Description
The ELMC Study collected data to describe the objectives, activities, approaches, strategies, and other aspects of the Early Learning Mentor Coach (ELMC) initiative from the perspectives of Head Start grantees, coaches, and staff. In October 2010, the funds to support the ELMC initiative were distributed to 130 Head Start grantees in 42 states and the District of Columbia for a seventeen month period. Grantees used the funds to hire coaches to provide on-the-job guidance, training, mentoring and technical assistance to Head Start staff. The grant recipients reflected the range of Head Start programs. Data was collected using a mixed-methods design (qualitative and quantitative) and the following data collection instruments: a grantee census survey; a coach census survey; coach telephone interviews; and staff telephone interviews with staff who received coaching.
Units of Response: Head Start Grantees, Head Start Coaches, Head Start Staff
Type of Data: Survey
Tribal Data: No
Periodicity: One-time
Demographic Indicators: Ethnicity;Race
SORN: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/19/2022-20139/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records
Data Use Agreement: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/rpxlogin
Data Use Agreement Location: https://www.childandfamilydataarchive.org/cfda/archives/cfda/studies/36852/datadocumentation
Granularity: Grant;Grantee;Individual
Spatial: United States
Geocoding: State
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Descriptive Study of the Head Start Early Learning Mentor Coach Initiative Volume 1: Final Report | HTML | In September 2010, the Office of Head Start (OHS), in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF), awarded 17-month Early Learning Mentor Coach (ELMC) grants to 131 Head Start grantees. In March 2011, ACF's Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation awarded a contract to American Institutes for Research, and its partners MEF Associates and the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, to conduct a descriptive study of the ELMC initiative. This study was guided by three key goals: Goal #1. Describe the implementation of the ELMC grants in HS programs. Goal #2. Examine the implementation factors of the ELMC efforts. Goal #3. Examine the factors that appear to be related to perceptions of successful coaching. This report provides detailed findings from: grantee census survey to collect information on a final respondent pool of 121 grantees (93 percent response rate); coach census survey to collect information on a final respondent pool of 384 coaches (84 percent response rate); coach telephone interview with 54 coaches (83 percent response rate); and staff telephone interview with 80 staff members who received coaching (73 percent response rate). The study findings are presented according to seven practical aspects of coaching that are aligned to a conceptual framework of coaching in early care and education settings: context of coaching (e.g., size of grantee, population served, professional development resources); basic dimensions (e.g., goals of coaching, whom to coach, whom to hire as coaches, and how long to provide coaching); structural dimensions (e.g., logistics relating to where coaching will take place, coach and staff travel demands, scheduling, workload, and supervision of coaches); procedural dimensions (e.g., identifying staff needs, establishing staff goals, engaging in focused observation, providing feedback ); outputs of coaching (e.g., staff openness, coach-staff relationship); ? perceived outcomes of coaching; implementation successes and challenges; and sustainability of coaching program after the end of ELMC funding. The report concludes with a conceptual framework and implications for future research. Data Product Type: Report | Open resource |
| The Descriptive Study of the Head Start Early Learning Mentor Coach Initiative Volume 2: Appendices | HTML | In September 2010, the Office of Head Start (OHS), in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF), awarded 17-month Early Learning Mentor Coach (ELMC) grants to 131 Head Start grantees. In March 2011, ACF's Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation awarded a contract to American Institutes for Research, and its partners MEF Associates and the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, to conduct a descriptive study of the ELMC initiative. This study was guided by three key goals: Goal #1. Describe the implementation of the ELMC grants in HS programs. Goal #2. Examine the implementation factors of the ELMC efforts. Goal #3. Examine the factors that appear to be related to perceptions of successful coaching. This report provides detailed findings from: grantee census survey to collect information on a final respondent pool of 121 grantees (93 percent response rate); coach census survey to collect information on a final respondent pool of 384 coaches (84 percent response rate); coach telephone interview with 54 coaches (83 percent response rate); and staff telephone interview with 80 staff members who received coaching (73 percent response rate). The study findings are presented according to seven practical aspects of coaching that are aligned to a conceptual framework of coaching in early care and education settings: context of coaching (e.g., size of grantee, population served, professional development resources); basic dimensions (e.g., goals of coaching, whom to coach, whom to hire as coaches, and how long to provide coaching); structural dimensions (e.g., logistics relating to where coaching will take place, coach and staff travel demands, scheduling, workload, and supervision of coaches); procedural dimensions (e.g., identifying staff needs, establishing staff goals, engaging in focused observation, providing feedback ); outputs of coaching (e.g., staff openness, coach-staff relationship); ? perceived outcomes of coaching; implementation successes and challenges; and sustainability of coaching program after the end of ELMC funding. The report concludes with a conceptual framework and implications for future research. Data Product Type: Appendices | Open resource |
| DS0 Study-Level Files | HTML | This data file is about study level data files for the ELMC that was conducted between 2010 and 2012. Temporal: 2010-2012, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF | Open resource |
| DS1 Grantee Data | HTML | This data file is about the grantee data for the early learning mentor coach study. Temporal: 2010-2012, Restriction: Public-use Micro, Formats: DELIMITED, SAS, SPSS, STATA | Open resource |
| DS0 Study-Level Files | HTML | This data file is about study level data files for the ELMC that was conducted between 2010 and 2012. Temporal: 2010-2012, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: PDF | Open resource |
| DS2 Coach and Staff Data | HTML | This data file is about the coach and staff that were involved in the ELMC study from 2010-2012. Temporal: 2010-2012, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: DELIMITED, SAS, SPSS, STATA | Open resource |
| DS1 Grantee Data | HTML | This data file is about the grantee data for the early learning mentor coach study. Temporal: 2010-2012, Restriction: Public-use Micro, Formats: DELIMITED, SAS, SPSS, STATA | Open resource |
| DS2 Coach and Staff Data | HTML | This data file is about the coach and staff that were involved in the ELMC study from 2010-2012. Temporal: 2010-2012, Restriction: Public-use Aggregate, Formats: DELIMITED, SAS, SPSS, STATA | Open resource |