1. SWIFT School Wide Integrated Framework for Transformation
NH State Advisory Committee for the NH DOE Bureau of Special Education
December 3, 2014
Maura Hart, Ed. D.

3. What is SWIFT?
SWIFT is a national K-8 technical assistance center focused on providing academic and behavioral support for all students, including those with the most extensive needs.
SWIFT partners with the whole school community in ways that positively transform the learning outcomes of all students.

4. Mission of SWIFT
The mission of the SWIFT Center is to assist districts and their schools to engage in a transformational process in concert with their families and communities to achieve equity and excellence for all students.

5. Team work School District Families Community Teachers Administrators
District Support
SWIFT TA

6. From Silos to SWIFT SWIFT … Eliminates silos
Bridges general and specialized education
Creates powerful learning opportunities for students and teachers
Promotes active, engaged partnerships among families and community members.
Jessica

8. Implementation Science
Implementation Stages:
Implementation Drivers:
Exploration
Installation
Initial Implementation
Full Implementation
Leadership
Technical
Adaptive
Organization
Systems intervention, Facilitative Administration, Decision support Data System
Competency
Coaching, training and selection

9. Mission of SWIFT
Excellence as determined by measurable student social and academic gains;
Equity as defined by the measurable capacity of each school to deliver the intensity and range of supports to meet the needs of each student and extending to their family and community; and where
All is defined as the measurable integrated active engagement of all students and their families in the learning process.

10. SWIFT-FIT Fidelity of Implementation Tool
Research-quality assessment
Measures extent to which school personnel is installing the core features of SWIFT
Completed by trained assessors on a single day
Used as a research tool
Interviews are conducted with various stakeholders; evidence sources are collected

11. SWIFT-FIA Fidelity Integrity Assessment
Same conceptual structure as the SWIFT-FIT
Progress-monitoring measure
Completed as a self-assessment by a school leadership team about every 3 months
Results intended to guide immediate next steps for promoting SWIFT implementation.

12. Continued Data Collection
District Capacity Assessment:
State Capacity Assessment:
Administered 1X per year
Includes full Administrative Teams
Superintendent
Director of Student Services
Curriculum Director
Other as per district
Administered 1X per year
Includes members of DOE who have strongest understanding of the capacities of the state to support their schools and districts.

14. State Support and Scale Up
SEA Team development
SEA Leadership Team formation
State Capacity Assessment
Interviews
Communication
Infusing SWIFT within initiatives
Quarterly meetings
Statewide PLI (annual: in district or statewide)
Recruitment and scale up across districts

15. NH DOE Recruitment NH is bringing on 16 new schools per year
“Development Sites”
Application process for will begin in January 2014
Joey Nichol will help schools and districts with applications and on-boarding
NH SWIFT DOE Innovation Coach will be full time to assist Development Sites
Maura Hart will assist with fidelity of process within Technical Assistance as well as overall messaging