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OMB No.: 0970-0318
Expiration Date:  02/28/2010

6288-415

Program Name: _____________________
Program Director: ___________________
MPR ID #: |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|

 

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

 

 

 

 

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.  The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0970-0318.  The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 20 minutes per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection.  If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to:  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Washington, DC  20202.

 

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.

  • Please read each question carefully.

  • Please use black or blue ink to complete this questionnaire.

  • Always proceed to the next question unless special instructions tell you to go elsewhere.

  • 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.

  • 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

 

B1a.   Were all of the staff members who went to the training able to attend all days of the training?
   
1 check box Yes
0 check box No

 

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.

 
Staff Title PLEASE MARK THE TITLE OF EACH STAFF MEMBER IN THE COLUMN PROVIDED
Staff Member 1 Staff Member 2 Staff Member 3 Staff Member 4 Staff Member 5
a. Head Start Program Director
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b. Child Development & Education Manager
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c. Health Services Manager
check box
check box
check box
check box
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d. Family & Community Partnerships Manager
check box
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check box
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e. Disability Services Manager
check box
check box
check box
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f. Child Development Supervisors
check box
check box
check box
check box
check box
g. Home-Based Supervisors
check box
check box
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h. Teacher
check box
check box
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i. Home-Based Visitor
check box
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j. Other (Specify)
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check box
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k. Other (Specify)
_____________________
check box
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check box
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B3.

 

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?

 

 

 

MARK ONLY ONE IN EACH ROW
Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
a. The three IM/IL goals were clearly explained
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
b. The workshops presented ideas for program enhancements that addressed the goals of IM/IL
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
c. The instruction received at the training was adequate to train my own staff to implement IM/IL
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
d. Quality of the “take-home” materials (resource materials and handouts) was adequate to train my staff
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
e. The trainers explained how to adapt IM/IL to meet the needs of a program like ours
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
f. The ideas for program enhancements seemed like they would work in our program
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
g. The training prepared us to implement IM/IL
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
h. The training event provided new information and resources
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box

 

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.”

 

 

 

MARK ONLY ONE IN EACH ROW
Too Little Time   About the Right Time   Too Much Time
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a. Time for lecture and direct instruction
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box
b. Time on how to engage adults in IM/IL
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box
c. Time for asking questions
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box
d. Time for practicing movement activities
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box
e. Time for planning our implementation
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box
f. Time for the topic of improving children's nutrition
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box

 

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

   
Poor
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Excellent
  1 2 3 4 5  

 

B6.  

Did your program experience unexpected costs associated with attending the spring 2006 IM/IL training event?

arrow pointing to B6a  
1 check box Yes
0 check box
No go to B7 GO TO B7

B6a.  

What were the costs?

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

 

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?

1 check box Yes
0 check box No

 

B8.  

Did you leave the spring 2006 IM/IL training event with a written action plan for how your program would implement IM/IL?

1 check box Yes
0 check box No

 

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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__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

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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.

C1.  

Has your program tried to implement any IM/IL activities?

arrow pointing to C2  
1 check box Yes go to C4 GO TO C4
0 check box No    

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

1 check box We lacked the resources (either money or in-kind support) in the community to help us in our implementation
2 check box The training our program received at the spring 2006 IM/IL training event was not adequate preparation for us to train other frontline staff
3 check box The management staff did not have enough time to devote to IM/IL
4 check box The management staff did not have adequate skills to train our frontline staff
5 check box The frontline staff did not have enough time to participate in training
6 check box We needed more technical assistance
7 check box Our frontline staff members were not enthusiastic about the goals of IM/IL
8 check box We thought it would be difficult for our staff members to maintain interest in IM/IL
9 check box The parents of children in our program were not enthusiastic about the goals of IM/IL
10 check box IM/IL was not a priority of our program's Policy Council, Governing Board, or Health Services Advisory Committee
11 check box Other areas in our program were a higher priority
12 check box High staff turnover
13 check box We did not have enough space for the children to be physically active
14 check box The children are not at the program long enough each day
15 check box We felt we needed materials to implement IM/IL, but our program did not have the funds to purchase them
16 check box We felt we needed materials to implement IM/IL, but our program had trouble making the materials
17 check box Other (Specify)
___________________________________________________________________

 

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

1 check box Increase the quantity of time spent in moderate to vigorous physical activities during the daily routine to meet national guidelines for physical activity
2 check box Improve the quality of structured movement experiences intentionally facilitated by teachers and adults
3 check box Improve healthy nutrition choices for children every day

 

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?

