Teachers Thriving Together

Teachers Thriving Together

This is a randomized, controlled, hybrid implementation-effectiveness design.whose primary aim is to examine the impact of ParentCorps plus Thrive Professional Learning, relative to Thrive Professional Learning and Inspire Professional Learning alone, on teachers' classroom teaching (knowledge, beliefs, skills and practice related to family engagement and social emotional learning) and teachers' social emotional development. The study also aims to understand the impact of Thrive Professional Learning versus Inspire Professional Learning alone on teachers and classrooms.

Inclusion Criteria:

• The participants are lead teachers, assistant teachers, teaching assistants, paraprofessionals and teacher aides in 238 sites with Pre-K in NYC (for the purposes of this study, the term "teachers" will be used to represent this group). The inclusion criteria include teachers who participate in Thrive or Inspire Professional Learning in 2018-2019. Additionally, 449 teachers from 81 district schools (that are part of the Thrive and Inspire Professional Learning) are were randomized into the study will participate.
• To be eligible for the study, sites met the following criteria: a) have 2 or more PKFA classrooms; b) serve a high-need population and c) leaders ranked Thrive or Inspire as a first or second preference for the school. "High need" was defined as follows: the site level percentage of students in poverty was above the median of the eligible pool; the site level percentage of students in poverty was in the second quartile of the eligible pool and two or more students were listed as living in temporary housing; and/or the site level percentage of students in poverty was in the first quartile of the eligible pool and 5 or more students were listed as living in temporary housing.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Sites that were currently implementing ParentCorps at the time of the randomization were not eligible for the study. Only teachers who were part of the Thrive or Inspire Professional Learning tracks in 2018-2019 will be eligible.