School Leadership, Educators' Beliefs, and Fidelity: A Mediation Analysis

This session is from the NASP 2021 Annual Convention

  • PMD: 2,5
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 7: Health and Well-Being

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. explain the functional relationship among educators’ beliefs toward evidence-based practices (EBPs), fidelity, and student outcomes on a school level.
  2. evaluate how their own beliefs about EBPs affect the successful delivery of EBPs to benefit students.
  3. apply the implications of the negative findings to strategically enhance their implementation of EBPs within MTSS.

Description

School-based implementation research identified key determinants for the successful implementation of evidence-based practices (EBP) and improved student outcomes under MTSS. However, the functional mechanism of how those determinants interact remains unknown. This study examined the extent to which educators’ beliefs towards EBPs mediate the relationship between school leadership, climate, and implementation fidelity. Come to learn how to devise consultations and interventions targeting educators’ supportive beliefs to enhance fidelity for optimal student outcomes.

Presenter(s)

Yanchen Zhang, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Contributor(s)

Clayton R. Cook

Letter to Supervisor

Looking for a concise way to pitch the convention to your employer? This letter and the corresponding talking points are here to help!

Download