 

 

 

MARK ONLY ONE NUMBER IN EACH ROW

Not Important
At All

     

Very
Important

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a. Moderate to vigorous physical activity
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box
b. Structured movement experiences
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box
c. Healthy nutrition choices
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box

 

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?

 

 

 

MARK ONLY ONE NUMBER IN EACH ROW

Not Important
At All

     

Very
Important

arrow

a. Moderate to vigorous physical activity
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box
b. Structured movement experiences
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box
c. Healthy nutrition choices
1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box

 

C7.  

Regarding the activities your program has tried to implement so far, would you say these activities:

MARK ONLY ONE

1 check box Place more emphasis on moderate to vigorous physical activity/structured movement experiences
2 check box Place more emphasis on healthy nutrition choices
3 check box Emphasize about equally both healthy nutrition choices and moderate to vigorous physical activity/structured movement experiences

 

C8.  

Has your program stopped doing any of the IM/IL activities that it implemented after the spring 2006 IM/IL training event?

1 check box Yes
0 check box No

 

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"?

 

 

MARK ONLY ONE NUMBER IN EACH ROW

Not At All
Successful

     

Extremely
Successful

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a. Moderate to vigorous physical activity

1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box

b. Structured movement experiences

1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box

c. Healthy nutrition choices

1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box

d. IM/IL overall

1 check box
2 check box
3 check box
4 check box
5 check box

 

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

1 check box

We had the community resources (either money or in-kind support) to help us in our implementation

2 check box The spring 2006 IM/IL training event provided us with the necessary training to train our staff
3 check box We had good technical assistance
4 check box We had an enthusiastic and capable leader to implement these activities
5 check box

Our staff members were enthusiastic about the goals of IM/IL

6 check box

The parents of children in our program were enthusiastic about the goals of IM/IL

7 check box

Obesity prevention was a priority of our program's Policy Council, Governing Board, or Health Services Advisory Committee

8 check box

Before the spring 2006 IM/IL training event, we were already actively involved in efforts to increase children's physical activity and improve their nutrition

9 check box
We have not been too successful, so NONE of these reasons apply Arrow GO TO C12
10 check box Other (Specify)
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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.

 

|__|__| NUMBER OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON

 

C12.  

What challenges has your program experienced in implementing IM/IL? Indicate your reasons on the list below.

MARK ALL THAT APPLY

1 check box We lacked the resources (either money or in-kind support) in the community to help us in our implementation
2 check box The training our program received at the spring 2006 IM/IL training event was not adequate preparation for us to train other frontline staff
3 check box The management staff did not have enough time to devote to IM/IL
4 check box The management staff did not have adequate skills to train our frontline staff
5 check box The frontline staff did not have enough time to participate in training
6 check box We needed more technical assistance
7 check box Our frontline staff members were not enthusiastic about the goals of IM/IL
8 check box It was difficult for our staff members to maintain interest in IM/IL
9 check box The parents of children in our program were not enthusiastic about the goals of IM/IL
10 check box IM/IL was not a priority of our program's Policy Council, Governing Board, or Health Services Advisory Committee
11 check box Other areas in our program were a higher priority
12 check box High staff turnover
13 check box We did not have enough space for the children to be physically active
14 check box The children are not at the program long enough each day
15 check box We felt we needed materials to implement IM/IL, but our program did not have the funds to purchase them
16 check box We felt we needed materials to implement IM/IL, but our program had trouble making the materials
17 check box Other (Specify)
___________________________________________________________________

 

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

 

C14.  

Does your program have a written plan for implementation of IM/IL?

1 check box Yes
0 check box No

 

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?

1 check box Yes
0 check box No

 

C16.  

In selecting IM/IL activities to implement, what did your program target to promote healthy weight in children? 

MARK ONLY ONE

1 check box Mostly children's level of physical activity
2 check box Mostly children's nutrition choices
3 check box Children's level of physical activity and children's nutrition choices by about the same amount

 

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

1 check box Mostly in the Head Start setting
2 check box Mostly in the home setting
3 check box In the Head Start and home settings by about the same amount

 

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

1 check box Increase the amount of children's moderate to vigorous physical activity during the Head Start day
2 check box Increase the amount of children's moderate to vigorous physical activity when children are at home
3 check box Increase the quality of children's structured movement experiences during the Head Start day
4 check box Increase the quality of children's structured movement experiences when they are at home
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