Dear IRIS Family,
The IRIS Center is pleased to announce the posting of our latest STAR Legacy
Module, Fidelity of Implementation: Selecting and Implementing Evidence-Based
Practices and Programs, developed with the invaluable guidance of George Sugai
(Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports) and Lisa Sanetti (Neag
School of Education, University of Connecticut).
In today's classrooms, teachers are expected to use evidence-based practices
and programs. Sometimes, though, selecting and implementing such practices and
programs can be more difficult than it sounds. Often, when school personnel
implement new instructional and behavioral practices, they do not always see
the improved outcomes in their students that they expect. Some school staff
attribute this lack of success to the practice or program itself, believing it
to be ineffective or suspecting that its advertised claims are misleading.
Others wonder whether they could have implemented the practice or program in a
different way, or whether more effective training would have led to greater
student success.
Designed for school leaders, professional development providers, and anyone who
oversees the implementation of evidence-based practices and programs, this
module first describes how school personnel can identify an evidence-based
practice or program and highlights the importance of matching it to the
school's specific needs and resources. Next, the module underscores the
importance of implementing the practice or program with fidelity, or as it was
intended. It then discusses a number of actions that school personnel can take
to increase the likelihood that education professionals will implement the new
practice or program with high fidelity. To demonstrate how school personnel can
put these actions into practice, the module provides three fictional school
examples: Paige Elementary School (progress monitoring), Grafton Middle School
(reading program), and DuBois High School (PBIS).
In addition, to these school examples, the module contains step-by-step
demonstration movies, activities that allow opportunities to practice the
skill, and numerous audio interviews by leading experts:
· Larry Wexler (OSEP)
· Mel Riddile (National Association of Secondary School Principals
(NASSP)
· Cynthia Alexander (NIUSI-LeadScape Principal)
· Brenda Williams (The College of William and Mary, Department of Education
Policy, Planning & Leadership)
· Lynn Fuchs (National Center on Response to Intervention)
· Joseph Torgesen (Florida Center for Reading Research)
· Daryl Mellard (National Center on Response to Intervention)
To learn about fidelity of implementation and for an examination of the actions
that school personnel can take to increase the likelihood that their practices
and programs will be implemented as designed, please go to
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/fid/chalcycle.htm
As always, we encourage you to share all of our materials
(http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/) with your colleagues and students. If you
have any questions concerning IRIS materials, please contact Kim Skow at
800-831-6134, kimberly.a.s...@vanderbilt.edu, or i...@vanderbilt.edu.
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The IRIS Center
The IRIS Center
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