Collection and use of data is essential to the success of I Educate Dayton Region initiative.
The evaluation and continuous quality improvement efforts identify program strengths or weaknesses, which must be addressed.
Miami University's Discovery Center for Evaluation, Research, and Professional Learning is performing the evaluation for this project.
Continuous Quality of Improvement requires staff, students, parents, administrators, partners, and other stakeholders to collect data and track change on a weekly or monthly basis.
This process is essential as we examine what works and what needs to be strengthened when delivering programming that recruits, retains, supports, and sustains the work of educators who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Through the evaluation and CQI cycles, I Educate Montgomery County will learn from the experiences of each of the IHE's on what types of supports appear most useful in persistence, retention, and success of students as they complete general education, are admitted to the Teacher Education program, and graduate. Each of the IHES will also be working on specific pathway products.
Monthly meetings will review progress, assess program fidelity, and allow for continuous quality improvement (CQI) with the use of Pareto charts to examine issues and Plan, Do, Study and Act (PDSA) cycles to enhance outcomes (Grosfeld-Nir, Ronen & Kozlovsky, 2007; Speroff & Conner, 2004).
The I Educate Montgomery County committees will be the key group reviewing data regarding product development and the delivery of services. The first year will concentrate more on product development and dissemination of results across the IHEs and districts, and the second year will focus on further implementation. However, two districts already have pathways implemented and are recruiting more BIPOC students.
