At a Glance
Internal Research Advisory Committee (InteRACt) What is the purpose? The Research and Evaluation (R&E) Learning and Improvement team, with support and advisement from the Chief Program Officer (CPO) and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), convenes the Internal Research Advisory Committee (InteRACt) comprised of staff members across First 5 LA’s departments. The goal of InteRACt is to offer members an opportunity to engage in dialogue about First 5 LA research and evaluation efforts to promote organizational learning and improvement.
Who are InteRACt members? The First 5 LA Directors, CPO and CAO are all automatically InteRACt members. Programs Division directors identify one additional representative from their department to serve on the committee for a minimum of one year. Administration Division managers or their designees serve as InteRACt members. The CPO
How is information shared and used?
and CAO serve as co-chairs to the committee. While the
A central goal of InteRACt is to engage in discussions
aforementioned are considered InteRACt members, all
and provide a feedback loop for First 5 LA learning
staff are invited to attend meetings.
and improvement. Discussions are documented and a
What does InteRACt do?
summary report is disseminated after each meeting. This documentation is intended to communicate
InteRACt meets to discuss research questions,
discussion highlights as well as any agreed upon next
evaluation findings, and research projects that
steps. After InteRACt meetings, members will further
emerge from First 5 LA work. R&E staff present the
reflect upon the implications of R&E findings and
recommendations raised by their (external) Research
InteRACt recommendations within their respective
Advisory Committee and other research partners,
departments. Such reflections may culminate in
and InteRACt members devise plans to operationalize
First 5 LA programmatic or administrative changes,
these recommendations.
as well as recommendations for future convenings of InteRACt, all of which are reported to the
When do these activities take place?
CPO and CAO.
InteRACt meets as needed (no more than 4 times per year) for approximately 2 to 4 hours. Exact dates are announced as they are scheduled.
For more information, please contact: Sharon Murphy:
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