[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 245 (Friday, December 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60746-60747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27578]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Study of Coaching Practices in Early Care and Education 
Settings (SCOPE).
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at 
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks approval 
to collect descriptive information for the Study of Coaching Practices 
in Early Care and Education Settings (SCOPE) project. The goal of this 
information collection is to identify how professional development 
coaching practices for early care and education (ECE) providers are 
implemented and vary in ECE classrooms serving children supported by 
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidies or Head Start grants. 
This study will focus primarily on coaching used for delivering 
professional development services to ECE teachers and caregivers to 
improve knowledge and practice in center-based classrooms and family 
child care (FCC) homes serving preschool-age children. This study aims 
to advance understanding of how core features of coaching are 
implemented in ECE classrooms, how the features may vary by key 
contextual factors and implementation drivers, and which are ripe for 
more rigorous evaluation. The study tasks will include gathering 
information to inform selection of states in which to conduct the 
study, designing and conducting a descriptive study to examine the 
occurrence and variability of coaching features in ECE classrooms, and 
conducting case studies to examine program or systems-level drivers of 
coaching and the features being implemented.
    Respondents: State administrators knowledgeable about coaching and

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coaching funders or providers, ECE center directors, coaches, teachers, 
and FCC providers.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
           Instrument              Total number         of         responses per   burden hours    Annual burden
                                  of respondents    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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State coaching informant                      45              23               1               1              23
 interview protocol.............
ECE setting eligibility screener             173              87               1            0.25              22
Center director survey..........              60              30               1             0.5              15
Coach survey....................              90              45               1             0.5              23
Teacher/FCC provider survey.....             172              86               1            0.58              50
Center director semi-structured               12               6               1             1.5               9
 interview protocol.............
Coach semi-structured interview               12               6               1               1               6
 protocol.......................
Teacher/FCC provider semi-                    12               6               1               1               6
 structured interview protocol..
Coach supervisor semi-structured              12               6               1             0.5               3
 interview protocol.............
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 157.
    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 of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
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. Email address: 
[email protected]. All requests should be identified by 
the title of the information collection.
    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.

Mary Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-27578 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
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