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Building Stronger Professional Development Systems: Using Data to Improve Implementation. Jennifer Coffey, Ph.D. OSEP Project Director and SPDG Program Lead Audrey Desjarlais Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator, Signetwork.
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Building Stronger Professional Development Systems: Using Data to Improve Implementation Jennifer Coffey, Ph.D. OSEP Project Director and SPDG Program Lead Audrey Desjarlais Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator, Signetwork
Implementation: Research on Tools; Research as Tool Sonja K. Schoenwald Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Medical University of South Carolina August 20, 2013, Global Implementation Conference.
Thank You! Planning Committee Members, Staff, and Facilitators • SPDG Members • Susan Bailey-Anderson, Montana • Don Briere, Connecticut • Kathy Cox, Illinois • Alice Henley, Connecticut • David Merves, Delaware & New Hampshire • Brenda Oas, North Dakota • Mary Steady, New Hampshire RRCP Implementation Core Team • Jeanna Mullins, Mid-South RRC • Kim Hartsell, Southeast RRC • Nancy O’Hara, Mid-South RRC OSEP • Jennifer Coffey • Tina Diamond • David Guardino • Pat Gonzalez • Shedeh Hajghassemali • Terry Jackson • Greg Knollman • Ingrid Oxaal • Corinne Weidenthal • Susan Weigert • Grace Zamora Duran Signetwork Staff • Linda Lynch • Melissa Moseley • Leslie Stephenson • Audrey Desjarlais
Invited Guests OSERS • Michael Yudin, Acting Assistant Secretary, US Department of Education OSEP • Melody Musgrove, Director, OSEP • Ruth Ryder, Deputy Director, OSEP • Larry Wexler, Director, Research to Practice Division Parent Centers/ Regional PTACs • Barbara Buswell, Region 5 • Debra Jennings, Region 1 • Connie Hawkins, Region 2 • Nora Thompson, Region 6
SPDG Participation • 43 States Represented • State teams range from • 1 rep (8 states) CA, CO, MA, MN, NE, PA, VA, WI • 2 reps (4 states) AR, MT, RI, SC • 3 reps (6 states) AL, ID, NC, OR, VT, WY • 4 reps (9 states) AK, CT, IL, IN, KS, KY, MO, NM, TN • 5 reps (8 states) DE, FL, GA, MD, MI, NH, OH, OK, UT • 6 reps (1 state) MS • Partners include representatives from: Parent Organizations, Institutes of Higher Education
Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 • FY 2015 • What you can do to prepare • GPRA/Program Measures • Partners • Current/past data – telling your story • Start sharing with others what a new SPDG could accomplish • IDEA Statute – SPDG • www.Signetwork.org
The Letter and Spirit of the Law • Partnerships • Serving children with disabilities • Fulfilling the purpose of your project
GPRA/Program Measures – Pilot Review • External Review Results for FY 2012 • Program Measure 1: 11 of 22 initiatives (50%) met the set targets • Program Measure 2: 4 of 22 (18%) initiatives met the targets they set • Program Measure 3: 7 out of 22 (32%) initiatives me the targets they set • Program Measure 4: 1 out of 1
Reliability for the pilot • For Program Measure 1 more variation in scores – from complete agreement to 44% difference. • For Program Measure 2 there were no disagreements for the first pair of reviewers and just 1 disagreement for the 2nd pair. • For Program Measure 3, there was 1 disagreement for the first pair of reviewers and 4 disagreements for the 2nd pair. • For Program Measure 4, there was 1 disagreement for the first pair and none for the second pair.
Current External Review • Westat – Data Quality Initiative • Will produce a 1-page document that summarizes each project’s results • OSEP will provide another FAQ document to improve the data coming from projects
This Meeting • Why focus on implementation fidelity? • Implementation Science • We are the resource • Other resources – AI Hub
Discussion Process PURPOSE: • To learn from others about tools and approaches in using data to: • define your practice, • improve the fidelity of the practice • effectively engage the various drivers to support the use of data
Discussion Process • Pick a topic • ?s to define the what and how – of the ‘what’ • ?s to improve the fidelity of ‘what’ through the implementation drivers • ?s about coaching systems to improve the fidelity of ‘what’
Discussion Process • State Teams – Split up • Groups – 8-10 people • Facilitator – OSEP & RRCP • Listen & Engage • Write your questions • Take Notes • Return to Academy Hall for Allison & Jennifer’s Q&A session – 11:30 AM
What’s Next 11:45-1:00pm - Lunch on your own, dining options in packet 1:00-1:30pm – State team time, Action Planning, Meet with your evaluators or Meet with Project Officers
DAY TWO – BEGINS @ 8:00am • Project Sharing • U.S. Dept of Ed Presentation