Time: 1:00 – 2:30 pm MT

Location: Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference: Virtual

Registration Link: https://www.rmecconference.com/event/6b42165b-a1d8-4de8-a803-011e6be9f71b/regProcessStep1:cf16b014-aad0-4f65-a3ab-f502117425e7

Description: This session is intended to build early childhood educator data-use with a publicly available tool developed by the Colorado Department of Education and the Regional Educational Laboratory Central. Participants will engage with a data use checklist and accompanying resource guide to improve their capacity to use data to inform instructional improvement as well as overall program data use. Participants will conduct their own self-assessments and then explore the tool, which includes videos to build their capacity to use data in the early childhood setting. Participants will then discuss the need for data use in their own settings and consider how the tool can support professional growth as well as educational equity for our youngest learners.

Partnership or Research Alliance: Early Childhood Education Research Alliance

Audience: The primary audiences are early childhood educators and administrators. Attendees will include individuals who collect and use data to inform instructional practices and program policies.

Speakers: Carrie Germeroth and Jeanette Joyce, REL Central
Marcia Blum, Liz Schroeder, and Tara Rhodes, Colorado Department of Education