Shelby Danks

Dr. Danks recently presented at the NCTM 2024 virtual conference and will be in Chicago in September for the National NCTM Conference. The purpose of this interactive session was to discuss how a contingency framework can help leaders better measure a curriculum or edtech implementation.… Read More »Measuring Implementation: Moving from Fidelity to Integrity

The education service industry is awash in marketing materials that tell stories of impact. Most of these materials come in the form of “success stories.” Curriculum publishers and edtech organizations like to disseminate success stories because they are quick and cheap to produce. This can… Read More »Evaluating “Success Stories”: Good, Better, Best

We typically  think of educational institutions as systems. To think of schools as “systems” means to apply a machine metaphor to school operations, where there are certain “inputs,” which are used by people via “processes,” which lead to short and long term “outcomes.” And in… Read More »How a Contingency Framework Helps Us Prioritize What to Measure to Evaluate the Impact of Professional Learning

Teachers Like Examples Teachers who participate in professional learning sessions to learn a new curriculum or program most often ask for one thing – more examples! As leaders and professional learning facilitators, we are happy to comply with this request. It doesn’t seem unreasonable that… Read More »Let’s Rethink How We Provide “More Examples” for Professional Learning

A powerful resource for empowering teachers all stages of the implementation journey The development and use of tools that define implementation integrity or maturity is often looked upon as a luxury or an afterthought in our school systems today.  As district leaders, we often think… Read More »Implementation Rubrics for Professional Learning