A Needs Assessment to Explore the Professional Development of Early Childhood Practitioners with Online Resources

dc.contributor.author Souza, Bernadine en_US
dc.contributor.instructor Menchaca, Michael en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2014-05-07T19:44:01Z
dc.date.available 2014-05-07T19:44:01Z
dc.date.issued 2014-04-24 en_US
dc.description For this project, a needs assessment is used to better understand and gauge the target audience of early childhood practitioners currently working with children birth to five years old on Kauai and to gather information about the participant’s background and experiences, if that affects their familiarity of online technology resources, as well as their interest in receiving professional development using various online delivery formats.This needs assessment survey provided quantitative and qualitative data and included ten questions related to participant education, activity in professional development, and technology expertise. The information gathered from this portion of the survey was done so using Google forms. en_US
dc.description.abstract Abstract: Early childhood educators (ECE) on the island of Kauai currently have one localized option for higher education in the field of ECE, a 2-year Associate of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Hawaii system’s Kauai Community College. The State of Hawaii’s Executive Office on Early Learning (EOEL) is looking to set the “high-quality” programming benchmark for ECE teachers at a Bachelor’s degree with specialized training in pre-kindergarten plus 15 hours of professional development training annually. Gaining access to high quality in-person professional development on Kauai is an ongoing challenge. To assess the growing need for professional development on Kauai, a needs assessment was conducted using Google forms to explore the use of online resources for professional development by early childhood practitioners on Kauai currently working with children birth to 5 years old. All participants in this needs assessment survey were primarily solicited by email to gauge the use of online modes for participation and communication within the ECE professional community. This effort resulted in 13 responses to the needs assessment survey and indicated a willingness to use online resources for professional development. en_US
dc.format.extent 25 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Souza, B. (2014, April 24). A needs assessment to explore the professional development of early childhood practitioners with online resources, PowerPoint presented at the TCC 2014 Online Conference. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/33047
dc.language.iso en-US en_US
dc.rights CC0 1.0 Universal
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subject needs assessment, professional development, early childhood en_US
dc.title A Needs Assessment to Explore the Professional Development of Early Childhood Practitioners with Online Resources en_US
dc.type Presentation en_US
dc.type.dcmi Text en_US
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