1. Installation Stage and Implementation Analysis
SPDG National Meeting
Karen A. Blase
Barbara Sims
Michelle A. Duda
Dean L. Fixsen
Jonathan Green
Ron Dughman, RRCP
Jeanna Mullins, RRCP
March 6, 2013
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2. Active Implementation Frameworks
Implementation Stages
Implementation Drivers
Improvement Cycles
Implementation Teams
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3. Stages of Implementation
Purposeful matching of critical implementation activities to the appropriate stage of the process
Stages
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4. Implementation Takes Time: 2 – 4 Years
EXPLORATION
INSTALLATION
Drivers
INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION
Drivers
FULL IMPLEMENTATION
Drivers
“DRIVERS”
Stages AND Drivers

5. Exploration Goals Create readiness for change
Implementation Stages
Exploration
Goals
Create readiness for change
Changing hearts and minds
Examine degree to which the proposed strategies and practices meet the needs of our State and our students
Determine whether the strategies, practices, and implementation are desirable and feasible

6. Stages of Implementation
“If you build it, they will come”. . . but you actually have to build it!
INSTALLATION
Competency Drivers
Organization Drivers
Leadership Drivers
Integrated & Compensatory
Lunch
Stages of Implementation
—Fixsen, Naoom, Blase, Friedman, & Wallace, 2005

7. Installation Goals Implementation Stages
Structural and functional changes are made to support implementation
Staff selection protocols developed
First ‘practitioners’ selected
Define and initiate training of first cohort of practitioners
Develop coaching system and plans
Evaluate readiness and sustainability of data systems (e.g. fidelity, outcomes)

8. Installation What’s Needed
Implementation Stages
Installation
What’s Needed
High-level protection, problem solving, and support
Reduced expectations and higher costs during start up
Help in evolving organizational supports at every level
Help in establishing new implementation supports for the EBP

9. Administration of the Installation Stage Assessment
Define the desired function of the tool in advance (plan for and/or assess current status of stage based activities and action planning)
For self-assessment, Implementation lead or Implementation Team completes entire assessment to achieve “strength of stage” score for Installation stage
For Items “Partially in Place” and “Not Yet Initiated,” Action Plans can be developed to determine next steps or what needs to be revisited
Can be used thorough out all stages to check back or when implementation dips occur (change in leadership, staff turnover, etc.)
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10. Stages Tools You Can Use
Stages of Implementation Analysis
://sisep.fpg.unc.edu/
Installation Stage Action Planning Guide
Training Plan Development Template
httpwww://sisep.fpg.unc.edu/
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13. NC SIP: Purpose
To provide professional development and technical assistance for the public schools and university teacher education programs in the implementation of research/evidence- based instructional programs for students with disabilities.
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14. NC SIP Goals
Improve basic skills performance of students with disabilities
Increase the percentage of qualified teachers of students with disabilities
Increase graduation rates and decrease dropout rates of students with disabilities
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15. NC SIP Goals
Improve parent satisfaction with, and support of school services for students with disabilities
Improve the quality of teachers’ instructional competencies to impact students’ basic skills performance.
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16. NCSIP: Aligning the Process with the Implementation Drivers
Integrated & Compensatory
Organization Drivers
Leadership
NCSIP: Aligning the Process with the Implementation Drivers
Competency Drivers
Research-Based Practice
Staff Training
On-site Fidelity Checks
On-site Program Reviews
Student Progress Evaluation

17. History of NC SIP
2000 – Initial funding focused on reading
2005 – Second funding added math
2010 – Latest funding

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95 reading sites
52 math sites
IHEs selected
East Carolina University
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina – Charlotte

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20. Stage-Related Activities for Installation
Make structural and functional changes needed (e.g. policies, schedules, space, time, materials, re-allocation of roles and responsibilities, new positions needed)
a) Within the building level
b) Across the district level
c) Outside the district level
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21. Stage-Related Activities for Installation
2. Make structural and functional changes needed to initiate the new program, practice, framework
a) Within the building level
b) Across the district level
c) Outside the district level
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22. Stage-Related Activities for Installation
3. Development of selection protocols for “first implementers”
a) Within the building level
b) Across the district level
c) Outside the district level
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23. Stage-Related Activities for Installation
4. Selection of “first implementers”
a) District administrators
b) Building administration
c) Coaches
d) Teachers/Staff
e) Other:
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24. Stage-Related Activities for Installation
Identification of training resources, logistics
Training of first cohort of implementers
a) Teachers
b) Administrators
c) Trainers
d) Coaches
e) Other
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25. Stage-Related Activities for Installation
Develop coaching and support plans for teachers
Evaluate “readiness” and sustainability of data systems at multiple levels (e.g. student, teacher, family, community)
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26. Stage-Related Activities for Installation
9. Evaluate “readiness” and sustainability of fidelity data system
10. Analyze and problem-solve around the sustainability of training, coaching, data systems
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27. Stage-Related Activities for Installation
11. Establish communication links to report barriers and facilitators during next stage (e.g. Initial Implementation)
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28. Questions?
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