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suggests that even those who have a college degree need one-on-one coaching and mentoring to fully implement what they have learned in the classroom to ensure sustainable change. Additionally, because it takes time to have the requirements and then to apply for a permit, the percentage receiving a permit will be low and this is to be expected. Information collected through the Coaching Experience Survey and in the focus groups conducted this program year indicate that indeed, many participants are working on educational goals.
A total of 775 Core Members (those participating in coaching) enrolled in Gateways training during the year. However, a total of 3,832 ECE professionals enrolled in Gateways trainings across the county from July 2015 to June 2016. This is a huge success, reflective of the systems approach taken by the Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles where trainings developed and offered through other funding streams (some by First 5 LA) such as Choose Health LA Child Care tracked through our countywide web-based database.
Outcome 3: Promote high quality ECE practices and programs.
Outcome Targets and Performance Measures:
 Outcome Target 3a: Minimum average of 1 hour and 1 session of coaching per
month for core members.
 Outcome Target 3b: 100% of Gateways coaching participants set career and/or
quality improvement goals within 2 months of enrollment.
 Outcome Target 3c: 50% of coaching participants will achieve one or more goals
by June 2016.
A total of 1,015 ECE professionals participated in coaching during the 2015-2016 program year. On average, participants received 1.1 hours of coaching and 1.2 sessions of coaching per month during the year. Although the program didn’t meet the target of 100% of participants setting a goal within two months of enrollment (actual: 95.3%), coaching participants worked actively on achieving their goals. Across the year, 55.8% achieved one or more goals, thus exceeding the target of 50%. On occasion it takes time to set initial goals. The first session entails establishing a relationship with the participant and completing some initial paperwork. The second session often includes finalizing documents and beginning observations needed to help in setting goals. On occasion sessions have to be rescheduled due to the busy lives of participants. These and other factors result in goal setting occurring beyond the first two months of enrollment.
To understand more about goal completion, analyses were conducted to examine time to goal completion. On average, it takes participants 7.6 months to complete a career development goal (See Table 23) and 8.5 months to complete a quality improvement goal (See Table 24). There is quite a bit of variability across agencies in the average number of months to complete career goals (See Table 23). Three agencies spent ten months (rounded) or more with participants to achieve career goals while four agencies spent between three and nine months with participants to achieve career goals. Understandably, of the career development goals, educational and professional development take the longest to complete, 8.2 months and 7.6
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