Focus on Data-Sharing: Building Formal Connections to Local
Systems to Boost Afterschool Impact
April 29, 2014
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PresentersChris Kingsley, Associate Director, Local Policy and Advocacy, Data Quality Campaign
Laura Hansen, Director, Information Management and Decision Support, Nashville Public Schools
Gene Chasin, Chief Operating Officer, Say Yes to Education
Chris Kingsley@emersonkingsley
FOCUS ON DATA SHARING
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Data Sharing: “Systems”
TECHNOLOGYSYSTEMS
TECHNOLOGYSYSTEMS
Information System Salad
SLDS nFocus HMIS Access ETO Pearson Cityspan SIS Salesforce SACWIS MIS Filemaker Blackbaud …
SLDS nFocus HMIS Access ETO Pearson Cityspan SIS Salesforce SACWIS MIS Filemaker Blackbaud …
SLDS nFocus HMIS Access ETO Pearson Cityspan SIS Salesforce SACWIS MIS Filemaker Blackbaud …
PEOPLE
Data Sharing: Focus on People
Data Multi-year Planning
Coordinating Entity
Participation Quality Committed Leadership
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105
SOURCE: NLC 2010 SURVEY FOR THE WALLACE FOUNDATION
CHART 1. DATA IS THE #1 REQUEST FROM CITIES FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Leaders Want Help with Data
58% of cities use a management information system.
42% of cities who did NOT use a MIS were unsatisfied with their process and believed it was inadequate to support their systems-building.
The
38% of cities share information with their schools.
SOURCE: NLC 2011 CITY SURVEY
Leaders Want Help with Data
@EdDataCampaign
DATA
Providers? It’s Complicated.
Getting Past Compliance
QUESTIONS
Data Sharing: Key Questions
EXAMPLE:Jacksonville City Council and the Children’s Commission
Described in The Wallace Foundation’s “Data Tip Sheet.”www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/after-school/collecting-and-using-data
Jacksonville’s question: Do schools in areas with strong afterschool programs see better rates of grade promotion?
FUNDERSWhat is the return on my investment? What gets results?
Key Questions
High afterschool participation keepsnon-promotion rates low, even indisadvantaged areas.
FUNDERS
Key Questions
EXAMPLE:Hartford Connects – summer jobs and the Peacebuilder’s Initiative
Described in NLC’s MIS Toolkit:www.nlc.org/afterschoolmis
AGENCY MANAGERSHow can I get the absolute most out of the dollars that I have?
Key Questions
AGENCY MANAGERS
Key Questions
EXAMPLE:Nashville MNPS Data Dashboards
PROGRAM STAFFWhich youth are on track? Which missed school today?
Key Questions
EXAMPLE:Boston Navigatorwww.bostonavigator.org/Boston/Home/Welcome.aspx
PARENTSWhere can I find a high quality afterschool program near transit?
Key Questions
PARENTS
Key Questions
FUNDERSWhat’s the return on my investment?
AGENCY MANAGERSHow do I get the most of these dollars?
PROGRAM STAFFWhich of my kids are on track to graduate?
PARENTSWhich program is best-suited for my child?
PRINCIPALSWhich students are receiving literacy support?
Key Questions
Procedures and methods defining the relationship of
tasks
Tools and equipment
People with skills, training, and motivation
A
B
CD
PROCESSNeed to
coordinatePEOPLE
QUESTIONS
TECHNOLOGYSYSTEMS
This is a Data System
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