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Save the Date: Summer Institute on Implementation Science and Equity, June 10-12, 2019

The Summer Institute on Implementation Science and Equity will be held on June 10-12, 2019 in Chapel Hill, sponsored by NIRN and the UNC School of Social Work. Registration coming soon!

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The Hexagon: An Exploration Tool

NIRN has released a new version of The Hexagon Tool, which can be used by communities and organizations to better understand how a new or existing program or practice fits into an implementing site’s existing work and context.

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NIRN and Kentucky Educators are among The Carnegie Foundation’s Spotlight on Quality in Continuous Improvement honorees

Together, six honorees reinforce a collective commitment to turn aspirations for more ambitious educational outcomes into realized outcomes for all students. NIRN and Kentucky were honored for Accomplishing Effective and Durable Change to Support Improved Student Outcomes. Read more about the Carnegie Foundation 2018 Spotlight Honorees >>

The State Implementation and Scaling-Up of Evidence-Based Practices Center (SISEP) and the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) released a white paper sharing Kentucky's journey and learnings from using implementation science to improve student outcomes. Read the white paper >>

Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: An Implementation Framework

NIRN and the National Center for School Turnaround (2018) published the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: An Implementation Framework as a companion to the Center for School Turnaround’s (2017) recent publication of The Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: A Systems Framework. The aim of this companion paper is to describe how to use the improvement domains in practice.

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NIRN Releases Global Implementation Specialist Practice Profile

NIRN has released an Implementation Specialist Practice Profile. It outlines the skills and competencies for practitioners to effectively use interventions and evidence.

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im·ple·men·ta·tion

"A specified set of activities designed to put into practice an activity or program of known dimensions"

Summer Institute on Implementation Science:
Beginning the Conversation on Equity and Implementation Science
June 10-12, 2019

NIRN and the UNC School of Social Work are pleased to announce that the 2nd Annual UNC Summer Institute on Implementation Science will be held on June 10-12, 2019 in Chapel Hill, NC. This year our theme will be Implementation Science and Equity. Registration coming soon!

View more information and register for the Summer Institute on Implementation Science and Equity.

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View information and resources from the 2018 Inaugural Summer Institute

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The NIRN team has been very fortunate to have the opportunity to engage in National and Global initiatives across Human Services. Read a brief review of the types of projects the NIRN team is and has been engaged in.

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