Graduation Date
Fall 2023
Document Type
Thesis
Program
Master of Arts degree with a major in Psychology, option Academic Research
Committee Chair Name
Dr. Tasha Howe
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Second Committee Member Name
Dr. Brandilynn Villarreal
Second Committee Member Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Third Committee Member Name
Isaac Coppock, MA
Third Committee Member Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Abstract
The Teaching Pyramid is a research-based socio-emotional framework created for implementation in early childhood education programs. It is designed to support children’s socio-emotional development and decrease persistent challenging behaviors. Challenging child behaviors have been linked to early educator stress. Job stressors in early childhood educators have been previously linked to educator burnout.
This study examined fidelity of implementation of the Teaching Pyramid framework as well as experience being trained and coached on the framework in 21 early childhood educators. It evaluated how these variables correlated with educator burnout, children’s socio-emotional development, and observed quality of care in nine Head Start and State funded preschool classrooms in Northern California. It was hypothesized that higher Teaching Pyramid implementation fidelity would be correlated with lower educator burnout, greater socio-emotional development in the children, and higher observed quality of care. It was also hypothesized that higher levels of burnout would be correlated with lower socio-emotional development in the children and observed quality of care.
There were no statistically significant correlations between any variables in this study. This may have been due to small sample sizes resulting in low statistical power. Future research on burnout as it correlates to professional development frameworks, child development and quality of care should be conducted on larger, more diverse populations of early childhood educators and include more classroom samples for a more robust analysis. Other research-based socio-emotional frameworks should also be investigated as supports to equip early childhood educators with the skills needed to manage job stressors and support children’s early development.
Citation Style
APA
Recommended Citation
Frazer, April N., "Examining educator burnout and classroom outcomes as correlates to teaching pyramid implementation" (2023). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 691.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/691