Collaborative Convening 2018

Phoebe Sade Anderson (Child Care Resources) and Jolynn Kenney (Big Brothers Big Sisters)

First and foremost the Data Council’s purpose is to help the Eastside Pathways Partnership’s focus on data so that we can ultimately achieve our five stated goals.  We’re doing that in two specific ways.  The first is that we are looking at our current data on the goal areas and are working on recommendations on targets including dates. The second, which is related to the first, is that we are working on how to best support the collaboratives in data practices, so the work at that level is informed by data and evidence.

We are currently working with School Readiness and Career Pathways collaboratives to understand their current measures, strategically look at data flows, give recommendations and consider additional measures related to achieving their goals, and understand how best we can support them so that their work is informed by data and evidence to achieve their collaborative goals.

It’s important to be critical and ask the really challenging question even if you are in the middle of a campaign or a project – being able to stop and say what data point am I trying to move with this and if I haven’t identified that is there a place to pause and figure out how to measure this and what is driving this and what is my goal or outcome.