Associations between Directors' Characteristics, Supervision Practices and Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Perlman, Michal; Howe, Nina; Gulyas, Cathryn; Falenchuk, Olesya
Titel	Associations between Directors' Characteristics, Supervision Practices and Quality of Early Childhood Education and Care Classrooms
Quelle	In: Early Education and Development, 31 (2020) 4, S.507-523 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-9289
DOI	10.1080/10409289.2019.1679006
Schlagwörter	Administrator Characteristics; Supervision; Correlation; Educational Quality; Preschool Children; Child Care Centers; Foreign Countries; Classroom Environment; Rating Scales; Females; Educational Background; Context Effect; Urban Areas; Preschool Education; Work Experience; Canada (Toronto); Classroom Assessment Scoring System; Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Ausland; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Rating-Skala; Weibliches Geschlecht; Vorbildung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung
Abstract	Research Findings: We investigated associations between the characteristics of directors, their practices in supervising educators, and the quality of classrooms in their centers. Directors from 71 randomly selected child care centers (106 classrooms) serving preschool-age children in Toronto, Canada, completed a questionnaire asking about their characteristics (e.g., education/experience) and supervision practices. Quality was assessed using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) and a short version of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R). Most directors were female and had a strong early childhood education background. Their characteristics showed no, or negative, associations with supervision practices. Variance decomposition analysis revealed significant center level variance for the Emotional Support and Classroom Organization subscales of the CLASS and for the ECERS-R score. Experience in the current center, in the early childhood sector and administrative experience were negatively related to ECERS-R scores. No associations were observed with the CLASS. Practice and Policy: While our findings show center level effects for quality, they highlight the need for further research on whether and how directors drive center quality. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01