Using the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) to Build Capacity for PBIS Implementation
Summary
During this session, we will explore a capacity building approach to professional learning. Participants will learn how to use an implementation fidelity tool as the foundation for a guided school learning walk that provides opportunities for job-embedded learning experiences, peer collaboration, practice with feedback, and data informed learning. District level presenters will share their experiences and the impact this approach has had on their efforts to build and scale local expertise with Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Presenters will facilitate a process for participants to explore ways to generalize this approach to their work (e.g., a specific evidence-based practice or initiative).
Participants will interact with a validated fidelity instrument, used to evaluate implementation quality of school wide PBIS. District leaders will share how they used the tool and Learning Walks to develop their coaches’ fluency with the features associated with implementation. Over the past year Technical Assistance providers from the Center for Social Behavior Support have led district staff and Coaches through ‘Learning Walks’ where Coaches complete the fidelity measure with support by gathering data such as: teacher observation and interviews with student, staff and building leadership, specific to the features of PBIS implementation. This session will explore how the ‘Learning Walks’ were structured to maximize opportunities for coaches’ learning and consider how to adapt fidelity measures for other interventions and programs to be used as a teaching tool for implementers.
Using the Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) to Build Capacity for PBIS Implementation
During this session, we will explore a capacity building approach to professional learning. Participants will learn how to use an implementation fidelity tool as the foundation for a guided school learning walk that provides opportunities for job-embedded learning experiences, peer collaboration, practice with feedback, and data informed learning. District level presenters will share their experiences and the impact this approach has had on their efforts to build and scale local expertise with Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Presenters will facilitate a process for participants to explore ways to generalize this approach to their work (e.g., a specific evidence-based practice or initiative).
Participants will interact with a validated fidelity instrument, used to evaluate implementation quality of school wide PBIS. District leaders will share how they used the tool and Learning Walks to develop their coaches’ fluency with the features associated with implementation. Over the past year Technical Assistance providers from the Center for Social Behavior Support have led district staff and Coaches through ‘Learning Walks’ where Coaches complete the fidelity measure with support by gathering data such as: teacher observation and interviews with student, staff and building leadership, specific to the features of PBIS implementation. This session will explore how the ‘Learning Walks’ were structured to maximize opportunities for coaches’ learning and consider how to adapt fidelity measures for other interventions and programs to be used as a teaching tool for implementers.
