Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality (FPTRQ) Family Services Staff Measure

Publication Date: May 13, 2015
Current as of:

Introduction

The family services staff measure (English version; revised April 2015) is for Head Start/Early Head Start family services staff (FSS), referred to as Family Service Workers (FSWs) in the measure. This English version of the measure asks respondents questions about how they work with all parents of children in Head Start/Early Head Start programs.  It includes 112 items (including 11 demographic items) and takes about 15 minutes to complete, on average. 

The family services staff measure (Spanish version; revised April 2015) is for Head Start/Early Head Start family services staff (FSS), referred to as Family Service Workers (FSWs) in the measure. This Spanish version of the measure asks respondents questions about how they work with all parents of children in Head Start/Early Head Start programs.  It includes 112 items (including 11 demographic items) and takes about 15 minutes to complete, on average. 

The Excel scoring sheet for the family services staff (FSS) measure (revised April 2015) can be used to automatically calculate overall, construct, and subscale scores. It is available in English and Spanish. The English and Spanish versions of the Excel scoring sheet are exactly the same, with the exception of the language of the question stem. Both English and Spanish versions of the FSS measure can be entered into the same Excel scoring sheet for the FSS measure.  

Additional information on scoring is available in the Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality Measures: Updated User’s Manual as well as the Family Services Staff and Family Services Staff Parent Measures: Amendment to the FPTRQ User’s Manual.