?
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| B8. | Did you leave the spring 2006 IM/IL training event with a written action plan for how your program would implement IM/IL?
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| B9. | Looking back at the spring 2006 IM/IL training event, what did your program find most useful and least useful? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ |
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C. IMPLEMENTATION
The questions in this section ask about how your program tried to implement activities discussed at the spring 2006 IM/IL training event. |
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| C1. | Has your program tried to implement any IM/IL activities? |
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| C2. | What are the reasons your program did not try to implement any IM/IL activities? Indicate your reasons on the list below. MARK ALL THAT APPLY
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| C3. | What is the single most important reason that your program did not try to implement any IM/IL activities? Choose the number from the list above. |__|__| NUMBER OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON
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| C4. | Of the activities your program has implemented so far, which of the three IM/IL goals are these activities intended to address? MARK ALL THAT APPLY
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| C5. | Compared with all other services and activities your program provides in Head Start, how would you rank the importance of the following activities in your program before the spring 2006 IM/IL training event?
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| C6. | Compared with all other services and activities your program provides in Head Start, how would you rank the importance of the following activities in your program after the spring 2006 IM/IL training event?
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| C7. | Regarding the activities your program has tried to implement so far, would you say these activities: MARK ONLY ONE
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| C8. | Has your program stopped doing any of the IM/IL activities that it implemented after the spring 2006 IM/IL training event?
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| C9. | There are many challenges your program may have faced while trying to implement IM/IL activities. How would you rate the success of your program in implementing the following on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 is "not at all successful" and 5 is "extremely successful"?
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| C10. | What are the reasons that might have contributed to any success that your program has had in implementing IM/IL? Indicate your reasons on the list below. MARK ALL THAT APPLY
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| C11. | What is the single most important reason that contributed to the success of implementing IM/IL? Choose the number from the list above.
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| C12. | What challenges has your program experienced in implementing IM/IL? Indicate your reasons on the list below. MARK ALL THAT APPLY
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| C13. | What is the single most important reason that your program might not have been as successful as you hoped it would be in implementing IM/IL? Choose the number from the list above. |__|__| NUMBER OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON
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| C14. | Does your program have a written plan for implementation of IM/IL?
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| C15. | Before selecting IM/IL activities to implement, did you review your current program activities and identify areas in which you were not implementing activities like the ones presented at the spring 2006 IM/IL training event?
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| C16. | In selecting IM/IL activities to implement, what did your program target to promote healthy weight in children? MARK ONLY ONE
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| C17. | In selecting IM/IL activities to implement, in what setting did your program expect to bring about changes in children's physical activity and eating behaviors? MARK ONLY ONE
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| C18. | From the list below select the specific behavior changes your program expects to achieve, based on the IM/IL enhancements being implemented. MARK ALL THAT APPLY
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