Innovation Configurations Amanda Henry & Dawn Miller West Fargo Public Schools June 2015

What is it? Part of the Concern Based Adoption Model (CBAM) It is based on 7 Stages of Concern, Levels of Use & Innovation A framework for understanding and managing change in people Utilized as a tool for continually evaluating reform efforts Configurations

Underlying Premises Change is a process not an event Understanding the change process means understanding what happens to the individuals that are involved in the change Change is personal Change entails developmental growth in terms of feelings about the given change Collecting information about the change process can be used to facilitate and manage the implementation of the change

Innovation Configurations Hall and Hord (2011) identify Innovation Configurations (IC) as a way to address the overall picture of what the change implementers are envisioning for the change initiative.

Innovation Configurations It refers to the “WHAT” of the change or innovation What does the innovation look like when it is in use? What would you see in classrooms where it is used well? (and when it is not used well) What will teachers and students be doing when the innovation is in use?

How does this work? Review all related materials Observe schools or classrooms that is implementing change Generate list of possible components (major parts) Cluster suggestions and create one statement of each set Finalize which components are key and should be developed Develop the wording of components Test the draft map – revise as needed

IC’s and MTSS at WFPS Formed Committee Reviewed other Models Began discussing essential elements Sidetracked to implement Math Pathway Revisiting Models and elements

Components to be Included Leadership Pathways – Data Based Decision Making Curriculum & Instruction Assessment Sustainability

Share out Draft with Admin & Staff Next Steps Summer/Fall Draft IC’s Components Subcomponents Fall/Winter Share out Draft with Admin & Staff Implement Assess Winter/Spring Gather feedback Revise Finalize

Examples Kansas MTSS: http://www.kansasmtss.org/pdf/mtssdocs/Kansas%20MTSS%20Inn ovation%20Configuration%20Matrix.pdf

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