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Measuring Implementation in Schools: Using the Tools of the Concerns Based Adoption Model

Authors: Gene E. Hall, Shirley M. Hord, Archie A. George, Suzie Stiegelbauer, Deb Dirksen

Product ID: CBAM-16     Price: $91
• Published: 2006    • Format: multimedia

The Concerns Based Adoption Model, or CBAM, is a conceptual framework that describes, explains, and predicts probable teacher behaviors throughout the school change process. The three principal diagnostic dimensions of CBAM are:

• Stages of Concern - Seven different reactions that educator experience when they are implementing a new program
• Levels of Use - Eight behavioral profiles that describe a different set of actions and behaviors that educators engage in as they become familiar with and more skilled in using an innovation or adopting a change
• Innovation Configurations - Different ways an innovation may be implemented, shown along a continuum from ideal implementation or practice to least desirable practice

These updated and redesigned manuals are now easier to use and include a literature review of recently published research related to each dimension. The manual for using the Stages of Concern questionnaire includes a CD-ROM with a program to help users score the questionnaire responses and create a profile for each individual.

This boxed set contains all three manuals, the CD-ROM scoring program, plus a DVD overview that includes interviews with the CBAM developers, Archie George, Gene Hall, and Shirley Hord.

While there are many models of school change processes available to education leaders and researchers, the CBAM, or the Concerns Based Adoption Model, is among the most respected. Refined through years of research and testing, the CBAM and related tools help school leaders plan school change by providing instruction in procedures. Researchers also rely upon these classics to track and report their findings.

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 (3-publication bundle)
  • 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
• 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