The Center for Court Innovation: Supporting Fidelity Strategies for Drug Courts Karen Otis, LMHC, MA, Associate Director, Treatment Court Programs, Center for Court Innovation, NY, NY Center for Court Innovation

Blended Learning Strategy Goals To support a replicable, economical, and sustainable training strategy for drug courts To enhance training by providing peer facilitation to support team learning and strategic planning To have peers help teams translate national drug court standards into local practice Center for Court Innovation

Blended Learning Process Assess the training need – identify training needs based on the NPC peer review report recommendations Develop a learning path – draft a learning plan, schedule review of materials; prioritize and plan the review of online content, written resources and data Facilitate content review – use educational content to address peer review recommendations, include questions and activities to engage the team Support action planning – develop an action plan with measurable outcomes for program improvement and/or enhancement including designated intervals and follow up Center for Court Innovation

Blended Learning Toolkit Facilitation Flow Chart Step 1 Train Team Facilitators Step 2 Conduct a Drug Court Peer Review Step 3 Create a Blended Learning Plan Step 4 Review Online Content, Publications and Data Step 5 Facilitate Team Training Step 6 Develop a Drug Court Action Plan Center for Court Innovation

Blended Learning Toolkit THE ELEMENTS Courses/breakdown into modules – working w/LMS consultant - digestible chunks, keeping focus, Address different learning styles Center for Court Innovation

Elements of the Blended Learning Toolkit Step 1 Train Team Facilitators - Center staff conduct a one-hour orientation webinar and onsite training to guide peers to support team learning and to create drug court action plans Step 1 Train Team Facilitators Center for Court Innovation

Elements of the Blended Learning Toolkit STEP 2 Conduct the Peer Review Process– Teams use the Adult Drug Court Best Practices Self-Assessment Tool (BEST) and Peer Review Process created by NPC Research to identify training needs compared to research based best practices Step 2 Conduct a Drug Court Peer Review Center for Court Innovation

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Elements of the Blended Learning Toolkit Step 3 Create a Blended Learning Plan STEP 3 Create a Blended Learning Plan - Facilitators use resource guides to build a learning plan and schedule review of online content, publications, and local drug court data Center for Court Innovation

The National Drug Court Online Learning System www.drugcourtonline.org System Curricula: Adult Drug Court Course Veterans Treatment Court Course Juvenile Drug Court Course Components: Video Lessons from Experts Virtual tours of Rural, Suburban, and Urban Drug Courts Practitioner Interviews Quizzes and Surveys Resource Library/Web Links Center for Court Innovation

The Blended Learning Approach to the Drug Court Online Learning System How to use the system in a facilitated team environment Utilizes trained local facilitators Provides team interaction Maintains cost-effectiveness of web training Focus on targeted needs for drug court teams Only use portions of the site, as needed Center for Court Innovation

Sample Blended Learning Plan Center for Court Innovation

Sample Facilitator Guide Center for Court Innovation

Sample Resource Guide Center for Court Innovation

Elements of the Blended Learning Toolkit STEP 4 Review Online Content, Publications and Data – Teams review educational content (i.e. as a group, or assign content by role, and report out to the team) and local data relevant to the issue Step 4 Review Online Content, Publications and Data Center for Court Innovation

Elements of the Blended Learning Toolkit Step 5 Facilitate Team Training STEP 5 Facilitate Team Discussion - Facilitators engage the team in problem-solving using discussion questions and team activities Center for Court Innovation

Sample Blended Learning Lesson Guide Center for Court Innovation

Sample Blended Learning Lesson Content Guide (cont.) Center for Court Innovation

Elements of the Blended Learning Toolkit STEP 6 Develop a Drug Court Action Plan - Team develops short and long term goals, and measurable outcomes for program improvement or enhancement. Step 6 Develop a Drug Court Action Plan Center for Court Innovation

Sample Drug Court Action Plan Center for Court Innovation

Presenter Contact Information Karen M. Otis, LMHC, MA Senior Program Associate, Treatment Court Programs OTISK@courtinnovation.org Center for Court Innovation