Sources of Effort and Effect Data

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What are Sources of Effort & Effect Data?

As part of PBC-DIDM, data are collected on efforts at different implementation levels and their effects on the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of lead coaches, coaches, practitioners, children, and their families.

    • Effort data help leadership teams, lead coaches, coaches, and other key stakeholders to consider two critical questions: “How much?” (i.e., frequency and duration) and “How well?” (i.e., implementation of practices as intended). For example, how much coaching time is provided for each practitioner, and are coaches implementing PBC as intended?
    • Effect data helps answer the question, “Are our efforts making a difference?” Difference refers to the outcomes or effects of the efforts. For example, are practitioners receiving PBC support using the effective practices that are the focus of their coaching goals?

Why are effort & effect data important for PBC-DIDM?

Programs use effort and effect data to make data-informed decisions about learning experiences for leadership teams, coaches, practitioners, children, and families. Collecting and using effort and effect data can help programs measure progress and plan for effective, efficient, and meaningful PBC implementation and related learning experiences.
For example:
    • A leadership team might review their current measures of coaching effort by looking at their coaching logs or checklists and thinking about whether changes are needed to their coaching caseloads, data systems, or coach implementation supports for a new quarter.
    • During PBC-DIDM Coach Learning Experiences, coaches can consider the effects of their coaching efforts on practitioners’ implementation of effective practices to answer the question, “Are our efforts making a difference?”

How can we use this information in our program?

Use these modules to learn about sources of effort and effect data, often used to make data-informed decisions about PBC implementation and related learning experiences for leadership teams, coaches, practitioners, children, and families.

Go to Sources of Effort and Effect Data Module
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Two blocks. The first block labeled Efforts has an arrow pointing to the right. It is touching the second block labeled Effects. The block labeled Efforts has two questions: How much? and How well? The block labeled Effects contains one question: Are our efforts making a difference?

What effort and effect resources are available?

Download the PBC-DIDM Data Mapping Tool. This tool is one way for leadership teams, lead coaches, coaches, and other stakeholders to record their current sources of effort and effect data, including key information on who is responsible for collecting, preparing, and sharing the data with others.

For example:

    • Leadership teams and coaches may use the PBC-DIDM Data Mapping Tool to facilitate conversations on when and how to use new information sources or plan revisions to existing data sources.
    • The PBC-DIDM Data Mapping Tool also includes a data collection schedule to help teams plan when and how to collect each source of effort and effect.
Download the PBC-DIDM Data Mapping Tool

What other resources are available?

Learn more about aligning efforts and effects at multiple levels to promote positive outcomes for leadership teams, coaches, practitioners, children, and families check out the PBC-DIDM Effort and Effect Cascade.

Or visit the Resource Library and filter by the parts of the PBC-DIDM Model to view all the sources of effort and effect data resources.