Upload
meagen-farrell
View
217
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 1/34
Identifying Best and Promising
PracticesNEO Literacy Corps
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 2/34
DEFINITIONS
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 3/34
What is the best way to brew coffee?
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 4/34
Isn’t “best” subjective?
What is a “best” practice?
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 5/34
Best Practice
A method or technique that has consistently
shown results superior to those achieved by
other means.
Can be:
Research-validated Field-tested
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 6/34
Promising Practice
An emerging method or technique that has
proven effective at achieving a specific aim,
and may hold promise for other contexts.
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 7/34
GAME
Is it a:
BEST practice?
PROMISING practice? MYSTERY practice?
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 8/34
HAND WASHING
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 9/34
HAND WASHING
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 10/34
CHICKEN SUIT
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 11/34
CHICKEN SUIT
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 12/34
DIAPER DRAMA
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 13/34
DIAPER DRAMA
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 14/34
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 15/34
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 16/34
Why should we bother?
What can we gain by identifying and
promoting best and promising practices?
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 17/34
PROCESS
From “Identifying and Promoting Promising Practices.”
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 18/34
Identify a Need
You have done this by
deciding on a resource
manual topic.
You can do this any
time! Workplace
evaluations are a great
way to regularlyidentify areas to
improve your program
or professional skills.
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 19/34
Identify a Practice
Use your interviews,
networks, reading, and
searches to find a
practice beingimplemented locally
(or somewhere you
can observe &
investigate).
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 20/34
Resource Jam
National ServiceResource Center
Ohio Resource Center
Faith and ServiceTechnical Education
Network (FASTEN)
Journal articles
PEPNet : Promising andEffective PracticesNetwork
Points of Light Foundation
Your professionalnetworks
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 21/34
Can You Trust It?
Source: Who is promoting it? Why?
Field-tested: Has this been used in multiple
contexts with positive results? Adaptable: Is this relevant to your
organization and clients/volunteers?
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 22/34
Does It Connect?
People often call something a “best practice”
without presenting any evidence that it
makes any difference! Sadly, non-profits dothis all the time!
Example:
Just this once, do your homework: check if the numbers (outcomes) match the label
(best practice).
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 23/34
Moral of the Story?
Don’t let the shiny
things distract you!
Promoted items are
not always a “best
practice.”
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 24/34
Literacy Cooperative Quality
Framework Research- Harvest is plenty but laborers are few
Practices- Why are we doing this? Habit: Ham
Policy
Goal: Summarize Best Practices in Accessible Format Process
160
Categories/Themes
Presentation
Result Research Based Best Practices
Factors that Impact Programs
Self Assessment Tool
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 25/34
Can you trust it?
Who is promoting this?
Why is it being promoted?
Positive Relationship between Family Involvement
and Student Success
Learner Persistence in Adult Education
National Core Capacity Assessment Tool Dataset
Singable Books
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 26/34
Small Group Learning Circle
In groups of 4, each member individually
reads one of the 2-page articles provided on
promising or best practices. Select a discussion leader, timekeeper &
recorder to take notes. After reading (5-10
min?), each person will briefly summarizetheir article for the group (1 min each)
Continued…
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 27/34
Small Group Learning Circle
Discuss (~15 min). The following questionscan be used to start the conversation:
Field-tested: Has this been used by multiple
organizations with positive results?
Adaptable: Is this relevant to your organization andclients/volunteers?
Why should we bother identifying and promoting
best and promising practices? Can you give another example of a best or promising
practice that you’ve seen with data to demonstrateits effectiveness?
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 28/34
TRAINING ASSIGNMENT:
DESCRIBE AND DOCUMENT
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 29/34
Identify a Best or Promising Practice
National ServiceResource Center
Ohio Resource Center
Faith and ServiceTechnical Education
Network (FASTEN)
Journal articles
PEPNet : Promising andEffective PracticesNetwork
Points of Light Foundation
Your professionalnetworks
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 30/34
Observe
Observe the best or promising practice in
action! Find out who is doing it locally & set
up a visit or watch videos of the practice inaction.
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 31/34
Document
Observe and document the practice. You can
use it as your monthly Great Story in
OnCorps, and it may be chosen to post onthe NEOLC blog. Also post to Edmodo for
other members.
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 32/34
Promote
Next training: Give 1-2 minute presentation
on the promising practice you observed.
Keep it brief & interesting Explain where you found it
Share thoughts on its usefulness
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 33/34
Questions?
8/2/2019 Identifying Best & Promising Practices
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/identifying-best-promising-practices 34/34
Thank you!
Developed by Farrell Ink LLC for UniversitySettlement and The Literacy Cooperative foruse by NEO Literacy Corps.
Process adapted from “IntermediaryDevelopment Series: Identifying andPromoting Promising Practices.” Created by
Dare Mighty Things, Inc. for use by theCompassion Capital Fund National ResourceCenter.