2025

This session focused on how to craft messages that not only inform but also engage and drive action. We discussed and explored best practices for audience engagement, message clarity, and effective outreach strategies.

Key Take Aways:

During this session we discussed how typical approaches to monitoring fidelity may be incomplete when implementing intensive interventions. Dr. Zumeta Edmonds offered considerations for different stages of the intervention process, and provided information about free resources available through the National Center on Intensive Intervention.

Presenter:

Dr. Rebecca Zumeta Edmonds, NCII

This webinar, part of the SPDG Director’s Webinar series on Coaching, explores Data-Driven Instructional Coaching Model (DDICM), an evidence-based coaching framework designed to support interventionists in implementing effective early reading interventions for K-3 students with or at-risk of reading disabilities.

This session focused on recent developments in measuring two educational innovations: Integrated MTSS (I-MTSS) and systems coaching. As I-MTSS research continues to grow, schools across the country have become more aware of this evolution of MTSS. Dr. Pierce shared implementation bright spots and common challenges schools have faced in implementing I-MTSS with fidelity. She also summarized approaches to measuring systems coaching, highlighting one state’s effort to develop and use a systems coaching fidelity measure.

1. Cynthia Curry – The National Center on Accessible Digital Educational Materials & Instruction (NCADEMI or “n-cademy”): Cynthia Curry, Project Director at NCADEMI, will provide an overview of the center’s plans to support SEAs and LEAs in meeting the new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II conformance timelines.

1. Introductions and Share Out:
   • Attendees introduced themselves and shared experiences demonstrating the value of family partnerships.
2. Key Focus Areas:
   • Embedding family engagement into professional development for educators.

1. ECTA State Recruitment and Retention Strategies Database: Ted Burke introduced ECTA’s State Recruitment and Retention Strategies Database, which includes over 120 strategies across six areas such as financial incentives, Advancement opportunities, and grow-your-own initiatives.

This session delved into coaching as a vital driver for successful implementation, grounded in research and practical insights from the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN). Participants explored how coaching strengthens competency, builds capacity, and sustains implementation efforts by developing coaching systems, aligning service delivery plans, and effectively collecting and using data. Additionally, participants were introduced to a new Coaching System Template tool recently developed by SISEP to support and guide this work.