1. 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
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2. 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
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3. 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
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4. 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
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5. Blended Learning Toolkit
THE ELEMENTS
Courses/breakdown into modules – working w/LMS consultant - digestible chunks, keeping focus,
Address different learning styles
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6. 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
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7. 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
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9. 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
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10. 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
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11. 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
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12. Sample Blended Learning Plan
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13. Sample Facilitator Guide
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14. Sample Resource Guide
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15. 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
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16. 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
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17. Sample Blended Learning Lesson Guide
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18. Sample Blended Learning Lesson Content Guide (cont.)
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19. 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
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20. Sample Drug Court Action Plan
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21. Presenter Contact Information
Karen M. Otis, LMHC, MA Senior Program Associate, Treatment Court Programs
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