CWDC launches online survey into Early Years Professionals

More than 4,000 early years professionals (EYPs) in England are being called on to take part in an online survey about the impact their graduate status is having on the quality of early years settings.

The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) is interested in finding out more about EYPs' career development needs and aspirations and what EYPs have been doing since achieving the status.  We also want to hear practitioners' views about their roles and the impact and effect that gaining EYPS is having on their working life.

The survey will inform a larger three-year academic research study on EYPs being undertaken by Wolverhampton University on behalf of CWDC.

The study will collect evidence through an online survey of all EYPs as well as a number of in depth case studies from around the country.

All practitioners who have achieved Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) are asked to complete the online survey which is live from 6 January to 19 February 2010.  The survey takes no more than 30 minutes to complete and will contribute vital evidence on the impact that EYPS is having on improving outcomes for children.

EYPs can access the survey online and there are also options to complete the survey and return by email or by post.  For further information about the survey, or to request a hard copy of the survey, please contact Julie on 01902 323006 or mailto:j.richmond@wlv.ac.uk.