A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

National Evaluation of The Even Start Family Literacy Program: 1998

Appendix B: Additional Data Tables

Exhibit B.6: Percent of Projects Providing Inservice Training for
Most of Their Staff, by Training Topics (1996-97)
(Referenced in Chapter 4)

Areas of Inservice Training

Percent of Projects

Program Coordination

Program planning or improvement

76%

Team building

70%

Retention strategies

57%

Recruitment

54%

Conducting home visits

53%

Local evaluation

51%

Interagency collaboration

49%

First aid, CPR, or other procedures

39%

Visiting other programs

29%

National evaluation

25%

Adult Education Services

Assessment

37%

Reading, writing, math, social studies

26%

Vocational/occupational subjects

15%

ESL

14%

Parenting Education Services

Parent and child activities

70%

Child rearing, child development

62%

Parent?s role as a teacher

61%

Life skills

47%

Early Childhood Education Services

Child development

60%

Assessment

48%

Classroom or behavior management

44%

School readiness

43%

ESL

17%

Adapting Services to Participant Needs and Backgrounds

Family or personal problems

49%

Ethnic/cultural backgrounds

45%

Family educational needs

42%

Learners with special needs

30%

Other

53%

Exhibit reads: In 1996-97, 76 percent of projects provided inservice training on program planning or improvement to most of their staff.

 

Exhibit B.7: Number of Instructors, by Salary Source and Student Contact (1996-97)
(Referenced in Chapter 4)

Teaching Assignment

Paid by Even Start Funds

Paid by
Local Match

Paid by
Collaborating Agency

Average (Range)

Average (Range)

Average (Range)

Full-time instructor, teaching mostly Even Start students

1.5 (0-14)

0.4 (0-100)

0.2 (0-21)

Part-time instructor, teaching mostly Even Start students

1.7 (0-31)

0.5 (0-100)

0.4 (0-7)

Full-time instructor, teaching Even Start and other students

0.1 (0-10)

0.6 (0-54)

0.6 (0-30)

Part-time instructor, teaching Even Start and other students

0.2 (0-15)

0.5 (0-75)

0.5 (0-40)

Total

3.6 (0-32)

2.0 (0-200)

1.7 (0-45)

Note: This analysis was based on 605 projects included in the 1996-97 evaluation.

Exhibit reads: In 1996-97, Even Start projects had an average of 1.5 full-time instructors (paid by Even Start funds) who taught mostly Even Start students.

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[ Exhibits B-3, B-4, and B-5 ]

[ Exhibit B-8 ]