Notice2022-19549
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Culture of Continuous Learning Project: Case Study of a Breakthrough Series Collaborative for Improving Child Care and Head Start Quality (New Collection)
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Published
September 12, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), Administration for Child and Families (ACF) is proposing an information collection activity for the Culture of Continuous Learning Project (CCL). The goal of the project is to assess the feasibility of implementing continuous quality improvement methods in early care and education (ECE) programs and systems to support the use and sustainability of evidence-based practices.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 175 (Monday, September 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55819-55820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19549]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Culture of Continuous
Learning Project: Case Study of a Breakthrough Series Collaborative for
Improving Child Care and Head Start Quality (New Collection)
AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE),
Administration for Child and Families (ACF) is proposing an information
collection activity for the Culture of Continuous Learning Project
(CCL). The goal of the project is to assess the feasibility of
implementing continuous quality improvement methods in early care and
education (ECE) programs and systems to support the use and
sustainability of evidence-based practices.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#642b3436210d0a020b070b08080107100d0b0a240507024a0c0c174a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d120d0f1834333b323e323131383e293432331d3c3e3b7335352e733a322b">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all requests by the title of
the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The CCL project is proposing a new information
collection activity to assess the feasibility of implementing
continuous quality improvement methods in ECE programs and systems to
support the use and sustainability of evidence-based practices. Three
Breakthrough Series Collaboratives (BSCs), a specific quality
improvement model designed to support the implementation of continuous
quality improvement methods in organizations, will be implemented in
Head Start and child care settings. The BSC methodology has been
studied extensively in health care and other fields but has limited
evidence as an effective quality improvement methodology in the early
childhood field. The findings will be of broad interest to ECE programs
as well as training and technical assistance providers and researchers,
all of whom are interested in improving the quality of services young
children receive.
Head Start and child care programs that voluntarily participate in
the BSCs will be asked to complete a number of tools designed to
facilitate implementation of the BSC. The implementation of the BSCs
will be evaluated using a case study design that will involve focus
groups, interviews, surveys, and classroom observations. To fully
capture participants' experiences in the BSCs, the implementation and
evaluation instruments are designed to engage respondents one to three
times during a twelve-month period, depending on the instrument. The
goal of the case study is to document the factors that contribute to
the feasibility of BSC implementation within a state quality
improvement system (e.g., a state quality rating and improvement
system) and/or a regional professional development or technical
assistance system (e.g., a region within a state, or a cross-state
region such as Head Start regional technical assistance areas) such
that we can refine hypotheses and study measures which will be useful
in the design of an evaluation for a future study of BSCs in ECE
systems. The case study will also help determine what additional
capacity ECE systems may need to adopt the BSC methodology and offer it
within their system at a larger scale.
Respondents: Up to 45 ECE programs will be invited to complete an
application to participate in a BSC and up to five people per program
will be involved in completing the application. Up to eight programs
will be selected to participate in one of three BSCs, for a total of up
to 24 programs. Within each program, up to seven individuals (e.g.,
directors, lead teachers, assistant teachers, teacher aides, parents,
curriculum specialists, etc.) will participate in the implementation of
the BSC, meaning that up to 168 individuals will participate.
Respondents will also include additional teachers (up to 114), program
staff (up to 96), and parents (up to 2,136) located at participating
Head Start and child care programs where a BSC is implemented but who
are not members of the BSC Team.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Number of responses per
respondents respondent Avg. burden Total burden Annual burden
Instrument (total over (total over per response (in hours) (in hours)
request request (in hours)
period) period)
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BSC Implementation Instruments
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Instrument 1: BSC Selection 225 1 1.5 338 169
Application Questionnaire......
Instrument 2: Pre-Work 48 1 2 96 48
Assignment: Data Collection
Planning Worksheet.............
Instrument 3: Plan, Do, Study, 168 34 0.25 1,428 714
Act (PDSA) Form & Tracker......
Instrument 4: Monthly Metrics... 48 8 1.5 576 288
Instrument 5: Implementation 168 34 0.25 1,428 714
Discussion Forum Prompts.......
Instrument 6: Learning Session 168 4 0.25 168 84
Feedback Form..................
Instrument 7: Action Planning 168 4 0.25 168 84
Form...........................
Instrument 8: BSC Overall 168 1 0.25 42 21
Feedback Form..................
Instrument 9: Organizational 168 5 1.5 1,260 630
Self-Assessment................
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BSC Case Study Instruments
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Instrument 10: Key informant 9 1 1 9 5
interviews with BSC faculty
members who are affiliated with
the state/region...............
Instrument 11: Focus groups with 30 2 1.5 90 45
BSC implementation staff and
faculty who are not affiliated
with the state/region..........
Instrument 12: Surveys with BSC 30 1 0.17 5 3
implementation staff and
faculty........................
Instrument 13: Key informant 24 2 1 48 24
interviews with center
administrators who are members
of BSC teams...................
Instrument 14: Focus groups with 120 2 1.5 360 180
center teachers/support staff
who are members of BSC teams...
Instrument 15: Focus groups with 24 2 1.5 72 36
parents who are members of BSC
teams..........................
Instrument 16: Focus groups with 168 2 1.5 504 252
individual BSC teams...........
Instrument 17a: Administrator 24 3 0.5 36 18
surveys........................
Instrument 17b: Teacher surveys. 240 3 0.5 360 180
Instrument 17c: Other center 96 3 0.5 144 72
staff surveys..................
Instrument 17di: Non-BSC parent 2,136 2 0.5 2,136 1,068
surveys........................
Instrument 17dii: BSC parent 24 3 0.5 36 18
surveys........................
Instrument 18: Classroom 48 3 0.33 48 24
observations...................
Instrument 19: Administrative 24 4 0.5 48 24
data survey....................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,701.
Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a)
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Authority: Head Start Act Sec. 640 [42 U.S.C. 9835] and 649 [42
U.S.C. 9844]; appropriated by the Continuing Appropriations Act of
2019. Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 as amended by
the CCDBG Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-186).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-19549 Filed 9-9-22; 8:45 am]
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