Tag Archives: Age 0-5

No Need to Reinvent the Wheel: Professional Development Resources to Reinforce Core COS Practices

This session explored available Child Outcomes Summary (COS) resources that help teams focus on functionality, cover the breadth of the outcomes, develop age-anchoring skills, determine ratings with the decision tree, and engage families in COS conversations. Participants discovered how these resources can improve, refresh, or refine team implementation of the COS process. Professional development providers and technical assistance staff using these resources shared strategies for practical implementation of quality learning activities for busy practitioners.

Navigating IDEA and FERPA To Protect Privacy in Today’s Early Childhood World

This presentation discussed the protection of personally identifiable information and data sharing, relative to requirements in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Looker Studio (Formerly Google Data Studio) Workshop Series

Are you looking for better ways to share your publicly-reported data with stakeholders? Do you wish you had access to an easy-to-use tool to help you create engaging data displays?

Data Detective: Looking for Patterns in Child Outcomes Data to Assess Data Quality (Workshop)

In this workshop, participants engaged in practical exercises to look for expected and unexpected patterns in their own data with the goal of increasing competence with data quality and prioritizing areas for data quality improvement.

Data Detective: Looking for Patterns in Child Outcomes Data to Assess Data Quality (Concurrent Session)

In this session, participants engaged in practical exercises to look for expected and unexpected patterns in their own data with the goal of increasing competence with data quality and prioritizing areas for data quality improvement.

Engaging & Empowering Families in Child Outcomes Conversations: Tips from Families and Practitioners

Tips to address challenges in COS conversations were gathered from family members and practitioners. This presentation summarized those tips and highlighted related resources to incorporate those tips into Child Outcomes Summary (COS) team discussions.

Improving Data Quality Using the Child Outcomes Summary Knowledge Check (COS-KC) with Practitioners

The COS-KC assessment checks if practitioners have background knowledge needed to participate in a high-quality Child Outcomes Summary process. These presentation slides are from an IDIO Conference session introducing the COS-KC and helping state staff consider how the COS-KC might enhance their outcomes data collection and professional development activities.

Critical Need to have Families at the Table

Families are key stakeholders in state and local data conversations. They provide a unique perspective that is critical for program improvement. This session introduced the Family Data Leader Pilot project. This project is a collaboration between the Center for Parent Information and Resources and Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems. Participants increased their knowledge about what types of data there are, why data is collected and how data drives improvement with a focus on equity. Participants also gained strategies to successfully participate in data discussions.

Practical Tips for Evaluating and Analyzing Data on Practitioners’ Use of Evidence-based Practices

In this presentation, presenters share tips for high quality practice evaluation and analysis and present an example from Hawaii’s experience.

Your Best Ever State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report: Reporting Tools and Tips

This presentation provided tips and tools to facilitate creation of states’ State Performance Plans/Annual Performance Reports (SPP/APR). It included background information on SPP/APR and gave an overview of the newly-developed SPP/APR Modules.

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