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Head Start and SLDS: Getting to Know You! Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Ben Allen, Vermont

Head Start and SLDS: Getting to Know You! Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Ben Allen, Vermont Kimberly Shinn-Brown, Missouri Colleen Murphy, Utah Kathy Thornburg, Missouri Missy Cochenour, State Support Team. Today we are going to discuss…. What is a State Longitudinal Data System?

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Head Start and SLDS: Getting to Know You! Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Ben Allen, Vermont

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  1. Head Start and SLDS: Getting to Know You! Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Ben Allen, Vermont Kimberly Shinn-Brown, Missouri Colleen Murphy, Utah Kathy Thornburg, Missouri Missy Cochenour, State Support Team

  2. Today we are going to discuss… What is a State Longitudinal Data System? What is Head Start? What kind of data are collected? How are data used? How do Head Start data fit into the SLDS conversation? Why are Head Start data critical to answering the school readiness policy questions?

  3. What is a State Longitudinal Data System? Missy Cochenour State Support Team Applied Engineering Management

  4. What is a State Longitudinal Data System? What is a Longitudinal Data System?: • “An education longitudinal data system is a data system that collects and maintains detailed, high quality, student- and staff-level data that are linked across entities and over time, providing a complete academic and performance history for each student; and makes these data accessible through reporting and analysis tools.” (Traveling Through Time, Book One)

  5. What is a State Longitudinal Data System? What is the goal of creating Longitudinal Data Systems? • Respond to questions asked by various stakeholders • Make informed policy and practice decisions • “A sophisticated LDS can be a tremendous tool for shedding light on the nuts and bolts of education, and for improving student outcomes. However, agencies must be aggressive and creative in using their LDS to take advantage of its full potential.” (Traveling Through Time, Book One)

  6. What is a State Longitudinal Data System? • Who could be involved in the Early Childhood LDS conversation? • Department of Social Services • Department of Education • Department of Health • Department of Mental Health • Department of Economic Development • Department of Corrections • Head Start • Institutions of Higher Education/Faculty • Researchers • State Advisory Council • and others • (Note: this will vary from state to state.)

  7. What is a State Longitudinal Data System? What data goes into these systems? • It depends upon the purpose of the system and the intended users • Please note that based on the intent of the system only gather data necessary to respond to the purpose and not everything! Key Take Away: Head Starts are primary partners in SLDS’s and their data are essential to inform research, policy, and practice.

  8. The Big Picture Head Start is one piece of a large puzzle. We also recognize that one child could be enrolled in multiple programs.

  9. What is Head Start and Early Head Start? Ben Allen Vermont Head Start Collaboration Director Child Development Division Department for Children & Families Agency of Human Services State of Vermont

  10. What is Head Start & Early Head Start? Head Start is: • A federally-funded program that promotes the school readiness of at-risk young children and their families. • More than 1.1 million children ages birth to five • Administered as federal-to-local programs with federal funding going directly from the federal government to local grantees housed in community-based organizations • Funding: 80 percent is federal; 20 percent of the funding consists of “local match” or “in-kind” contributions from the local community.

  11. What is Head Start & Early Head Start? Head Start consists of two early childhood development programs: • Provide a range of comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education services consistent with the 11 domains • Early Head Start- primarily at-risk children prenatal to age three, pregnant women, and their families. • Head Start- primarily serving at-risk preschool-age children and their families

  12. What is Head Start & Early Head Start? Head Start is not: • Administered by states, although several states fund additional Head Start spaces. What governs Head Start and Early Head Start? • Both follow the Head Start Act, as amended and the Head Start Program Performance Standards and Other Regulations What data is collected? • Program Information Reports-national-level, state-level-, and local-level data • Local programs collect additional information

  13. What is Head Start & Early Head Start? 13 Key Head Start Representative at the State Level: • Each state has Head Start-State Collaboration Office (HSSCO) Director. • HSSCO Directors must serve on each State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care and work to promote collaboration, coordination, and alignment of Head Start programming, services, and/or standards with those of other early childhood education and care providers within the State. • To learn about the responsibilities and duties of the HSSCO Directors, click http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/states/collaboration. • For Example, the Vermont HSSCO Director is a member of the Building Bright Futures State Advisory Council’s Data and Evaluation Committee where much of the statewide data and evaluation system building work is occurring (see http://buildingbrightfutures.org/.

  14. What Kind of Head Start Data are Collected? How are the Data Used? Kimberly Shinn-Brown Head Start Director of Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation

  15. What Kind of Head Start Data are Collected? Data in Head Start: Child Turn-Over (Number, Reason, Health & Dental Insurance Status Enrollment & Waiting Lists Home Visits Child Observations IEP/IFSP Referrals & Follow-up (Number, Type, Result, etc.) Staff Turn-Over (Number, Reason, Location, Position) Progress toward School Readiness Goals Parent-Teacher Conferences Meals (menu, cost, nutritional value, etc.) Physicals & Immunizations Budgets & Funding Levels Child Outcomes Case Notes MOUs/MOAs Community Assessment Health services Developmental Screening Results Child Abuse/Neglect Report Rates Child & Family Demographics Attendance Volunteers (Number, Type, Hours) Health Events/Concerns (allergies, contagious disease exposure, etc.) Behavior incidents Dental services Staff Credentials Transportation

  16. What Kind of Head Start Data are Collected? Head Start programs collect, aggregate, and analyze data on: Program models; Participant demographics; Services provided or referred; Frequency, duration, and intensity of services; and Child, family, & program outcomes.

