Steps to Get You Started: Strong LEA/School Relationship

Include district administration, school administration, and school leadership team representatives in a district-based team for the purpose of implementing SWIFT among schools in the community.

Include district personnel in school level data-based planning meetings.

Include district personnel in school leadership team meetings.

Ask district personnel to observe classroom instruction and interventions for the purpose of building mutual understanding about inclusive educational practices.

Provide district-wide professional learning opportunities that address practices related to SWIFT features.

Provide professional learning opportunities that target specific school needs.

Develop a process for schools to request specific professional learning to target needs identified during SWIFT implementation.

Use data to identify barriers to SWIFT implementation in your school, district, or state.

Develop a process for gathering information from multiple schools in the community about perceived barriers to SWIFT implementation.

Monitor SWIFT implementation with a district-based team or task force for better understanding, tackling and removing identified barriers.

Share schoolwide and district-wide fidelity and outcomes data with the school board.

Consider presenting SWIFT fidelity implementation data from the SWIFT-Fidelity Implementation Tool (SWIFT-FIT) or the SWIFT-Fidelity Integrity Assessment (SWIFT-FIA) to the school board.

Compare changes in SWIFT fidelity to student outcome data. For example, as implementation of inclusive behavior instruction progressed, did office discipline referrals decrease? As a multi-tiered system of support was established, did academic and behavior outcomes improve?

Ask students and families to share with the school board their experiences or stories related to SWIFT implementation in your school or district.