1. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Providing Support through District Leadership and Implementation Team April 29, 2010 Michigan Implementation Network

2. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network The NIRN 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). Implementation Research: A Synthesis of the Literature © Dean Fixsen, Karen Blase, Robert Horner, George Sugai, 2008

3. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Implementation Science Students cannot benefit from interventions they do not experience Training by itself does not work Policy change by itself does not work Financial incentives alone do not work © Dean Fixsen, Karen Blase, Robert Horner, George Sugai, 2008

4. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Implementation Science EffectiveNOT Effective Effective NOT Effective IMPLEMENTATION INTERVENTION Student Benefits (Institute of Medicine, 2000; 2001; New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2003; National Commission on Excellence in Education,1983; Department of Health and Human Services, 1999)

5. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Two components that when combined, result in successful and sustainable outcomes Program/Initiative (Innovation) –Set of evidence-based practices –Selected on: Need, Fit, Resource Availability, Evidence, Readiness for Replication, Capacity to Implement Supporting Infrastructure (Implementation) –Ensuring that the interventions are implemented correctly with the “right people”, at the “right time”, in the “right amounts” (Implementation Fidelity)

6. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Your Turn Please form groups of four members Silently and simultaneously, members read the document and highlight three or four items that have particular meaning. In turn, members share one of their items but do not comment on it. (simply name it) In round-robin fashion, group members comment about the identified item with no cross talk. The initial person who named the item now shares his or her thinking about the item, and therefore, gets the last turn. Repeat so that each member has a turn.

7. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network The Promise of Response to Intervention Change doesn’t happen based solely on enthusiasm nor knowledge of specific skills (Harn 2008) “Hey, no problem!”

8. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network System Change “For every increment of performance I demand from you, I have an equal responsibility to provide you with the capacity to meet that expectation” (R. Elmore, 2002)

9. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Leadership and Implementation Team Both are necessary and either one without the other is insufficient for producing noticeable changes in education and student outcomes. “Leadership” consists of those individuals with policy and management expertise who are responsible for oversight and supports for sustaining and improving student education in all schools in a “District.” “Implementation” involve special expertise to help create and sustain school-based resources to assure that each teacher and staff person is using designated education innovations fully and effectively.

10. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Local Demonstration Schools Implementation Support Implementation Drivers Feedback Cycles Improvement Cycles Implementation Support Implementation Drivers Feedback Cycles Improvement Cycles Leadership Support Provide Visibility Provide Political Support Provide Funding Provide Vision Provide Allocation of Resources Leadership Support Provide Visibility Provide Political Support Provide Funding Provide Vision Provide Allocation of Resources Leadership Team Active Coordination and Management Content Expertise Understanding of critical features of the priority evidence-based practice Theory and Practice Content Expertise Understanding of critical features of the priority evidence-based practice Theory and Practice

11. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Various Levels of Leadership Team Work 1.Preparing for and Organization of Leadership Team 2.Creating Readiness for Local Implementation –Developing commitment (priority) –Develop or enhance infrastructure (local team structures) 3.Implementation –Developing implementation capacity –Focus on fidelity 4.Scale-Up/Sustainability

12. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Organization of Leadership Team Conduct discovery or exploratory work to clarify the shared context and identify collective the purpose(s) of the work. Establish meeting dates and times as well as the meeting locations for the year. Try to keep meeting times consistent (e.g., second Tuesday each month or after the monthly ISD administration meeting. Leadership teams meet at a minimum of four times per year.

13. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Your Turn Please look at the Leadership Implementation Support Team Self-Assessment… What existing structure (e.g., committee, team, etc) do you have in place that currently serves (or could serve) the function of a leadership and implementation support team?

14. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network 14 Framework for Addressing Practice and Supports

15. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network We find it helpful to create policy statements around categories of selection for educational practice Standard Practices are those used regularly as part of on-going educational efforts. Emerging Practices are ideas, curricula, programs, or procedures that have a reasonable likelihood to improve the core outcomes of education in schools in the LEA, but have not yet met the criteria to be a Scalable Practice. Scalable Practices are innovations that have sufficient practical verification and scientific validation to warrant the large-scale investment needed to transform these practices into Standard Practice within [LEA] schools.

16. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Rethinking the Scaling Up Challenge

17. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Braiding School Building and District Initiatives

18. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Braiding means Consider the core features of an initiative, what other current initiatives share these features and may be combined to –Share resources –Share activities (e.g., Professional Development) –Share information (e.g., data collection) 18

19. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Consideration of non-negotiables when braiding Funding requirements –Features that must be in place to receive funding Mandatory program requirements –Features that are mandated for implementation of the program Critical features that define practice –Features that are critical to fidelity of implementation 19

20. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Braiding District Initiatives 20

21. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Your Turn Please take a moment to use page 2 of “Worksheet for braiding district initiatives” to list and evaluate your current RtI initiatives.

22. min.cenmi.org Michigan Implementation Network Given the economic situation, what are our priorities and how can we be strategic in supporting these practices Keep in mind, the goal is improved outcomes for students and families 22