  17. How are Head Start Data Used? For what purposes? Understanding & Improving Child Outcomes (developmental assessments, attendance, health status, family well-being & engagement) Teacher Qualifications & Classroom Quality Program Planning & Evaluation (Self-Assessment) Reporting to Congress, Governing Bodies, Policy Councils, Communities & other Stakeholders

  18. Why should Head Start be involved with data from SLDS? • No other program collects the quality, quantity, and variety of data collected by Head Start programs. • To survive and thrive, Head Start must own its destiny and proactively engage in research, policy and practice discussions. • SLDS is a way to demonstrate our effectiveness AND contribute to strengthening all early childhood education services to better prepare children and families for success in the K-20 system.

  19. What is a State Longitudinal Data System? Colleen Murphy Early Childhood Interagency Coordinator, Utah Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative

  20. Bringing together two conversations How do Head Start data fit into the SLDS conversation? Head Starts are primary partners in SLDS’s and their data are essential to inform research, policy, and practice. Engage Head Start in the conversation early Collaborate with your state Head Start Collaboration Director. Give them a seat at the table. Representatives from HS were invited to sit on both the Data Management and Data Policy committees.  We gave all programs an incentive to start early- It is FREE! (Future additions will not be funded through current project funds)

  21. Bringing together two conversations Solutions found for Head Start concerns: Challenge: HS directors did not want the data to discount their program. Solution: A policy was put into place stating that any data research projects and data intended for publication must be approved by the Data Policy Committee. Challenge: What another reporting system!?! Solution: Our data experts are developing a separate data warehouse to push all HS data into.  Currently, we are exploring how best to do this keeping the different data collection methods in mind.  This information will then be pushed into CHARM where it will be de-identified and pushed out to the P20 SLDS.  The benefit:  This will enable HS programs to track how their children perform once they move on from HS and into the K20 spectrum.

  22. Bringing together two conversations Utah Lesson Learned: Communication- a few represent the whole so add time to the SLDS process Do your research!- Know your Head Start source systems Don't forget the power of "Thank You"! More to come as we implement in Spring 2012.

  23. Why are Head Start data critical to answering the school readiness policy questions? Kathy Thornburg Assistant Commissioner for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and Director of the Center for Family Policy & Research at the University of Missouri

  24. Public Education and School Readiness One of Missouri’s three goals is: All Missouri children will enter kindergarten prepared to be successful in school. In Missouri . . . 14.6% of preschoolers are served in DESE programs; 1.7% of babies and toddlers. 10.8% of preschoolers are in Head Start; 1.5% are in Early Head Start.

  25. Workforce Data Education and Training Salary Information Employment Information Title

  26. Program Data Accreditation Licensing Status Capacity Ratios Subsidy Receipt

  27. Child/Family Data School Readiness All domains of development Data in Pre-K, K, 1st and 2nd grades Family demographics (SES, # of children, # of adults in home, etc.)

  28. Do we know . . . How many Head Start programs are in MO? How many Head Start classrooms? How many are EHS? How many are partner sites? How many children in different types of programs? How many in each legislative district? How many . . . .

  29. Why? Appropriate Professional Development offerings Use data for program/classroom improvement Data to inform teachers and parents about children’s performance (Head Start  Public School)

  30. Possible questions to answer involving Head Start data . . . What are rates of recipiency for various services (Head Start, child care assistance, Medicaid, CHIP, TANF, PAT)? To what degree do services overlap? What are basic characteristics of early childhood professionals, including education, training hours, wage, work hours, benefits, length of time in program and field? How do wages differ by education/training, after controlling for experience?

  31. IN THE FUTUREHead Start: In the News

  32. NHSA Dialog: Research to Practice Journal for the Early Childhood FieldJuly 2015 Major points in article: Children in Head Start and state Pre-K receive better coordination of state services than children in other forms of care. Compared to peers in other settings, Head Start professionals tended to remain in the field longer but made lower wages. Compared to other programs, Head Starts were more likely to affect parental educational activities at home.

  33. Springfield Daily NewsSeptember 3, 2015 Major points in article: Local Early Head Start enrolls more children Three Head Start programs receive 5-star ratings Data on teacher education shows improvement over 2013 data All children who attended Early Head Start and Head Start “scored” as being ready to enter kindergarten successfully

  34. And then in 10 years, we would be able to . . .

  35. Missouri Comprehensive Data System: Head Start Findings

  36. Kansas City Star August 26, 2021 “The most recent data from the Missouri Comprehensive Data System show that, for the first time, average salaries for Head Start infant, toddler, and preschool teachers are equivalent to what elementary teachers earn.”

  37. St. Louis Post DispatchAugust 29, 2021 “Combining information from fiveMidwestern states’ longitudinal data systems, this new report on the effectiveness of Head Start indicates that the program does have a measurable effect on children’s academic and cognitive outcomes, once the influences of school quality, family demographics, and community factors are taken into account.”

  38. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

  39. To continue this conversation on Head Start and SLDS please join the discussion group in April 2012. Send an email to missy.cochenour@sst-slds.org

  40. Available Resources: Traveling Through Time SST Materials- Planning Guide ECLKC Website Head Start Performance Standards • Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework

  41. Presenter’s Contact Information Ben Allen- Ben.Allen@state.vt.us Kimberly Shinn-Brown- kshinnbrown@oacac-caa.org Colleen Murphy- cmurphy@utah.gov Kathy Thornburg- Kathy.Thornburg@dese.mo.gov

  42. Questions and Answers Thank you!!

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