Fostering Effective Early Learning (FEEL) through a professional development programme for early childhood educators to improve professional practice and child outcomes in the year before formal schooling: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Table 1 Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Intervention Trials (SPIRIT) table

	Study period
	Enrolment	Allocation	Post allocation
Time point	Pre intervention	Time (t₀)	Centre baseline (t_1a)	Child baseline (t_1b)	Post intervention (t₂)
Enrolment
Eligibility screen	X
Initial centre contact	X
Centre informed consent	X
Allocation		X
Recruitment of children and parent informed consent		X
Intervention
PD intervention					X
Regular practice (control)					X
Assessments
Child assessments
DAS Verbal Comprehension				X	X
EYT Expressive Vocabulary				X	X
DAS Early Number Concepts				X	X
Early Numeracy Scales				X	X
Strengths & Difficulties (SDQ)				X	X
Child Self-Regulation (CSBQ)				X	X
Centre-level assessments
ECERS-E Environmental Rating			X		X
SSTEW Environmental Rating			X		X

PD professional development, DAS Differential Ability Scales, EYT Early Years Toolbox, SDQ Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire, CSBQ Child Self-Regulation and Behaviour Questionnaire, ECERS-E Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Extended, SSTEW Sustained Shared Thinking and Emotional Wellbeing scale

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