Characteristics of innovation
Explain how the innovation provides the relative advantage to strengthen uptake or increase likelihood of adoption.
Students are suffering with anxiety.
School is motivated to act to maintain alignment to wellbeing philosophy so presented a gap is likely to support adoption.
Explain what features of the setting could be.
Political, physical, social structures eg. laws, policies, wifi access, timetable access, social norms.
If we have characteristics amongst a group of individuals that indicates early buy in potential, it will create the flow on that will increase adoption of other groups. The more we have buying in the stronger and faster the rate of uptake.
What is an example of a characteristic of the change agents that may increase likelihood of adoption?
Being invested in a Pastoral care philosophy. Training in pos-ed. Leading Wellbeing program.
How many of the target audience participant and engage with the innovation. It is quantity and quality of engagement.
Give an example of one piece of data that supports the innovation has the relative advantage to support uptake.
% of students who have requested a program tailored to coping with stress.
Give an example of one piece of data that supports there is a feature of the setting that supports uptake.
students have been educated on wellbeing so they are experienced with this concept.
What are the 5 adopter categories?
innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, laggards
Who are the change agents at our school that you could talk about?
Leadership team
Head of Years
Pastoral care teachers
Explain what you should be collecting data on to confirm effectiveness.
Determinants of influence set as the objectives in Planning for action. Change of influence pre and post. Change in resource access.
Give an example of one piece of data that supports the innovation would be adopted by change agents.
Give an example of one piece of data that supports adoption potential.
Wellness lessons are timetabled and compulsory so change agents do not need to find somewhere the innovation can be implemented. This also matches complexity.
Does characteristics of the individuals link to uptake or adoption? Explain
Uptake. If we have access to individuals who are likely to buy into the innovation uptake is strengthened.
If we are talking about pastoral care teachers, head of year and leadership team, would you call them the mediators or advocates?
advocates
Whilst the leadership team approves implementation, they alll as a group assist uptake by being the advocates for the program.
Adoption refers to which level of influence. Individual or organisational?
Organisational
What is there specifically about the innovation that meets the needs compared to what is already on offer.
Self care strategies and students get to do the innovation so they are developing capacity.
Complexity - if we have the resources it is easy to implement which could mobilise adoption.
Characteristics of the change agents - there may be an existing feature of the setting that change agents are invested or trained in that supports likely adoption.
What could be an uptake barrier in relation to the characteristics of the individuals?
A lot do not like current program so they may not come with an attitude that will support uptake.
do not like self care
What could be a possible barrier to adoption by the change agents?
Cost
finding the time in the current program
space for whole of cohort implementation
ongoing commitment
Implementation fidelity refers to what exactly?
If the innovation was implemented as intended. The capacity to keep implementing as intended.
What are the 5 characteristics of the innovation and explain them in relation to the innovation giving examples.
RA - better than what is here. fills a gap.
trialability - can be trialled
observability - can notice/observe results and uptake
compatibility - compatible with needs
complexity - how easy to do and implement
Wellness program makes it compulsory to attend which mediates participation.
Have the Year 12 Health students trial the program and then be the advocates.
Have the leaders of Grade 12 promote.
any other feasible ideas.
When talking about characteristics of the change agents are you more likely to talk about adoption or uptake?
Adoption
Uptake can also be influenced by the change agents however you will more than likely make a strong tie to likely adoption.
Change in outcomes - individual level
continued implementation - organisational