[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51276-51277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23970]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Culture of Continuous Learning Project: A Breakthrough 
Series Collaborative for Improving Child Care and Head Start Quality.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) 
in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing an 
information collection activity for the Culture of Continuous Learning 
Project. The goal of the project is to assess the feasibility of 
implementing continuous quality improvement methods in early care and 
education programs to support the use and sustainability of evidence-
based practices. A Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC), a specific 
model designed to support learning and improvement among practitioners 
at all levels of an organization, will be implemented in Head Start and 
child care settings. The BSC methodology has not been tested rigorously 
in early care and education programs, but has been studied in health 
care and other fields. The findings will be of broad interest to child 
care early education 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 BSC will be asked to complete a number of implementation tools as 
part of the BSC activities. Data collection for the feasibility study 
will involve focus

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groups, online surveys, direct observation, and document review.
    Respondents: Up to 18 early childhood centers will be invited to 
express interest in participating in the BSC. Up to 8 centers will be 
selected to participate in the BSC and feasibility study. Core BSC 
Teams consisting of up to 6 individuals (e.g., directors, lead 
teachers, assistant teachers, teacher aides, parents, curriculum 
specialists, etc.) each from four Early Head Start or Head Start 
programs and four child care programs in a selected geographic location 
(for a total of 48 individuals); and up to 24 additional teachers or 
program staff at the same centers who are not part of the Core BSC 
Team.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
           Instrument              Total number         of         responses per   burden hours    Annual burden
                                  of respondents    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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BSC Selection Questionnaire.....              18               9               1            1                  9
Pre-Work Assignment: Team                     48              24               1            1                 24
 Building Activities............
Pre-Work Assignment: Data                     16               8               1            2                 16
 Collection Planning Worksheet..
Plan, Do, Study, Act Planning                 48              24              48             .25             288
 Form & Tracker.................
Discussion Forum Prompts........              48              24              48             .25             288
Learning Session Day 1                        48              24               4             .17              16
 Evaluation.....................
Learning Session Overall                      48              24               4             .25              24
 Evaluation.....................
Action Planning Form............              48              24               4             .25              24
Teaching Pyramid Observation                  28              14               2             .33               9
 Tool (TPOT)/Teaching Pyramid
 Infant-Toddler Observation
 Scale (TPITOS).................
Early Childhood Work Environment              72              36               2             .25              18
 Survey (ECWES).................
Pre/Post Survey.................              72              36               2             .68              49
Self-report of BSC Activities...              72              36               1             .17               6
Core BSC Team Focus Group Topic               48              24               1            1.25              30
 Guide..........................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 801.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201, Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All 
requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection. Email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#27687775624e49414844484b4b4244534e484967464441094f4f5409404851"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="602f303225090e060f030f0c0c050314090f0e200103064e0808134e070f16">[email protected]</span></a>.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#430c0a11021c1016010e0a10100a0c0d030c0e016d060c136d040c15"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cd82849f8c929e988f80849e9e8482838d82808fe388829de38a829b">[email protected]</span></a>, Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-23970 Filed 11-2-17; 8:45 am]
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