Vermont Integrated Instruction Model (ViiM)
Highlights
August 2012
Vermont’s Integrated Instruction Model (ViiM)
builds regional training/coaching capacity to support teams of
educators in the use of evidence based educational practices
within a multi-tiered framework.
This integrated system of instruction and intervention
supports improved student academic and behavioral outcomes.
(current focus = K-8 behavior and reading)
An innovative systems approach . .
Targeted
Intensive
Intensive
Pre-Emergent
Early
Literacy
Targeted
Universal
Speech and
Language
Pathology
Universal
Parent
Partnerships
. . to educating all students.
ViiM Pilot Sites SY2012-13
LNSU
LSSU
15 schools in 5 supervisory unions/districts
North Country SU – 5 sites
The St. Johnsbury School
Lamoille North SU – 3 sites
Lamoille South SU – 1 site
Addison Central SU – 3 sites + 2 preparing
NCSU
ST. J SD
ACSU
The Cascade
State
Providing feedback and data
on implementation efforts
Regional
Training/Coaching
District Team
Supervisory
Union/District
Leadership Team
School Based
Leadership Team
Building Staff,
Students and
Families
Providing supports for effective
practices implemented with fidelity
Leadership, Climate, and Culture
Fidelity of Implementation
Universal Screening &
Progress Monitoring
Data-based Decisions & Problem solving
Evidence-based Practices
Multi-tiered Model
Academic Support
Behavior Support
Critical Components of ViiM Across All Tiers of Support
“Strengthen the core” at the Universal Level.
Primary Resources
What Works Clearinghouse – IES Practice Guides
www.ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/practiceguides/
Report of the National Reading Panel
www.nationalreadingpanel.org
TA Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions
and Supports
www.pbis.org
Michigan Implementation Network
www.min.cenmi.org/
Highlight: Data and Data Systems
•Data Collection, Entry & Sharing
•Role of Data Analyst
•Types & Levels of Data
Building Sustainable Systems
for Data-Based Decision Making
• Data Collection
– Training (Initial and Re-Training)
– Accuracy Checks for Administration & Scoring
– Scheduling of Assessments
• Data Entry
– Time for Data Entry
– Accuracy of Data Entry
– Training for Data Entry (Initial & Re-Training)
• Data Sharing
– Training in Interpretation of Data (Initial & Re-Training)
– Ensuring Timely Access to Data
– Formal & Informal Data Sharing
Key Role of Data Analyst
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We want to gather information that tells us:
How well we are implementing:
Fidelity Data
and
whether what we’re doing is working:
Student Outcome Data
Implementation Fidelity Data
Are we doing what we said we would do, when,
and how we said we would do it?
A Response to Intervention System,
well implemented, will support and
operationalize
the School Improvement Process
Gather
Getting Ready
Collect School Data
Build School Profile
Student Outcome Data
Do
Implement Plan
Monitor Plan
Evaluate Plan
Student
Achievement
RtI
Plan
Develop Action Plan
One Common Voice – One
Plan
Study
Analyze Data
Set Goals
Set Measurable Objectives
Research Best Practice
Highlight: Implementation Science
•There are stages of implementation.
•There is a difference between implementing a
practice and the practice itself.
Implementation Science
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~nirn/
Stages of Implementation
Exploration Installation Implementation Full Operation Innovation
Sustainability
•Awareness of need
•Explore options
•Decide whether to proceed with innovation
two sets of activities
(intervention-level & implementation-level)
and
two sets of outcomes
(intervention outcomes & implementation outcomes)
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~nirn/implementation/01_implementationdefined.cfm
What skills and knowledge
are needed at the different
cascade levels?
State
Implementation
Team
Regional Training &
Implementation
Coaches TEAM
SU/District
Leadership Team
School-Based
Leadership Team
Building Staff ,
Students &
Families
Highlight: Leadership Teams
•Letting it happen, helping it happen, or making
it happen?
•Braiding
Braiding School Building & SU/District Initiatives
ViiM
What are your
questions and
comments?
Please contact
Carol Randall
ViiM Co-coordinator
carol.randall@state.vt.us