1. miblsi.cenmi.org
Helping Students Become Better Readers with Social Skills Necessary for Success
Steve Goodman
Funded through OSEP State Personnel Development Grant and Michigan Department of Education- Office of Special Education
Trying to get effective practices in the hands of practitioners and support the practitioners.
Describe how supporting the practices with fidelity.
Want participants to leave thinking about the kinds of supports that are needed in order to help practitioners be effective (implementation drivers).
Specific tools - show examples on the MiBLiSi Web site.

2. Two Categories of Work Access to Effective Practices
Ensuring that students (staff) have access to effective practices in an integrated behavior and reading Multi-Tiered System of Supports
Practices are selected based on: Need, Fit, Resource Availability, Evidence, Readiness for Replication, Capacity to Implement
Support for the Practices
Ensuring that the interventions are implemented correctly with the “right people”, at the “right time”, in the “right amounts” (Implementation Fidelity)

3. Develop Organizational Structures
Schools effectively implementation RtI Practices
Successful Student Outcomes
Inputs
Outcomes
Outcomes
Develop Staff Competencies
Feedback Loops

4. Training Coaching Evaluation Technical Assistance Leadership
Provides guidance, visibility, funding, political support for MiBLSi
Students
Building Staff
Building Leadership Team
LEA District Leadership Team
Across State
Multiple District/Building Teams
All staff
All students
Multiple schools w/in local district
Who is supported?
How is support provided?
Provides guidance, visibility, funding, political support
Provides coaching for District Teams and technical assistance for Building Teams
Provides guidance and manages implementation
Provides effective practices to support students
Improved behavior and reading
ISD Leadership Team
Regional Technical Assistance
Michigan
Department of Education/MiBLSi Leadership
Multiple schools w/in intermediate district
Unit of implementation is at the schoolwide level
Unit of support is at the district level
Training
Coaching
Evaluation
Technical Assistance
Leadership
Tools and Materials
MiBLSi Statewide Structure of support

5. Implementation Drivers Capacity Competency
Successful Student Outcomes
Implementation Drivers
Program/Initiative
(set of practices that are implemented with Fidelity)
Staff competency to support students/families with the selected practices
Organizational capacity to support staff in implementing practices with fidelity
Capacity
Competency
There are three categories of Implementation Drivers: Leadership, Capacity and Competency.
When these core components are in place they provide the support to a successful implementation that will be sustained.
Competency Drivers are mechanisms that help to develop, improve, and sustain one’s ability to implement an intervention to benefit students. Competency Drivers include: Selection, Training, Coaching, and Performance Assessment
Organization Drivers are mechanisms to create and sustain hospitable organizational and systems environments for effective educational services. Organization Drivers include: Decision Support Data System, Facilitative Administration, and Systems Intervention
Leadership
Implementation Drivers
Ability to provide direction/vision of process
Adapted from Fixsen & Blase, 2008

6. Leadership Building Leadership Teams District Level Leadership
Coordinate and mage the implementation process at the building level
District Level Leadership
Provide direction/vision for the practices and allocation of resources to enable the Capacity and Competency drivers to be in place.

7. Building Leadership Content on MiBLSi Website
miblsi.cenmi.org

8. Organizational Capacity
Information (guides, manuals)
Resources
Tools, forms, materials
Evaluation
Screening of students
Progress monitoring
Fidelity of implementation

10. Staff Competency Training
Specific sessions with formal activities designed for skill development
Coaching
Ensuring transfer from training to practice
On-site skill development, enhancing the skills through prompting and reinforcement
Technical Assistance
An expert with specific technical/content knowledge provides information to address an identified need with customized solutions.