Measuring Change Facilitator Stages of Concern: A Manual for Use of the CFSoC Questionnaire

You can download a PDF copy from eric.ed.gov.

Following the successful development and widespread use of the original Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoCQ), which was designed to assess the concerns of front-line users and nonusers of educational innovations, the researchers of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model developed the CFSoC Questionnaire. This measure is for use with change facilitators such as principals, staff developers, and teacher leaders. Those who facilitate the change process have concerns about their role that are identical in dynamics t those on the front-line, but the frame of reference is the role of change facilitation rather than "my" use of the innovation. The CFSoCQ has very strong statistical qualities and its design and uses are the same as with the original Stages of Concern Questionnaire.

Other CBAM Publications:

SEDL offers several publications so you can apply the CBAM when you introduce a new program, undertake research in a school setting, or launch an innovation in a school. The complete set of CBAM literature includes:

• Taking Charge of Change - a readable introduction to the CBAM method.
• Measuring Implementation in Schools: The Concerns-Based Adoption Model
  • Measuring Implementation in Schools: The Stages of Concern Questionnaire
  • Measuring Implementation in Schools: Levels of Use
  • Measuring Implementation in Schools: Innovation Configurations
• A Manual for Assessing Open-Ended Statements of Concern about an Innovation
• Measuring Change Facilitator Stages of Concern: A Manual for Use of the CFSoC Questionnaire

To facilitate data collection and analysis, SEDL now offers an online version of The Stages of Concern Questionnaire.

CBAM Training:

SEDL delivers CBAM professional development sessions where participants learn to:

• Recognize the seven different reactions that educators experience when implementing a new program
• Use the Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoCQ) to evaluate staff’s reactions, feelings, and attitudes
• Apply the Levels of Use (LoU) to document the extent of implementation
• Describe the ways that educators adapt innovations to their situations
• Use Innovation Configurations (IC) to measure how individuals are implementing a program or practice