Introduction
These infographics describe the experiences of the teachers, center directors, and program directors of children enrolled in Region XI Head Start FACES programs during the 2021—2022 program year, with a focus on how the COVID-19 pandemic played a role in staff experiences. The data in these infographics provide a window into the experiences of a sample of Region XI Head Start staff who were able to respond to surveys during the pandemic. Readers should not assume the data are nationally representative of enrolled children’s teachers, center directors, or program directors in Region XI Head Start programs.
An overview (PDF)accompanies these infographics, describing the importance of the topics presented.
- 1. Mode of Classroom Instruction and Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers (PDF). This infographic presents information about children’s teachers’ modes of instruction and children’s teachers’ challenges and supports that were unique to their mode of instruction.
- 2. Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among a Sample of Region XI Head Start Staff (PDF). This infographic presents information about children’s teachers’, center directors’, and program directors’ symptoms of depression and anxiety.
- 3. Job-Related Stress Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Children’s Teachers, Center Directors, and Program Directors (PDF). This infographic presents information about children’s teachers’, center directors’, and program directors’ job stress.
- 4. Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic among a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers Who Are Parents (PDF). This infographic presents information about children’s teachers who were parents to children at home, including child care strategies and mode of instruction for teachers’ own children.
- 5a. Teachers’ Personal Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers (PDF). This infographic presents information about personal challenges for children’s teachers and their families.
- 5b. Teaching Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers (PDF). This infographic presents information about teaching challenges for children’s teachers.
- 6. Helpful Supports Children’s Teachers Received from Their Region XI Head Start Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers (PDF). This infographic presents information about the supports children’s teachers received from their programs.
- 7. Lasting Changes to Region XI Head Start Children’s Centers and Programs as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers (PDF). This infographic presents information from children’s center directors and program directors about lasting changes to their centers and programs in spring 2022 as a result of the pandemic.
Methods
This study builds on prior rounds of the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (AIAN FACES) to explore how Region XI Head Start children, families, and staff were faring during the COVID-19 pandemic.
These infographics draw on data from 47 surveys completed by lead teachers in fall 2021 (between November 2021 and January 2022) and 34 lead teachers in spring 2022 and 14 program directors and 18 center directors (representing 21 centers) in spring 2022 (between April 2022 and July 2022).
More information about the sample and how the data were weighted can be found in the Fall 2021 Data Tables and Study Design Report and Spring 2022 Data Tables and Study Design report.
Citation
Overview: Straske, Davis, Charlotte Cabili, Katie Gonzalez, Sara Bernstein, Eva Oldman, and the AIAN FACES Workgroup for the 2021—2022 Study (2024). Snapshots of Region XI Head Start Staff Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Overview, OPRE Report 2024-263, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
1. Straske, Davis, Charlotte Cabili, Jennifer Royall Anderson, Laura Watson-Sarnoski, Yvonne Marki-Korosec, Xiaofan Sun, Ashley Kopack Klein, Katie Gonzalez, Sara Bernstein, Eva Oldman, and the AIAN FACES Workgroup for the 2021—2022 Study (2024). Mode of Classroom Instruction and Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers. Snapshots of Region XI Head Start Staff Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Infographic no. 1, OPRE Report 2024-236, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2. Straske, Davis, Charlotte Cabili, Jennifer Royall Anderson, Laura Watson-Sarnoski, Yvonne Marki-Korosec, Xiaofan Sun, Ashley Kopack Klein, Katie Gonzalez, Sara Bernstein, Eva Oldman, and the AIAN FACES Workgroup for the 2021—2022 Study (2024). Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among a Sample of Region XI Head Start Staff. Snapshots of Region XI Head Start Staff Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Infographic no. 2, OPRE Report 2024-237, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
3. Straske, Davis, Charlotte Cabili, Jennifer Royall Anderson, Laura Watson-Sarnoski, Yvonne Marki-Korosec, Xiaofan Sun, Ashley Kopack Klein, Katie Gonzalez, Sara Bernstein, Eva Oldman, and the AIAN FACES Workgroup for the 2021—2022 Study (2024). Job-Related Stress Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Children’s Teachers, Center Directors, and Program Directors. Snapshots of Region XI Head Start Staff Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Infographic no. 3, OPRE Report 2024-238, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
4. Straske, Davis, Charlotte Cabili, Jennifer Royall Anderson, Laura Watson-Sarnoski, Yvonne Marki-Korosec, Xiaofan Sun, Ashley Kopack Klein, Katie Gonzalez, Sara Bernstein, Eva Oldman, and the AIAN FACES Workgroup for the 2021—2022 Study (2024). Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic among a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers Who Are Parents. Snapshots of Region XI Head Start Staff Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Infographic no. 4, OPRE Report 2024-239, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
5a. Cabili, Charlotte, Davis Straske, Jennifer Royall Anderson, Laura Watson-Sarnoski, Yvonne Marki-Korosec, Xiaofan Sun, Ashley Kopack Klein, Katie Gonzalez, Sara Bernstein, Eva Oldman, and the AIAN FACES Workgroup for the 2021—2022 Study (2024). Teachers’ Personal Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers. Snapshots of Region XI Head Start Staff Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Infographic no. 5a, OPRE Report 2024-240, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
5b. Cabili, Charlotte, Davis Straske, Jennifer Royall Anderson, Laura Watson-Sarnoski, Yvonne Marki-Korosec, Xiaofan Sun, Ashley Kopack Klein, Katie Gonzalez, Sara Bernstein, Eva Oldman, and the AIAN FACES Workgroup for the 2021—2022 Study (2024). Teaching Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers. Snapshots of Region XI Head Start Staff Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Infographic no. 5b, OPRE Report 2024-241, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
6. Cabili, Charlotte, Davis Straske, Jennifer Royall Anderson, Laura Watson-Sarnoski, Yvonne Marki-Korosec, Xiaofan Sun, Ashley Kopack Klein, Katie Gonzalez, Sara Bernstein, Eva Oldman, and the AIAN FACES Workgroup for the 2021—2022 Study (2024). Helpful Supports Children’s Teachers Received from Their Region XI Head Start Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers. Snapshots of Region XI Head Start Staff Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Infographic no. 7, OPRE Report 2024-242, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
7. Cabili, Charlotte, Davis Straske, Jennifer Royall Anderson, Laura Watson-Sarnoski, Yvonne Marki-Korosec, Xiaofan Sun, Ashley Kopack Klein, Katie Gonzalez, Sara Bernstein, Eva Oldman, and the AIAN FACES Workgroup for the 2021—2022 Study (2024). Lasting Changes to Region XI Head Start Children’s Centers and Programs as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Sample of Region XI Head Start Children’s Teachers. Snapshots of Region XI Head Start Staff Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Infographic no. 8, OPRE Report 2024-243, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.