SWIFTSchool Wide Integrated Framework for Transformation

NH State Advisory Committee for the NH DOE Bureau of

Special EducationDecember 3, 2014

Maura Hart, Ed. D.

What is SWIFT?

• SWIFT is a national K-8 technical assistance center focused on providing academic and behavioral support for all students, including those with the most extensive needs.

• SWIFT partners with the whole school community in ways that positively transform the learning outcomes of all students.

Mission of SWIFT The mission of the SWIFT Center is to assist districts and their schools to engage in a transformational process in concert with their families and communities to achieve equity and excellence for all students.

Team work

SchoolDistrict

Families

Community

Teachers Administrators

District Support

SWIFT TA

From Silos to SWIFT SWIFT …

• Eliminates silos • Bridges general

and specialized education

• Creates powerful learning opportunities for students and teachers

• Promotes active, engaged partnerships among families and community members.

Implementation Science

Implementation Stages:• Exploration

• Installation

• Initial Implementation

• Full Implementation

Implementation Drivers:• Leadership

– Technical – Adaptive

• Organization– Systems intervention,

Facilitative Administration, Decision support Data System

• Competency– Coaching, training and

selection

Mission of SWIFT • Excellence as determined by

measurable student social and academic gains;

• Equity as defined by the measurable capacity of each school to deliver the intensity and range of supports to meet the needs of each student and extending to their family and community; and where

• All is defined as the measurable integrated active engagement of all students and their families in the learning process.

Research-quality assessment – Measures extent to which school

personnel is installing the core features of SWIFT

– Completed by trained assessors on a single day

– Used as a research tool

– Interviews are conducted with various stakeholders; evidence sources are collected

SWIFT-FITFidelity of Implementation Tool

• Same conceptual structure as the SWIFT-FIT

• Progress-monitoring measure

• Completed as a self-assessment by a school leadership team about every 3 months

• Results intended to guide immediate next steps for promoting SWIFT implementation.

SWIFT-FIAFidelity Integrity Assessment

Continued Data Collection

District Capacity Assessment:• Administered 1X per year• Includes full Administrative

Teams– Superintendent– Director of Student Services– Curriculum Director– Other as per district

State Capacity Assessment:• Administered 1X per year• Includes members of DOE

who have strongest understanding of the capacities of the state to support their schools and districts.

www.swiftschools.org

State Support and Scale Up• SEA Team development• SEA Leadership Team formation• State Capacity Assessment– Interviews– Communication– Infusing SWIFT within initiatives

• Quarterly meetings• Statewide PLI (annual: in district or

statewide)• Recruitment and scale up across

districts

NH DOE Recruitment• NH is bringing on 16 new schools per year

– “Development Sites”

• Application process for 2015-16 will begin in January 2014

• Joey Nichol will help schools and districts with applications and on-boarding

• NH SWIFT DOE Innovation Coach will be full time to assist Development Sites

• Maura Hart will assist with fidelity of process within Technical Assistance as well as overall messaging