We are so excited to announce the publication of our brief, Family Child Care Educators’ Perspectives on Measuring Quality: Informing the Everyday Quality Measure. This brief describes our findings from the focus groups we conducted with 95 Family Child Care Educators. It also describes the 12 constructs of quality we identified and the quality framework…Continue Reading Family Child Care Educators’ Perspectives on Measuring Quality
NAFCC 2025
We had a great time in Dallas last week during the 2025 National Association for Family Child Care Conference. We enjoyed seeing some familiar faces and getting to know some new ones at our exhibit hall booth! Several educators signed up for more information about video observations to test the draft measure this fall. Dr….Continue Reading NAFCC 2025
FCCP Conference ’25
Two members of our team were able to host an exhibit hall table at the Family Child Care Partnerships Conference this June in Auburn. We were able to engage in great conversations with many wonderful Alabama educators who are excited to help build a quality measure just for Family Child Care. We are looking forward…Continue Reading FCCP Conference ’25
Hot off the Press!
We are excited to announce the publication of a brief in collaboration with the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) about some of the findings from our focus groups. This brief focuses on Family Child Care Educators’ opinions on requiring increased credentials and gives some recommendations for policymakers. Check it out here: https://nafcc.org/public-policy/research-and-data/ Keep…Continue Reading Hot off the Press!
We want to hear from YOU
We are so excited to be gearing up for the next phase of the Everyday Quality Project – Interviews! We have developed some potential items for the Everyday Quality measure based on what we learned from talking to family child care educators during our focus groups. We are ready to get valuable feedback from family…Continue Reading We want to hear from YOU
NAFCC 2024
Last week, most of the Everyday Quality team attended the 2024 National Association for Family Child Care Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. We loved seeing some familiar faces and meeting some new ones at our exhibit hall booth! Several educators participated in a survey about incentives and observation procedures that will inform preparations for the…Continue Reading NAFCC 2024
Observations
We are in the process of collecting video observations at Family Child Care Homes in Alabama and Delaware. These videos will help us develop items. We have loved getting to spend time with so many wonderful providers! We have just a few spots left for this portion of the project. Contact us if you would…Continue Reading Observations
Focus Groups
We have absolutely loved talking with Family Child Care Educators in our Focus Groups! We have conducted 16 Focus Group with almost 100 participants so far. We have gained a lot of wonderful insights from what has been shared in these groups. Thank you so much to our participants! We are wrapping up this portion…Continue Reading Focus Groups
NAFCC Conference 2023
Last week, members of the Everyday Quality team traveled to Atlanta, GA, to attend the 2023National Association for Family Child Care Conference and host a table in the exhibit hall.Dr. Alison Hooper and Dr. Rena Hallam presented a session called “Advocating for a HolisticView of Quality in Family Child Care” to a full room of…Continue Reading NAFCC Conference 2023