The fundamental goal for any educational practice (and supporting system) is the development of students who are competent in academics and social skills. It is the interaction that takes place between teacher and students within the classroom that should be the main focus on implementation structures at levels from school, district, and state. Ultimately, the most important question is "Does the program make a difference for students over time and across settings"?

MiBLSi is in the on-going process of creating a sustainable and scalable statewide system of support. The figure below describes this system at each level of implementation.

MiBLSi Systems of Support

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Framework for Addressing Practice and Supports

The figure below displays the importance placed on practices and supporting structures. As the structures move further away from direct student instruction, less emphasis is placed on the idiosyncratic aspects of the educational practice and more emphasis is placed on the infrastructure to support the implementation of the practice. The implementation drivers are integrated into the supporting infrastructure to ensure fidelity of implementation that is sustainable.

Through the application process, school teams participate with MiBLSi for a period of three years. During this time, school teams receive professional development through a training sequence that focuses on schoolwide implementation of behavior and reading supports. Principals and coaches participate in meetings on specific topics regarding implementation efforts. Technical assistance is provided by regional facilitators and schools attend state conferences for implementation teams and coaches.

After the three-year particiption period has ended, continued support is provided through the following:

• Technical assistance provided by regional facilitators.
• The development of regional trainers who can assist in professional development for new as well as existing staff.
• Coaches and principal meetings that are scheduled throughout the school year for problem solving and as an implementation support network.
• Development of new materials (tools, manuals, training powerpoints/handouts) and revision of earlier materials made available through the MiBLSi website.
• Future development of webinars on implementation topics.
• Focused training topics available for staff (registration fee).
• The development of ISD support structure for implementation problem solving and support.
• Participation in State Coaches Conference (registration fee).
• Participation in State Implementer's Conference (registration fee).