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            The Early Childhood Collaborative of Oklahoma, or ECCO, is a research partnership
            between the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University.  Current efforts
            of ECCO focus on the impact of Oklahoma's child care initiatives.  During the 2001-2002
            school year visits will be made to child care centers across the state.  Observations will be
            conducted in infant/toddler, preschool, and school-age classrooms.  Center directors will be
            interviewed and teaching staff will complete questionnaires.  The project is funded by the
            Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Child Care.  OK-DHS will
            use information from the project to inform and reform state child care initiatives.  For more
            information on ECCO follow the link to the ECCO homepage.
 

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Parent Involvement Questionnaire

Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Programs
Dunn, L., Kling, N., Monroe, L. & Norris, D. (1998)

Please indicate how often you do the following with parents in your classroom.


Almost
Never
Once a Year
    Every 6   Months
3-11 Times
a Year
Monthly
2-3 Times
a Month
Daily/Weekly
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1.    Send home newsletters. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2.    Send home notes about 
       child or classroom.		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3.    Make phone calls to parents. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4.    Hold parent conferences. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
5.    Hold special days in my
       program (ex:  Mom's Day, 
       picnics, breakfasts)		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6.   Visit the homes of the children in 
       my class/program.		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7.    Hold parent meetings with
       guest speakers or special events.		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8.    Contact parents about children's 
       problems.		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
9.    Inform parents when children
       do well.		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
10.  Ask parents to assist with 
       field trips or parties.		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
11.  Encourage parents to work with 
       children in the classroom (read,
       play games, cooking, art, etc.).		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
12.  Ask parents to make things for 
       the program or class.		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
13.  Provide educational materials or 
       information for parents.		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
14.  Suggest activities for parent to do
       at home with their children.		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
15.  Talk to parents at drop-off
       and pick-up times.		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
16.  Share information between 
       home and child care with a written system.		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Programs questionnaire was developed to measure teachers' perceptions of their own parent involvement practices. It has also been used to measure parents perceptions of their child's teacher's parent involvement practices. The instrument represents one factor with sound factor structure. Internal consistency is high, Cronbach's alpha=.90.  When using the questionnaire cite it as:

      Dunn, L., Kling, N., Monroe, L., & Norris, D. (1998). Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Programs. [on-line], Available:  http://www.ou.edu/education/ilac/Dunn.htm

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