dean l. fixsen michelle a. duda barbara sims pbs leadership forum 2009 integrated systems to support...

Dean L. Fixsen

Michelle A. Duda

Barbara Sims

PBS Leadership Forum 2009

Integrated Systems to Support Implementation

Copyright © Dean L. Fixsen and Karen A. Blase, 2009

Education Improvement

Innovative practices do not fare well in existing organizational structures and systems

© Fixsen & Blase, 2008

Performance Assessment

Coaching

Training

Selection

Systems Intervention

Facilitative Administration

Decision Support Data System

Adaptive

Technical

Integrated & Compensatory

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LeadershipLeadership

Use Innovations for Student Benefits Teachers & Staff

Graphics by Steve Goodman


1 for the State

All Students & Families

All Students & Families

Building Teachers and Staff

Building Teachers and Staff

Building Leadership and Implementation

Team

Building Leadership and Implementation

Team

“District” Leadership and Implementation

Teams

“District” Leadership and Implementation

Teams

How is Support Provided to

1,800 Schools, 100,000 Staff and 750,000

Students?

1 for every group of 30 Buildings (N = 60 District Teams)

1 for every 10 RITs(N = 1.5 State Teams)

1 for each School Building(N = 1,800 Building Teams)

Provide effective practices to educate and support students

Improved academic and behavior outcomes

Regional Implementation

Teams


Teams

State Transformation

Team


Team

StateDepartment of

Education Leadership

StateDepartment of

Education Leadership

1 for every group of 4 District Teams (N = 15 Regional Teams)

Graphics by Steve Goodman

Selection, TrainingCoaching, Evaluation Organization SupportsSystems Integration




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Implementation Science

Impl. Team NO Impl. Team

Effective

NOT Effective

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80%, 3 Yrs 14%, 17 Yrs


Costs and Savings

Implementation Costs & Savings(Inflation Adjusted)

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Regional Team

State Transformation Team

Outcome = .33

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State Management

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Implementation Team

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Making use of Science

• Letting it happeno Recipients are accountable

• Helping it happeno Recipients are accountable

• Making it happeno Implementation teams are accountable

Based on Greenhalgh, Robert, MacFarlane, Bate, & Kyriakidou, 2004


Initiating and Managing Change

Implementation Team(s)General Definition: Core group of individuals, who represent implementation expertise drawn from the various EBPs in use in a State, and who are charged with guiding the overall implementation process

Benefits: Provides a focused and accountable structure to increase the likelihood that this effort will be sustained over time

Scope of the initiative determines the scope of authority and the need for linked Implementation Teams


Implementation Team

• A group that knows your state initiatives very well (formal and practice knowledge)

• A group that knows how to implement innovations with fidelity and good effect

• A group that accumulates data & experiential knowledge -- more effective and efficient over time (information economics, K. Arrow)

State Management

Group


Team


Team

N = 50 – 200 Schools

First Regional Implementation

Team



Team



Team


IMPLEMENTATION CAPACITY FOR

SCALING UP EBPs

SIS

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+ 2

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Too many overqualified

people


Collaborative Efforts for

School Improvement

for All Students

Standards Aligned Curriculum

Evidenced-based Practices

Differentiation for Academic and

Behavior

SustainabilityFamily

3 Tiered Model of InterventionDistrict Leadership

Team Based Implementation

Universal Screening

Data-based Decision Making

Progress Monitoring

Common Core Concepts


Common Core Elements

Leadership & Commitment

Family & Community Partners

Team Based Implementation

Data Based Decision Process

Evidence Based Practices

Professional Development & Coaching


Non-Negotiables

Family involvement/drivenDistrict leadership team -- external and internal coach structureDirect teaching and pre-correctionsCommunication to entire staffGuided practice with feedbackReinforcementData based decision making with universal screener and progress monitoringProblem solving protocol with decision rulesDifferentiated Instruction


Non-NegotiablesUnderstanding for ALL the three tiered model of support

Access and equity including LRE/EE students in their home school and least restrictive intervention/environment

Coaching: 7 norms, effective meetings, and data driven

Teaming/collaborating

Adaptations

Effective classroom teaching strategies

Teaming

Professional learning communities


Integrated Systemfor Student Achievement

District System:


Integrated System for Student Achievement

Develop a multi-tiered statewide system of school improvement making education more effective and more efficient

Support districts in the development of an infrastructure and processes necessary to implement and sustain evidence based practices

Work within the context of the District Improvement Plan, this support will include a focus on the core elements

SYSTEMS

PRACTICESDAT

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SupportingStaff Behavior

SupportingStudent Behavior

OUTCOMES

Supporting Social Competence, Academic Achievement and Safety

SupportingDecisionMaking


District Leadership Team

Necessary

Superintendent (or designee)

Director of Curriculum & Instruction

Director of Special Education

Board Member

Family member (not a district employee)

Union representative

District Level Coach*

Encouraged

ROE

RESPRO

Community Partner

Principal

Data Manager

Special Ed Cooperative Representative


Approach to Districts

Installation

District team membership

ISSA Agreement

3-6 meetings to address core concepts

Initial Implementation Development of Action Plan via District Improvement Plan

Using Timetable start building system

Problem Solve with District as roadblocks occur

Collect information about what policies/practices need changing

Work to resolve on regional/state/federal level


For More InformationState Implementation and Scaling up of Evidence-

based Practices (SISEP)

Dean Fixsen, Karen Blase, Rob Horner, George Sugai

www.scalingup.org

“Resources” Tab

Concept paper

Annotated bibliography

Data on scaling up

Scaling up Briefs

http://www.scalingup.org/


For More InformationDean L. Fixsen, Ph.D.

919-966-3892

[email protected]

Michelle A. Duda, Ph.D.

919-636-0843

[email protected]

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

www.scalingup.org http://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/

http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~nirn/resources/publications/Monograph/

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.scalingup.org/

http://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/

http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~nirn/resources/publications/Monograph/


For More Information

Fixsen, D. L., Naoom, S. F., Blase, K. A., Friedman, R. M. & Wallace, F. (2005). Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, The National Implementation Research Network (FMHI Publication #231).

Download all or part of the monograph at:

http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~nirn/resources/detail.cfm?resourceID=31

Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature

http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~nirn/resources/detail.cfm?resourceID=31


Thank YouWe thank the following for their support

Annie E. Casey Foundation (EBPs and cultural competence)

William T. Grant Foundation (implementation literature review)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (implementation strategies grants; NREPP reviews; SOC analyses of implementation; national implementation awards)

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (implementation research contract)

National Institute of Mental Health (research and training grants)

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (program development and evaluation grants

Office of Special Education Programs (Capacity Development Center contract)

Agency for Children and Families (Child Welfare Leadership Development contract)

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