IDEAS Framework Toolkit
Description
In April, we hosted a webinar about the recently released IDEAS Impact Framework Toolkit—a free online resource designed to help innovators in the field of early childhood build improved programs and products that are positioned to achieve greater impact in their communities. During the webinar, we provided an overview of the site and had the opportunity to hear from two organizations in the field about how they leveraged the toolkit and its resources to shape their work: Valley Settlement and Raising a Reader. This episode of the Brain Architects podcast features highlights from the webinar. If you’re interested in hearing a full walk through of the toolkit by the Director of our Pediatric Innovation Initiative, Dr. Melanie Berry, please head over to our YouTube channel to view the full webinar recording.
Panelists
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<figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Aeshna Badruzzaman, PhD (Moderator)Senior Project Manager for Instructional Design, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University</figcaption></figure>
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<figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Melanie Berry, PsyDDirector of the Pediatric Innovation Initiative, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University</figcaption></figure>
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<figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Sally Boughton, MNMDirector of Development & Communications at Valley Settlement</figcaption></figure>
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<figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Andres Garcia Lopez, EdM, MBASenior Project Manager, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University</figcaption></figure>
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<figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Karla ReyesProgram Manager of El Busesito Mobile Preschool Program at Valley Settlement</figcaption></figure>
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<figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Michelle Sioson HymanSenior Vice President, Programs and Partnerships at Raising a Reader</figcaption></figure>
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<figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Corey Zimmerman, EdM (Podcast Host)Chief Program Officer, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University</figcaption></figure>
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Transcript
Corey Zimmerman: Welcome to the Brain Architects, a podcast from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. I’m Corey Zimmerman, the Center’s Chief Program Officer. Our Center believes that advances in the science of child development provide a powerful source of new ideas that can improve outcomes for children and their caregivers. By sharing the latest science from the field, we hope to help you make that science actionable, and apply it in your work in ways that can increase your impact.
With that goal in mind, the Center recently released the IDEAS Impact Framework Toolkit—a free online resource designed to help innovators in the field of early childhood build improved programs and products that are positioned to achieve greater impact in their communities. The Toolkit is self-guided, self-paced, and provides a structured and flexible approach that facilitates program development, evaluation, and fast-cycle iteration, including resources to help teams develop and investigate a clear and precise Theory of Change.
In April, we hosted a webinar about the toolkit, where we provided an overview of the site and had the opportunity to hear from teams at several organizations in the field about how they leveraged the toolkit and its resources to shape their work. We’re excited to share those discussions with you here on this episode of the Brain Architects podcast. If you’re interested in hearing a full walk through of the toolkit, by the Director of our Pediatric Innovation Initiative, Dr. Melanie Berry, please head over to our YouTube channel to view the full webinar recording. You’ll also hear from Dr. Melanie Berry during the Q&A portion.
The full IDEAS toolkit we’ll be talking about today can be found at ideas.developingchild.harva
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