2011 Collaborative
Conference on Student
Achievement
Implementing Change is a Journey!
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Anticipatory Set
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Anticipatory Set
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Implementation:
What does it mean?
• Execution
• Completion
• Accomplishment
• Realization
• Achievement
• Performance
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Starting with the "end" in mind
The fundamental goal for any educational practice is the development of students who are competent in academics and social skills.
(Steve Goodman & Beth A Steenwyk)
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How can we ensure that we accomplish that goal?
I MPLEMENTATION CAPACITY – the ability to establish multi-level systems and supports that help educators, administrators, and policy makers select, use, improve, and sustain effective intervention practices.
Michigan State Department of Education
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IMPLEMENTATION
Impl.
Team NO   Impl.
Team
Effective
80%,   3   Yrs 14%,   17   Yrs
NOT   Effective
Fixsen,   Blase,   Timbers,   &
Wolf,   2001
Balas   &   Boren,   2000
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Importance of an Implementation
Team
Understand the change so that they can help stakeholders choose wisely, evaluate the readiness to implement, and assess the implementation capacity of the district in relationship to a number of factors related to the innovation.
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Importance of an Implementation
Team
Fidelity – the degree to which the program or practice is implemented “as intended” as defined by the program developers/researchers or experts.
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What initiative are you planning to implement?
Do you have a team in place to lead the initiative?
How was the team selected?
What training and support will be on-going for the team?
What opportunities do they have to talk regularly?
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SERVICE
SCIENCE
Fixsen (2010)
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• KnowWHAT
– Knowledge of the intervention
• KnowHOW
– Knowledge of implementation
Fixsen (2010), Tucker, Edmondson, &
Nembhard (2005)
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Students cannot benefit from interventions they do not experience
• Teachers and staff have to change if students are to benefit
Fixsen, (2010)
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• Even when we adopt good science to help students
Implementation Gap
What is adopted is not used with fidelity and good outcomes
What is used with fidelity is not sustained for a useful period of time.
What is used with fidelity is not used on a scale sufficient to impact social problems.
Fixsen (2010)
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Four important things for you to know
(and do) to improve student outcomes
• Use implementation science
• Support implementation practices
• Change organizations/ systems
• Be adaptive
Fixsen (2010) 15

Uses of Interventions
Performance Assessment
(Fidelity)
Staff
Competence
Selection
Coaching
Training
Integrate &
Compensate
Systems
Intervention
Organization
Facilitative
Administration
Supports
Decision Support
Data System
Technical Leadership Adaptive
© Fixsen & Blase, 2007
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Organizational Implementation Drivers Analysis and
Discussion Template
Organizational
Implementation
Drivers
Does   Driver   exist   Responsibility   in   relation   to   for   Driver?
this   unit   of   focus?
(yes/no)
Site   examples
(who,   what dept/entity)
How   does   the
Driver   currently   support   implementation?
Is   there   a   measure   of
Driver   effectiveness?
How   might   you   know   the   Driver   is   effective?
How   can   the
Driver   be   used   more   purposefully   to   support   fidelity,   outcomes,   and/or   sustainability?
Facilitative
Administration
Systems
Interventions
Decision ‐
Support   Data
Systems
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Student Benefits
Stages of Implementation
• Exploration
• Installation
• Initial Implementation
• Full Implementation
• Innovation
• Sustainability
2 – 4 Years
Fixsen, Naoom, Blase, Friedman, & Wallace, 2005
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Effective intervention practices
+
Effective implementation practices
Good outcomes for students
Fixsen (2010)
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Table Talk Activity
Think about an initiative you are currently working on in your
LEA or organization.
Select one driver to discuss in relationship to that initiative.
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Implementation Drivers
Analyzing the Implementation
Drivers © National Implementation
Research Network (NIRN)
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Implementation Drivers
Stages of Implementation
• Pre-Exploration Stage - Current state
• Exploration Stage - Considering change
• Installation Stage - Preparing
• Initial Implementation Stage - Actively engaged
• Full Implementation Stage - Actively working
(NIRN)
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Questions
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North Carolina Department of
Public Instruction
Maria Pitre-Martin
Director of K-12 Curriculum and
Instruction
919-807-3815 mpitre@dpi.state.nc.us
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