[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30723-30724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12787]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: The Evaluation of Early Learning Mentor Coaches Grants.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families is 
requesting comments on a submission for OMB review for a proposed 
information collection as part of an implementation evaluation of the 
Early Learning Mentor Coaches Grants. The evaluation will collect 
information necessary for understanding the approaches being used by 
the 131 Head Start and Early Head Start grantees who were awarded funds 
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--Early 
Learning Mentor Coach funding announcement (Funding Opportunity Number 
HHS-201-ACF-OHSST-0120).
    The overall objective of the evaluation of the Early Learning 
Mentor Coaches (ELMC) Grants is to identify the critical aspects of the 
ELMC grant initiative by (1) Describing the implementation of the ELMC 
grants in HS and EHS programs; (2) examining the implementation quality 
of ELMC efforts; and (3) examining factors that might be related to 
successful mentor-coaching. To meet these objectives the evaluation 
will capture information to describe the goals for the mentor-coaching 
initiative, the key features of the mentor-coaching approaches, how 
grantees structured their initiatives, the integration of mentor-
coaching into ongoing program operations, and plans for sustainability.

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Additionally, the evaluation will capture information to describe the 
quality of the implementation of the various mentor-coaching approaches 
including consistency of the mentor-coach implementation with the 
planned approach, the frequency and content of interactions between the 
mentor-coaches and the teaching staff, and apparent changes in teaching 
staff behavior, including their own professional development. The 
evaluation will also capture information about the characteristics of 
those who provided coaching, the characteristics of teaching staff that 
were mentored, as well as the characteristics of the settings and the 
systems in which the mentor-coaching was embedded. Lastly, the 
evaluation will document the factors that appear to be most critical to 
successful implementation and implementation challenges.
    The data collection will include a census survey of all grantees; a 
census survey of all mentor-coaches; telephone interviews with a sub-
sample of administrators, mentor-coaches, and teaching staff; and a 
mentor-coach activity snapshot.
    Respondents: Grantee and center administrative staff, mentor-
coaches, teaching staff.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                           of         responses per     hours per     Total annual
                                                    respondents     respondent       response      burden hours
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Grantee Census Survey...........................             131               1            0.5               66
Mentor-Coach Census Survey......................             400               1            0.5              200
Administrator Telephone Interview...............              85               1            1.0               85
Mentor-Coach Telephone Interview................              65               1            1.0               65
Teaching Staff Telephone Interview..............             130               1            1.0              130
Mentor-Coach Activity Snapshot..................              65               2            0.25              33
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 579.
    Additional Information: In compliance with the requirements of 
Section 3506(C)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Administration for Children and Families is soliciting public comment 
on the specific aspects of the information collection described above. 
Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained by writing to the 
Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research 
and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, 
Attn: OPRE Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection. E-mail address: 
[email protected].

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, Fax: 202-395-6974, 
Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.

    Dated: May 17, 2011.
Steven M. Hanmer,
OPRE Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-12787 Filed 5-25-11; 8:45 am]
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