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What Do EYPs Do? Findings from the first national survey of Early Years Professionals

What Do EYPs Do? Findings from the first national survey of Early Years Professionals. School Research conference Mark Hadfield Michael Jopling Karl Royle Tim Waller. The study is looking at. EYPs’ views of their ability to carry out their roles since gaining EYPS.

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What Do EYPs Do? Findings from the first national survey of Early Years Professionals

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  1. What Do EYPs Do? Findings from the first national survey of Early Years Professionals School Research conference Mark Hadfield Michael Jopling Karl RoyleTim Waller

  2. The study is looking at • EYPs’ views of their ability to carry out their roles since gaining EYPS. • EYPS and EYPs’ practice in relation to: i) outcomes for children; ii) impact on leadership roles in Early Years settings; iii) impact on other aspects of early years settings such as the quality of practice and interactions as well as the relationships with parents and other agencies. • EYPS and the EYPs’ career pathway and views on their career trajectory including any motivations or intentions to change setting, role or career. • The extent to which EYPs have or have not undertaken (or plan to undertake) any further training or professional development

  3. Overall approach An annual questionnaire survey of EYPs to elicit information around their career aspirations and their perceptions of the impact they are having on their working contexts. Longitudinal three years case studies across 30 EY settings within which EYPs from different routes and with different levels of experience are present. The sample will be selected to provide evidence from a cross-section of EY settings.

  4. First national survey report of EYPs’ perceptions of their role, impact and career aspirations

  5. Rationale for the national survey • To provide: • more detailed demographic information about EYPs’ backgrounds and experience • their views on their ability to carry out their role since gaining EYPS • information about career trajectories including their intentions to change setting, role or career • an overview of their professional development activities and plans • an assessment of the impact of obtaining EYPS on professional identity • their views on the difficulty of achieving change in their settings.

  6. Survey process • The survey was accessible to all individuals with EYPS, with the aim of generating responses from approximately 10-15 per cent. • A number of communication channels were used to recruit EYPs, including emailing the survey link to everyone on the current EYP database; advertising in CWDC’s newsletter and website; and making multiple contacts with EYP network co-coordinators, LA staff, and EYPS providers. • The survey went live between January and February 2010 and by the time it closed,1,045 questionnaires had been completed, representing 31 per cent of EYPs.

  7. Sample • The survey sample was broadly representative of the total population based on gender, ethnicity, geographical distribution and the pathways followed to achieve EYPS. • The South East region was slightly over-represented while the Eastern and East Midlands regions were slightly under-represented. • Practitioners who had followed the validation pathway one were slightly under-represented while those who had completed the full pathway were slightly over-represented.

  8. Findings • EYPs: who and where are they? • What are they doing? • What impact has EYPS had on them? • What impact are they having? • How do they see themselves developing?

  9. EYPs: who and where are they? Highest educational qualification

  10. EYPs: who and where are they? Years of experience

  11. EYPs: who and where are they? Main setting

  12. EYPs: who and where are they? Breakdown of EYPs’ PVI settings

  13. EYPs: who and where are they? Career stage against type of setting

  14. What are they doing? Breakdown of EYP roles by percentage of time spent with children

  15. What are they doing? Age of children they work with in their main role

  16. What impact has EYPS had on them? How EYPS has helped EYPs in their role

  17. What impact has EYPS had on them? Professional status

  18. What impact are they having? Ability to lead and influence change since gaining EYPS

  19. What impact are they having? Barriers to change

  20. How do they see themselves developing? How EYPs expect their career to develop over the next five years

  21. How do they see themselves developing? Barriers to career development

  22. Full survey report and further information are available at: http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/assets/0001/1377/First_National_Survey_of_Practitoners_with_EYPS.pdf http://www.wlv.ac.uk/cedare

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