SectionVideo/PresentSlidesTotal Time Overview + Useable Intervention8:30 min Stages7:19 min Teams PDSA Terri present Drivers8:50 min Lessons Learned + Resources5 mins Q & A with Terri10 mins

Thank You Naytahwaush Staff and Students Cammy Lehr, Minnesota Department of Education Mary Overlie, Northern Sky Center of Excellence 2014 National Forum on Dropout Prevention for Native and Tribal Communities April 27-30, 2014 Mystic Lake Casino Hotel Prior Lake, Minnesota Naytahwaush Community Charter School: A Celebration School Actively Managing Change Using Implementation Frameworks

Welcome, Introductions & Q & A process The Story of Naytahwaush Translating Implementation Frameworks into Best Practice –Selecting Usable Instructional Strategies and Interventions –Taking Time to do the Right Work at the Right Time (Stages) –Establishing an Effective Implementation Team –Continuously Improving Using Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycles –Building the Competence of Staff and the Organization Lessons Learned education.state.mn.us A New Way of Work

Naytahwaush School moved from 2 nd lowest performing school in MN to the middle to become a Celebration School. Increases in proficiency in both reading and math occurred over the past year due to active and intentional management of the school improvement process. The Multiple Measurements Rating went from 4 percent to 56 percent in The percentage of Native American students at Naytahwaush who are considered proficient on Minnesota state accountability assessments increased by nearly 15 percent in one year. The Story of Naytahwaush

Making It Happen Effective Change Requires Active Implementation Letting it happen –The ‘What Will Be Will Be” Approach – Recipients are accountable Helping it happen –“Do It Yourself” Approach – Recipients remain accountable Making it happen –Purposeful and proactive use of implementation practice and science –Implementation Teams are accountable Based on Hall & Hord (1987); Greenhalgh, Robert, MacFarlane, Bate, & Kyriakidou (2004); Fixsen, Blase, Duda, Naoom, & Van Dyke (2010)

Interventions Active Implementation Frameworks Stages Drivers Cycles Teams

Operational Definitions Clear Description Performance Assessment Essential Functions Usable Interventions An intervention needs to be teachable, learnable, doable, and be readily assessed in practice

Help schools and districts choose interventions wisely based on: –Needs of students –Best evidence –Fit and Resources Required –Readiness and resources for replication Help schools and districts operationalize the “WHAT” –Practice Profiles (example of a tool) Help schools and districts make space for the new work –Supportive policies and practices Usable Interventions… We tend to over-estimate how well defined “it” is! Usable interventions that are well-defined have positive implications for sustainability and scalability.

VIDEO: Implementing the Critical Features of a Useable Intervention

Implementation Stages and Critical Activities ExplorationInstallation Initial Implementation Full Implementation 2-4 Years for School Based Implementation Assess needs Assess Fit and Feasibility Identify Structural and Functional Changes Promote “Buy- In” Assess needs Assess Fit and Feasibility Identify Structural and Functional Changes Promote “Buy- In” Structural Changes Made Define and Initiate Training Develop Coaching Plans Evaluate Readiness of Data Systems Structural Changes Made Define and Initiate Training Develop Coaching Plans Evaluate Readiness of Data Systems Adjust Implementation Drivers Manage Change Deploy Data Systems Initiate Improvement Cycles Adjust Implementation Drivers Manage Change Deploy Data Systems Initiate Improvement Cycles Maintain and Improve Skills Policies Regularly Changed to Support Work Data Systems In Use, Reliable and Efficient Maintain and Improve Skills Policies Regularly Changed to Support Work Data Systems In Use, Reliable and Efficient

VIDEO: Starting in Exploration

Teaming Structure –Accountable –Implementation Science informed –Lasting – Key to Sustainability –Linked – Key to Scalability Why? –Individual champions come and go –Structures host functions –Intentional use of data, improvement cycles Implementation Teams

HOW: Teams engage in stage- based work Teams install and support infrastructure to change and sustain practices Teams get started, get better and manage change on purpose Implementation Teams

Changing on purpose to support the new way of work Improvement Cycles – are continuous Plan Do Study Act

Usability Testing Improvement Cycles Plan DoStudy Act Plan Do Study Act Plan Do Study Act

VIDEO: Moving from “groups” to Team

Coaching Training Selection Systems Intervention Facilitative Administration Decision Support Data System Competency Drivers Organization Drivers Leadership Performance Assessment (Fidelity) Improved Education/Student Outcomes Consistent Use of Educational Practices © Fixsen & Blase, 2008

VIDEO: Driving the Changes & Lessons Learned

o Using Implementation Best Practices is not a program or initiative – it is a way of work. o We are addicted to ‘doing’ so it goes against the grain to “just do it.” It takes time. o What is adopted must be used by adults with fidelity to ensure good outcomes for students. o Working in teams is challenging – go alone to go fast. Work in teams to go far. Implementation Lessons Learned

Naytahwaush Community Charter School Terri Anderson, Director: Cammy Lehr: Mary Overlie:

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