Very insightful. Great observation about "data flowing at the speed of trust."

This session presents the benefits and strategies for engaging with university partners to support the use of early childhood data. Anita McGinty (Director of Early Childhood with the Virginia Department of Education) and Erin Carroll (Research Associate Professor with the School of Education in Human Development at the University of Virginia) share their strategies for strong research to practice partnership in Virginia’s early childhood data effort.

Role of Research to Practice Partnerships in Using Early Childhood Data

On this episode, Phil Sirinides interviews Missy Coffey about her recent report with co-author Jenna Nguyen,  titled "Lessons Learned About ECIDS Teams, Infrastructure, and Composition."

With over a decade of experience in the field, Missy discusses the successes and challenges states face when putting together successful ECDIS project teams. Additionally, Missy explains the importance of being specific on the roles, capacity and amount of effort of teams, as states transition from planning to implementation of their early childhood data systems. And in order states to better accomplish their initiatives and goals in early childhood education,  Missy and Phil talk about the need to align organizational, human, and technical capacities across the ECIDS teams.

Building the Right Team: ECIDS Teams, Infrastructure, and Composition

Many factors can influence the success of an childhood integrated data system (ECIDS), and one of the most crucial is its positionality within a state.  

Which agency serves as technical host? Which partner agencies perform which roles, and which staff should contribute to a particular initiative? How do teams share ownership, to ensure that all stakeholders have a voice and remain equally committed over the course of a project?

In this episode, ECDataWorks co-principal investigators Missy Coffey (SRI International) and Phil Sirinides (Penn State Harrisburg) speak with three state and national experts about their experiences in the ECIDS field, and offer some time-tested strategies for positioning an ECIDS for success.

Guests include: Adelia Jenkins, Executive Director of Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy; Bentley Ponder, Deputy Commissioner for Quality Innovations and Partnerships with Georgia's Department of Early Care and Learning; and Rebecca Gomez, Program Officer in Education with the Heising-Simons Foundation.

Part of the ECDataWorks Community initiative, produced with support from the Heising-Simons Foundation.

Reevaluating the Positionality of ECIDS

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