Early Childhood
Data & Quality Improvement Institute
July 14-30, 2020




Overview
For the past two years, Early Intel’s Quality Improvement Summit has introduced early childhood leaders to a range of resources to strengthen the use of data and continuous quality improvement. The Institute builds on this experience, through six online sessions composed of two distinct modules, with top quality training to help programs meet federal Performance Standard requirements around data and quality improvement.
Virtual Data Boot Camp
The Institute’s first module is a two-week (four session) Data Boot Camp led by the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Zaentz Early Education Initiative. The Boot Camp focuses on high-lever data strategies and mindsets to drive improvements in behavior management, language and literacy environments and everyday practice. We will emphasize moving from mere compliance, to using data to drive higher-impact management and stronger outcomes.
Program Objectives:
- Explore the landscape of data collection in settings serving young learners.
- Review key types of information to gather, effective data analysis and data-use practice for early childhood programs.
- Explore practices that foster data-use mindsets among educators and improve leadership and learning communities.
Introduction to CQI
The second module (two sessions) of the Institute will introduce tools and practices to support continuous quality improvement (CQI), as mandated in the Head Start Performance Standards. CQI represents a distinct mindset and a methodology with particular tools and practices, including problem identification, root cause analysis, process mapping and solutions testing.
These introductory presentations will enable the beginner to learn basic tools and concepts including problem identification, understanding a problem as part of a larger system, the use of rapid tests for guiding solutions, and how to think about engaging staff and customers to diagnose issues.
Who Should Register?
The Institute is designed for a broad audience of program directors, managers and supervisors looking to incorporate data and quality improvement into their program. Program teams will benefit, with opportunities to confer on content between sessions. Any manager with responsibility for measuring performance and driving quality will appreciate this training.

Photos from last year’s Q.I. Summit, which inspired this July’s online Institute.

Faculty
Nonie Lesaux
Nonie Lesaux is Academic Dean and the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and co-director of the Saul…
Stephanie Jones
Stephanie Jones is the Gerald S. Lesser Professor in Early Childhood Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and co-director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative. Her…
Exhibitors and Sponsors
The Q.I. Institute is a great opportunity to connect with early childhood program directors and managers who are leading the way on data and quality improvement. For details on advertising or sponsorship opportunities, contact [email protected].
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Contact
For registration or to send a P.O., email Amity: [email protected].
For program questions, email [email protected].
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