Proposed Information Collection Activity; Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) Descriptive Study (New Collection)

Published date07 May 2021
Record Number2021-09664
SectionNotices
CourtChildren And Families Administration
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 87 (Friday, May 7, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 87 (Friday, May 7, 2021)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 24626-24627]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2021-09664]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                Administration for Children and Families
                Proposed Information Collection Activity; Early Care and
                Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) Descriptive Study (New Collection)
                AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration
                for Children and Families, HHS.
                ACTION: Request for public comment.
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                SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within
                the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S.
                Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) seeks approval to
                collect information for the Early Care and Education Leadership Study
                (ExCELS) Descriptive Study.
                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: Copies of the proposed collection of information can be
                obtained and comments may be forwarded by emailing
                [email protected]. Alternatively, copies can also 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, emailed or written, should be identified by the title of the
                information collection.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 Description: The ExCELS Descriptive Study is a new information
                collection to learn about what leadership looks like in center-based
                early care and education settings serving children whose ages range
                from birth to age 5, but not yet in kindergarten, and better understand
                how leadership might improve center quality and outcomes for staff,
                children, and families. The goals of ExCELS are to (1) develop a short-
                form measure of early care and education leadership that has strong
                psychometric properties, and (2) examine empirical support for the
                associations among key constructs and outcomes in the study's theory of
                change of early care and education leadership for quality improvement.
                The study will recruit 120 centers that receive funding from Head Start
                or the Child Care and Development Fund, ask the primary site leader at
                the centers to participate in two interviews, and distribute surveys to
                select center managers and all teaching staff to test hypothesized
                associations between leadership constructs and outcomes in the study's
                theory of change.
                 Respondents: Management and teaching staff from center-based early
                care and education settings that receive funding from Head Start or the
                Child Care and Development Fund.
                 Annual Burden Estimates
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                 Number of
                 Number of responses per Avg. burden
                 Instrument respondents respondent per response Total burden Annual burden
                 (total over (total over (in hours) (in hours) (in hours)
                 request period) request period)
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                Center recruitment call script 180 1 .33 59 30
                Umbrella organization 113 1 .33 37 19
                 recruitment approval call
                 script.......................
                Engagement interview guide.... 150 1 .33 50 25
                Staffing structure and 120 1 .50 60 30
                 leadership positions
                 interview guide..............
                Teaching staff roster......... 120 1 .25 30 15
                Center manager survey......... 240 1 .42 101 51
                Teaching staff survey......... 1,680 1 1 1,680 840
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                 Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,010.
                 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: Authorized by the Head Start Act section 640 [42
                U.S.C. 9835] and section 649 [42 U.S.C. 9844]; appropriated by the
                Continuing Appropriations Act of 2019; the Child Care and
                Development Block Grant Act of 1990 section 658O [42 U.S.C. 9858],
                which also provides authority to use this discretionary funding for
                research; appropriated by the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2019;
                and the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)
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                Act of 1990 as amended by the CCDBG Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-186).
                Mary B. Jones,
                ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
                [FR Doc. 2021-09664 Filed 5-6-21; 8:45 am]
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