Jennifer Furniss

Research Question/Topic: Parent Engagement

In what ways can I support and develop parent involvement at KinderCare?
Data
Source

Profession
al
Literature

Surveys

Data Collection Plan

Timeline/Plan for
Intended
Collection
Learning/Purpose
Ongoing search for
and use of
professional
literature to inform
my work throughout
the semester.

Before and after the

research project

Adaptations/Changes
made during Data
Collection Period

Through the literature, I

intend to learn about my
No changes were made
topic, and whats current
in the field. I also plan to
learn from other
researchers approaches
to data collection and to
see how their findings
may be similar to or
different than the
findings from my study.
Sub-topics for my
literature include:
parent/teacher
relationships, family
involvement in early
childhood education, and
development of prereading skills.
The purpose of the
surveys will be to gauge
the level of parent
Collected surveys in the
involvement in the
beginning of the study
classrooms. I will also
only
ask for suggestions from
parents of ways to
become involved in the
classroom. After
implementing new ways
for the parents to
become involved, I will
use another survey for
the parents to give
feedback. These surveys
will be used to measure
the level of success
engaging families within

the school setting.

Whole
Group
Meetings

Staff Meetings in
November and
December

Researche
rs Journal

Used during
observations
throughout the
study starting 10/3

Interviews

After the parent

involvement
activities, towards
the end of the study

At this time, I will ask for

feedback from the staff
Recorded information
on how well the new
from the staff meetings
implementations are
held in October and
going and if any changes November. No meeting
need to occur. I will also
was held in December.
ask for suggestions for
more parent
engagement activities
that we could use in the
future. I will also share
the scores (from the
parent surveys) from the
beginning of the study
and end of the study
with the staff in
December.
Used to document inNo changes were made
action observations of
new parent activities
and thoughts I have
throughout the study.
I will schedule interviews I held informal interviews
with parents to use as
and also recorded
feedback for future
information from
parent activities.
conversations with
Information taken from
parents.
the interviews will be
used as data.