Collin McColskey-Leary, an Implementation Specialist with NIRN & SISEP, provides this week's tip on integrating Implementation and Improvement Science.  For more information on this topic, check out the following brief: "Integrating Improvement and Implementation Sciences to Enhance Educational Outcomes" Co-Authors:  Collin McColskey-Leary & Brian Garman-McClaine https://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/resources/integrating-improvement-and-implementation-sciences-enhance-educational-outcomes

Correy Watkins is one of the newest Implementation Specialists to join NIRN and SISEP.  Check out his thoughts on how all Implementation Support Practitioners can utilize the Implementation Core Competencies in their work every day. For more information on the ISP Profile and the Practicing Guide for Supporting Implementation check out the following site:   https://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/implementation-practice

This week, Dr. Angela Preston interviews Dr. Kent McIntosh on what factors have made PBIS sustainable.  For the full interview series, check out the SISEP Video YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbGZ__bs5Vc&list=PLw-z5w9HcaVpTzv1D40wItT9pXK6kTLrI

Sustainability, something we all strive for with implementation.  Dr. Dale Cusumano provides this week's five-minute tip on how to achieve sustainability by taking the right actions from day one. Recommended Supplemental Reading: https://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/sites/nirn.fpg.unc.edu/files/resources/Kentucky%20White%20Paper.pdf https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1072245.pdf

This week's 5-minute tip is provided by Sophia Farmer, Implementation Specialist with SISEP.  She provides some suggestions on utilizing the Competency Drivers and suggests the following resource: http://www.researchcollaboration.org/page/high-quality-professional-development-checklist

We are all busy planning for the 21-22 school year.  As part of that planning, it is a good time to revisit the Competency Drivers.  In this week's 5 minutes...ok 7-minute tip we have Jennifer Coffey Ph.D. from the Office of Special Education Programs sharing some insights on the drivers and the importance of fidelity.

Elizabeth Newell, State Transformation Assistant Administrator for the Michigan Department of Education, explains some initial barriers they faced with implementation science.  She goes on to explain solving those challenges actually resulted in the work she is most proud of.

For today's 5-minute tip, Amanda Waldroup, Assistant Director, Division of IDEA Implementation and Preschool for the Kentucky Department of Education, provides some of the team's experiences when focusing on mathematics.  

#statesforum2021 is this week!  To celebrate the work of SISEP's partnering states, each this week we will be sharing a story, advice, or challenges overcome in implementation science.  Today, Jennifer Gonzales, State Transformation Specialist for the Colorado Department of Education shares advice to those new in implementation science.

Implementation Specialist, Sophia Farmer, is back at it again this week with your five-minute implementation science tip.  Join Sophia for her thoughts on how to engage stakeholders in the implementation process.  To access the graphic and resources, she mentions, visit the Active Implementation Science Hub below: https://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/resources/stakeholder-engagement-guidance-implementation