1. Your Lab Extension Specialist Dr. Tom Fortin Dr. Al Glennon
REL Mid-Atlantic
Your
Lab Extension Specialist
Dr. Tom Fortin
Dr. Al Glennon

2. “Linking Research to Policy and Practice”
Lab – Communicate and conduct research that meets the needs of educators working to improve student achievement.
“Linking Research to Policy and Practice”

3. “Linking Research to Policy and Practice”
Lab Extension Specialist (LES)
Responsibilities:
Reach out to education stakeholders
Solicit stakeholder priorities, research, and program needs
Convey research that responds to expressed needs
Recruit eligible participants in REL random controlled trials
“Linking Research to Policy and Practice”

4. “Linking Research to Policy and Practice”
LES Activities:
Organizational Planning
Awareness and Engagement
Needs Sensing
Dissemination
Recruitment and Support for RCT
“Linking Research to Policy and Practice”

5. “Linking Research to Policy and Practice”
Organizational Planning
Regional and state strategic planning for REL Mid-Atlantic
Develop annual action plan
Prepare Activity Logs weekly for monthly and quarterly progress reports and accountability
Serve on REL Mid-Atlantic committees
Provide feedback to improve REL operations
“Linking Research to Policy and Practice”

6. “Linking Research to Policy and Practice”
Awareness and Engagement
Represent REL at county, state, and regional leaders of professional education and business/industry associations, government agencies, higher education institutions, and research organizations.
Assist stakeholders in identifying, understanding, and applying high-quality research.
Assist stakeholders in finding appropriate research resources that will help to implement evidence-based strategies.
“Linking Research to Policy and Practice”

7. “Linking Research to Policy and Practice”
Needs-Sensing
Communicate with stakeholders to identify important education issues and research questions.
Document communication and interaction with stakeholders.
Follow the announcements, adoptions, modifications, and progress of state, regional, and national improvement initiatives.
Stay informed of emerging issues, reports, conferences, and other matters affecting education policies, practice, and research.
“Linking Research to Policy and Practice”

8. “Linking Research to Policy and Practice”
Dissemination
Design and conduct public forums on Issues and Answers research reports or other IES research.
Share the findings of research reports and other products that are conducive to practitioner understanding and utility.
“Linking Research to Policy and Practice”

9. “Linking Research to Policy and Practice”
Recruitment and Support for
Randomized Controlled Trials
Training that covers study design and intervention.
Develop and implement recruitment strategies, protocols, information sessions, and reporting to invite and enlist schools and districts to participate in RCT.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of contacts.
Work with principal investigators and study managers in communicating with stakeholders.
Review in-progress and completed recruiting campaigns for future studies.
Support investigators and managers during implementation of trials, training, and conducting of classroom/school observations.
“Linking Research to Policy and Practice”

10. “Bottom Line” “Linking Research to Policy and Practice”,
which leads to increasing Student Success
and Achievement.