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Webinar from the Center for Early Care and Education Research-Dual Language Learners (CECER-DLL)

 Title: Development of the CECER-DLL Parent and Teacher Questionnaires: New Tools for Characterizing Preschool DLLs' Experiences
 Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

The Department of Education Office of Indian Education and Office of English Language Acquisition will be joining the Office of Head Start at the Administration for Children and Families for a joint webinar hosted by the Administration for Native Americans. The goal of the webinar is to help ACF and ED grantees address some common challenges to implementing Native American Languages in Early Childhood Settings.

Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/719029314

The number of Spanish-speaking Dual Language Learners (DLLs) entering preschool programs in the U.S. is growing at an increasing rate. To understand DLLs' early development and design interventions to improve children's outcomes, researchers need high quality instruments to document the characteristics of DLLs, their families, and their classrooms as well as DLLs' experiences with their two languages. The Center for Early Care and Education Research-Dual Language Learners (CECER-DLL) has developed parent and teacher questionnaires to meet this need.

Featuring presenters Carol Scheffner Hammer, Shelley E. Scarpino, and Lauren M. Cycyk from Temple University, and hosted by Child Care and Early Education Research Connections, this webinar will present: (a) the content of questionnaires, (b) the iterative, multi-step process used to develop the questionnaires, including cognitive interviews with parents and teachers, (c) preliminary findings from a validation study, and (d) the next steps in the development process. Ultimately, the questionnaires will be made available to researchers. The goal is to provide the field with high quality questionnaires that can be used to characterize preschool DLLs' experiences.

NCELA Nexus – March 6, 2014.