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Family day home agency survey

Family day home agency survey

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The survey takes approximately 12 to 14 minutes to complete.

All fields are required unless otherwise indicated.

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Screening

How long has your agency been a licence holder in Alberta?

You must be part of a family day home agency to complete this survey.

Which of the following best describes your agency?
What is your primary role at your family day home agency?

Background

What early learning and childcare (ELCC)-related background do you have? Select all that apply.
What formal education in early learning and childcare do you have?
What ECE certificate level do you have?
How much experience did you have working in early learning and childcare (ELCC) before your current role at the family day home agency?
What background, education, or experience did you have before becoming an agency licence holder? Select all that apply.
On average, how long do family day home educators remain with your agency?

Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Credentials

Based on your agency's experience, to what extent do family day home educators at each certification level demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to work safely and effectively in a family day home setting when they first begin working (e.g., meet family day home standards and professional practice expectations)?
Based on your agency’s experience, how well does Alberta’s current ELCC post-secondary education (e.g., ELCC certificate, ELCC diploma, etc.) prepare educators to work in family day home settings (for example, managing mixed-age groups and working independently)?
Based on your agency's experience, which competencies are most often lacking when educators begin operating a family day home? Select all that apply.
Based on your agency's experience, which operational challenges create the greatest risks to quality, safety, or compliance in family day home programs? Select up to five.
Based on your agency’s experience, how effective are practicum opportunities for educators preparing to work in family day home programs?
What would best improve family day home educator competency in family day home settings? Select up to two.

Regulatory Compliance

To what extent would each of the following screening steps support the assessment of prospective licence holders in their readiness to operate a licensed family day home agency?
Review the Family day homes standards manual for Alberta
How important are the following types of qualifications or experience for licence holders?
Should there be a structured onboarding process for new family day home agency licence holders?
What supports would be most valuable in the structured onboarding process for new licence holders? Select up to three.
Which operational challenges create the greatest risks for quality, safety, or compliance in your agency? Select up to three.
Which supports are most effective in helping family day home educators meet the family day home standards? Select up to two.
How effective are annual licensing monitoring visits (typically one visit per year) in helping your agency understand and meet family day home standards?
On average, how often did your agency conduct monitoring visits to family day home programs in the past 12 months?
On average, how often did your agency conduct formal safety checks of family day home programs in the past 12 months?
During monitoring visits in the past 12 months, how often did your agency’s home visitors/consultants provide coaching, training, or guidance to family day home educators?
How many visits does your agency typically conduct before approving a new family day home educator?
In the last 12 months, approximately how many family day home educators has your agency terminated (i.e., ended the contract due to non-compliance or performance concerns)?
What were your agency’s primary reasons for terminating family day home educator contracts in the past year? Select all that apply.
In the past 12 months, approximately how many family day home educators have left your agency (for any reason)?
What were the primary reasons family day home educators left your agency in the past 12 months? Select all that apply.
When critical incidents occur, is licensing helpful in supporting your agency to understand and meet standards?
Which aspects of incident management and non-compliance follow-up are most challenging for your agency? Select up to three.
How quickly are critical incidents typically documented and reported to licensing?
Which areas of the family day home standards do your agency’s family day home educators most often need more training or clarification on? Select all that apply.
How does your agency support educators to ensure backup care is available when needed? Select all that apply.

Quality Supports

Who is primarily responsible for recruiting children and families to family day home programs within your agency?
Does your agency use a curriculum framework to guide planning?
Which curriculum framework(s) does your agency use? Select all that apply.
Are your agency’s family day home educators aware of the program plan and where to find it?
Have educators had input into creating or updating the program plan at your agency?
In your agency’s experience, how closely does daily practice in family day homes align with the program plan?
Which parts of the program plan are hardest for your agency to develop or put into practice? Select all that apply.
In the past 12 months, did you take any inclusion supports and how effective were the inclusion supports you used?
In the past 12 months, did you take any quality supports and how effective were the quality supports you used?
In the past 12 months, which of these activities has your agency done to improve quality? Select all that apply.

Demographic Questions

What is your age?
What language(s) are spoken on a regular basis in your household? Select all that apply.
How long have you lived in Canada?
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