Not getting better but not getting worse: A cluster randomized controlled pilot trial of a leadership implementation strategy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in schools is fraught with challenges. Even when EBPs are initiated, deterioration of implementation efforts often hinders their long-term success. School leadership behaviors can influence teachers' EBP implementation. Our study tested an implementation strategy called Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM), adapted from the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation strategy, to enhance EBP implementation through improvements in school leadership teams' implementation leadership and climate to buffer against the deterioration of implementation efforts. This study explores the impact of HELM on theorized mechanisms of change (i.e., implementation leadership, climate), educator-level factors (i.

SUBMITTER: Locke J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11775992 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature