Family Surveys

Surveys

We collect family feedback from two surveys. These surveys offer us opportunities to measure overall family satisfaction and engagement within our program.

Parent Gauge

Parent Gauge is a family engagement assessment tool designed specifically for Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The tool measures the parent experience and the impact of our programs. Most families agree or strongly agree that CAP Tulsa supported them to manage their child’s emotions this year. Learning to manage emotions is an important skill set to learn in early childhood!

Family Satisfaction Survey

Our family satisfaction survey seeks to understand a family’s likelihood of recommending our program to other friends and families, as well as how well we meet their needs, treat them with respect, and their connectedness to our program. Within each of these questions, we are able to compare our results to other similar organizations across the US.

Commitment to Excellence

We also heard families’ thoughts on opportunities for improvement across the agency:

• Some families expressed a desire to better understand teacher training and supervision. CAP Tulsa welcomed many new teachers during the last school year who participated in several learning modules. Instructional Coaches observe all classrooms and provide constructive feedback and instruction on classroom management and equitable teaching practices. As an agency committed to life-long learning, we provide frequent training and learning forums to help all teachers in their ongoing professional growth and development.
• CAP Tulsa was excited to welcome families back into the building for the 2022-2023 school year following the pandemic. As we ramped up in-person programming after a 2-year hiatus, families noted some opportunities for improvements in communication about school events and activities. Across all our schools and programs, we are excited to continue to build relationships with families and will continue to improve communication, especially around events, in a timelier manner.
• Reviewing policies, including photo IDs needed for pickup, to ensure that school safety is consistently maintained without causing families undue burdens.
• Families have a need for greater availability of before and aftercare slots. Several changes have been made for the 2023-2024 school year that should enable us to offer more aftercare slots to families in need of this service.