Data Collaborative Portal - Systems Intervention

Includes strategies organizations use to work with outside entities that impact internal policies and practices outside of the organization’s control to improve evidence-based practices with fidelity.

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Systems interventions are strategies for leaders and staff within an organization to work with external systems to ensure the availability of the financial, organizational, and human resources required to support the work of the practitioners. Alignment of these external systems to specifically support the work of practitioners is an important aspect of systems interventions. System interventions take on issues that impact the ability to provide effective services within organizations. System interventions are designed to help create a generally supportive context in which effective services can be provided, maintained, and improved over the years.

Driver Look Fors

When we are integrating the Implementation Drivers into our work we have specific look fors for each Driver that will help inform us whether or not we are removing as many potential barriers and seizing all the opportunities to improve our program. Below are the specific look fors for this driver. It includes the following information:

Look For Description: it will begin with a numbered look for the driver. It will include a description of a critical component that should always be seen in your organization.
Data Source(s): The Data Sources are a nudge to help us understand how we can prove that this is actually occurring throughout our organization, as well as a location to capture change ideas and improvements.
Fully In-Place: This represents the criteria that the Data Collaborative, and NIRN, considers that the look for is completely in-place. Or in other words, the organization is meeting our expectations for this component of the driver.
Partially In-Place: Similarly to Fully In-Place, this represents the criteria. The difference is that not all of the look for are represented in the organization.
Not Yet In-Place: This represents when the look for has not been reflected in your organization.

1. Site or Center Leaders engage key stakeholders and partners in supporting explicit instruction in literacy

Fully In-Place

Site or Center Leaders in the organization attend regular meetings with funders, system managers and leaders, and other provider organizations

-AND-

Information is shared regarding systemic facilitators and barriers to quality of:

• explicit instruction in literacy

• implementation supports

-AND-

Systemic changes are proposed to the larger system to create a more supportive environment for explicit instruction in literacy

Partially In-Place

Site or Center Leaders in the organization attend regular meetings with funders, system managers and leaders, and other provider organizations

-AND-

Information is shared regarding systemic facilitators and barriers to quality of:

• explicit instruction in literacy

• implementation supports

Not Yet In-Place

Site or Center Leaders in the organization do not attend regular meetings with funders, system managers and leaders, and other provider organizations to discuss and resolve systemic issues

Data Source(s)

Meeting agendas
Membership lists
Data reports
Action plans
Guidance document outlining practice policy communication

Source:

Ward, C., Metz, A., Louison, L., Loper, A., & Cusumano, D. (2018). Drivers Best Practices Assessment. Chapel Hill, NC: National Implementation Research Network, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Based on: Fixsen, D.L.,Blase, K., Naoom, S., Metz, A., Louison, L., & Ward, C. (2015). Implementation Drivers: Assessing Best Practices. Chapel Hill, NC: National Implementation Research Network, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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