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Facilitation
The feedback sessions provide a safe space for parents and caregivers to come together to engage in meaningful, reflective conversations as we discuss sensitive and important topics. These feedback sessions give parents an opportunity to voice their issues, concerns, lived experiences and to inform state agencies such as Quality Counts (state QRIS), superintendents association, etc., to make improvements in our early learning systems.
The Communications and Research teams design and develop the questions and format of the sessions. Families are welcomed and an engaging activity starts off our session. Communications facilitates the session, while Research takes notes to capture the entire session. At the end of each session families are provided with resources and different types of incentives for the family to enjoy. A survey is also sent out for participants to complete.
Parent Feedback Session Evaluation
Hub and R&R expertise in communities is vital to the success of the Parent Feedback Sessions. Knowledge of parent’s lived experiences is at the community level and we rely on this to recruit parents with lived experience who can speak to the topics described above.
The Research team participates in the sessions by developing session questions relevant to the topic, developing survey questions, attending the sessions, analyzing the qualitative data and developing reports. Each of these steps is vetted by people with lived experience in the topic to ensure recommendations are relevant and effective.
The team then engages with internal and external stakeholders, advocates and policy-makers to elevate the voice of parents.
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