- Course Title: Advanced Implementation Capabilities Framework
- Course Code: Ed-Fi 231
- Tracks: Program Track
- Series: Advanced Ed-Fi Topics (200 Series)
- Course Prerequisites:
- Learning Delivery Mode: Self-Guided Course (Online)
- Time to Complete: 4 hours and 20 minutes of interactive contents plus activities to work through at your own pace.
- Registration Options: Online
- Link to online course
Course Overview
Description
This advanced course is designed to walk cross-functional teams through the completion of an Implementation Capabilities Framework review process. Participants will learn how to leverage a team with the appropriate expertise and skills to conduct the review process and develop a roadmap for implementing a well-designed and well-used information and reporting architecture with Ed-Fi as a key component. The course includes a set of resources designed to assist participants in identifying their strengths, challenges, and priorities in the areas of organizational leadership and management, technology systems, and data usage within program areas (e.g., teaching and learning, education faculty).
Who Should Enroll
- Cross-functional team leaders and team members from Local Education Agencies, State Education Agencies, Collaboratives, or Educator Preparation Programs with expertise and/or responsibility for Organizational Leadership and Management, Technology Systems, and Data Usage within Program Areas (e.g., Teaching and Learning, Educational Faculty).
- Service providers and consultants who wish to support Ed-Fi implementations using proven best practices.
Course Outcome
By the end of this course, Academy students will:
- Reflect on the ICF readiness survey results as a team and develop a consensus assessment for the learner’s organization.
- Conduct an ICF action step review to reflect on their implementation phase and identify possible next steps.
- Complete a Strengths, Challenges, and Priorities analysis to prioritize next steps.
- Craft a roadmap that documents the next actions that will be completed to develop the capabilities of the learner’s organization, what capabilities they will strengthen, who is responsible, and the timeframe for the action.
- Create a communications plan to help audiences understand and stay informed about the implementation project.
The learning objectives for this course are:
- Complete and examine a ICF Readiness Survey.
- Comprehend the concept and process of a SWOT Analysis with quadrants in detail
- Synthesize Readiness Survey, SWOT Analysis, and ICF tools to develop a roadmap
- Understand resources available to address capability gaps, including self-service material (documentation, training), or professional services;
- Perhaps "case studies" of organizations based on capability level?
- E.g., "Riverdale High is a small organization that lacked many of the capabilities, here's how they approached the project, here's how they addressed the capability gaps…"
- Key concepts (which echo those in Ed-Fi 131 ICF Overview course):
- Ensure the "continuous improvement" aspect is clear. <-- Make this clear.
- This is a "starting point."
- "Executable, actionable framework."
- Robust organization "over time."
- This applies to an initiative; in a vacuum, it means nothing.
Course Modules
- Understanding the Implementation Capabilities Framework Review Process
- Consolidating Your Readiness Surveys and Identifying Strengths and Challenges
- Reviewing the ICF Actions and Identifying Possible Next Steps
- Agreeing on Priorities and Constructing a Roadmap
- Creating a Communications Plan for Sharing with Leadership and Stakeholders