SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation)
Project Description:
SWIFT is a national center whose mission is to help educators provide the kind of academic and behavioral support that will result in excellence in education for all students, including those with the need for specialized resources and support.
The SWIFT technical assistance system engages the whole school community in ways designed to positively transform learning outcomes for all students. It combines the strengths of general and specialized educators by supporting them in working collaboratively when teaching the grade level curriculum.
SWIFT GOALS
-Structure collaboration among all educators to create a comprehensive
continuum of supports and services designed to maximize successful learning for all students.
-Implement a three-tiered model of increasing intensity of instruction for all students that shapes and sustains positive behaviors, and social development and academic gains that are key to the learning progress.
-Capitalize on the strengths of the whole school community including security guards, paraprofessionals, support staff, etc. by engaging them in the systemwide community of educational practice.
-Develop statewide networks of districts and schools to sustain and scale up school-wide transformation within participating schools and their districts, and extending to other schools and districts within the state.
-Establish a SWIFT Center Dashboard as a tool the community of the school and its district can use in each case to make data-driven decisions and monitor the success of specific interventions.
-Provide a state of the art web communication system and knowledge bank of resources that will allow for educators to have easy access to the tools they need to support their work. Visit us at www.swiftschools.org.
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information
Area of Emphasis
Education & Early Intervention
Target Audience:
Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Legislators/Policy Makers, General Public
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Specific Groups
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
State, Regional, National
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
