Evidence-Based Advocacy - United Nations Girls' Education Initiative

Example of an interview with the administrators protocol
Interviewer: In this method, you will be interviewing one chief administrator/knowledgeable official from the
centre. In the “real world”, individual interviews could also be conducted with other stakeholders such as a
parent/caregiver who might be visiting, and with consent, maybe a few older children as well (maybe 6-8 year olds,
who you talk with first, and then send away before the formal portion begins). But for this exercise, let us not
interview the children, since we do not have consent. In your countries, this is also perhaps best done with
different stakeholders from different sectors.
The role of the interviewer is to ask questions of the chief administrators. It is important that you speak slowly and
clearly. If the interviewee (administrator) does not seem to understand the question, you may want to repeat the
question or rephrase the question in a way you feel they would understand. Again, please remember you are not
here to judge, react, and give advice or state opinions. You should also be mindful of body language and gestures
while interviewing. You want to try to limit long answers and having a member of the household dominate the
interview process. If a person does not feel comfortable answering a question do not force them; just move on to
another question that will hopefully get at the same or similar answer.
Please note that this is only a “make-believe” set of indicators to help you hone your methodological skills rather
than producing refined content. In your own countries, you may need to develop protocols and qualitative
indicators, based on your own priorities. We are glad to provide technical support for the development of such
protocols both at a pilot level, and at a scale up stage.
Questions Responses Remarks
Total number of staff regularly working in the center
Total number of children attending: by age group, by
gender and parent income
Typical caregiver-child ratio
Number of cargeivers in the center
Number of support staff: nannies, other support personnel
What is the highest level of education for the chief
administrator?
What is the highest level of education of primary
caregivers?
How many of these caregivers have had some training in
the field of Early Childhood?
Pre-service
In-service
How many of these caregivers have had any kind of training
in gender responsiveness?
Pre-service
In-service
How is “training” defined in your institution? Months?
Years? Certification? Diploma?
Do you provide ongoing training and technical support for
your staff? If yes, in what ways? Is gender responsiveness
part of this technical support?
What do you see as the 3 most important things that you
can provide to all children in your centre?
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