Implementation Science for Educators Podcast (Fidelity)

Implementation Science for Educators Podcast

Have you ever wondered why a new program or practice never seemed to achieve the outcomes your team had hoped for? What was missing? Resources? Training? Support? Join the team from SISEP (State Implementation and Scale-Up of Evidenced-based Practices) each week for a quick Implementation Science tip to get you back on track!

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Implementation Science for Educators Podcast:  Fidelity

Fidelity and Adaptations with Sophia Farmer

Sophia Farmer, Implementation Specialist with the SISEP Team, provides some tips and guidance around adaptations to innovations.  The conversation covers what fidelity is, when and how to adapt, and how COVID brought the need for adaptations to the forefront of implementation science work.

Utilizing OTISS as a Fidelity Measurement with Kathleen Ryan Jackson

In this episode of Implementation Science for Educators, Kathleen Ryan-Jackson is our guest host from the SISEP Team.  She interviews Denise Bailey, a consultant with South-East/South-Central Educational Cooperative in Kentucky. The conversation details how Kentucky began utilizing the Observation Tool for Instructional Support and Systems (OTISS).

Fidelity:  The OTISS & KMIT Journey in Kentucky

Last week we spoke with Denise Bailey from SESC in Kentucky, who uses the OTISS in Madison County Public Schools who serves over 11,000 students. Today Duane Williams and Amanda Waldroup will join Denise and Kathleen. Duane is a math consultant with Greater Louisville Educational Cooperative. He will talk about how he supports teachers in Jefferson County Public Schools, one of the largest school districts in the US, serving over 96,000 students with more than 130 languages spoken. Amanda is the Assistant Director in the Division of IDEA Implementation and Preschool at the Kentucky Department of Education.

Fidelity and the Kentucky Mathematics Innovation Tools

This week is the final installment in our series of three for Kentucky’s journey with fidelity measurements.  Kathleen Ryan-Jackson continues her conversation with Duane Williams, a math consultant with the Greater Louisville Education Cooperative and teacher Angela Dilts-Pollack joins them.  Angela is a 6th-grade math teacher and teacher lead at Farnsley Middle School in Jefferson County Public Schools.  As teacher leaders, she leads their 6th grade PLCs, and she conducts peer observations and provides feedback and coaching to her teacher colleagues. She is an active member of the Building Implementation Team.  They discuss the use of data collecting with the Kentucky Mathematics InnovationTool (KMIT).  A team developed the KMIT with math expertise and diverse perspectives, such as math trainers, coaches, and researchers in Kentucky.