Head Start
Data Resources
Analytics, Quality Improvement,
& Leadership Development
Head Start Data Resources
Analytics, Quality Improvement, & Leadership Development
Learn how our tools, training and coaching can transform your program’s performance.
Does Your Team Struggle with Data?
You work hard to collect data. But once it’s collected, how does it get used? Are you benefitting from new insights or is data languishing in silos? At Early Intel, our tools enable early childhood leaders to win the day, by:
- Identifying and predicting children and families at risk
- Understanding the causes of lower teacher performance
- Creating brilliant presentations for their board and policy council
- Incorporating quality improvement processes and methods
- Building a culture of data use and performance
Friendly Experts, Supportive Peers
Data tools are a good first step, but your team also needs guides to incorporate these resources into their regular work process. That’s how data ingestion happens. It’s what OHS refers to as “moving from a culture of compliance to one of “data, improvement and outcomes.”
The Q.I. Network supports early childhood leaders on the improvement journey. Together, directors and managers share their data insights, their improvement work and they collaborate on solutions. The Network is composed of high performing programs across the country that are leading the way for innovation in early childhood.
Master the Performance Standards
Is your team ready for your next federal review? The Head Start Performance Standards increased expectations in 2016 (see 1302.102(c)) and starting in the Fall of 2022, reviewers now ask programs to identify their strategies for continuous quality improvement and to identify their promising practices.
While this can be challenging, it’s also a moment to develop leaders by leveraging data to strengthen services. Early Intel trainers and coaches love working with program directors and managers to meet this higher standard.
Self-Asssessment with PIR Spotlight
National PIR data is a treasure trove, if you can access and use it. Early Intel and CCR Analytics have created the PIR Spotlight, an interactive tool to help Head Start programs understand how they compare to others.
The PIR Spotlight enables programs to benchmark themselves against others of similar size and geography, and to inform program design, reporting, and fundraising. The tool visualizes five years of historical data with handy filters for sifting and sorting. Subscribers receive data coaching to help them master their exploration — identifying strengths, weaknesses and noteworthy trends.
Getting the analytics right is essential, but it’s only the start: it’s what you do with those insights that will determine progress.
Early Insights
How Head Start Programs Use Data Coaches
As Head Start programs seek to strengthen their data use, they are beginning to use a new kind of
Member Profile: Q&A with YMCA of the East Bay about Teacher Wellness and Retention
Head Start leaders from YMCA of the East Bay share how they’re using CQI strategies to improve teacher wellness
Key Steps in Preparing for Your FA2 Visit
FA2 visits provide a chance to focus your team on federal expectations, think more deeply about data, reflect on
Attendance vs. Chronic Absence in Head Start: Understanding the Difference
Chronic absence in PreK predicts a child’s failure to read at grade level.