Latest News from Sustain Collaborative
July 2024
PRIME Team Recruiting for Fall 2024
It’s never too early to plan for next school year! We are actively connecting with school administrators and recruiting teachers to participate in our study, PRIME-2, for the 2024-25 academic year. For more information, check out the pages linked below. If you’re interested in participating or want to learn more, reach out to us about getting involved and we’ll be in touch!
June 2024
Congratulations to PRIME Team Members
We bid a warm farewell to PRIME coaches Maddie and Lanae, who are headed off to their respective school psychology internships for next year. They will be greatly missed and we wish them the best in their continuing professional development!
A big congratulations to PRIME coaches Thea and Julia, who have successfully proposed their dissertations. We’re so proud of their great work on this milestone!
June 2024
Dr. Pierce Leads Two Publications Based on a PRIME Meta-Analysis
In June, our leadership published two articles based on the PRIME approach to implementation support.
Pierce, A. M., Sanetti, L. M. H., Collier-Meek, M. A., & Johnson, A. H. (2024). Evaluating the impact of implementation planning: A pre-registered meta-analysis. School Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/2372966X.2024.2365624
Pierce, A. M., Sanetti, L. M. H., Collier-Meek, M. A., & Johnson, A. H. (In press). Evaluating the correspondence between expert visual analysis and quantitative methods. School Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000644
June 2024
PRIME Team Publishes Series on School-based Implementation in NASP Communique
Our team published a 3-part series in the National Association of School Psychologists’ (NASP) Communiqué to provide an overview of implementation fidelity for school-based professionals.
Pierce, A. M., Collier-Meek, M. A., Drachslin, L., & Sanetti, L. M. H. (2024). Providing support for intervention implementation. Communiqué, 52(8), 19-21. https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/periodicals/communiqu%C3%A9-volume-52-number-8-(june-2024)/providing-support-for-intervention-implementation
Pierce, A. M., Collier-Meek, M. A., Bucherbeam, T., & Sanetti, L. M. H. (2024). Monitoring intervention fidelity for data-based decision making. Communiqué, 52(7), 22-24. https://www.nasponline.org/publications/periodicals/communique/issues/volume-52-issue-7/monitoring-intervention-fidelity-for-data-based-decision-making
Collier-Meek, M. A., Pierce, A. M., Flash, S., Perry, S., & Sanetti, L. M. H. (2024). Focus on intervention fidelity to improve student outcomes. Communiqué, 52(6), 24-26. https://www.nasponline.org/publications/periodicals/communique/issues/volume-52-issue-6/focus-on-intervention-fidelity-to-improve-student-outcomes
March 2024
PRIME Leadership Present to Connecticut Administrators
Our leadership team presented at two local conferences for the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) and Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) on topics related to implementation in schools.
Sanetti, L. M. H., Pierce, A. M., & Collier-Meek, M. A. (2024, March 20). Actualizing school transformation through implementation science. Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents 2024 Spring Conference, Bristol, CT, United States.
Collier-Meek, M. A., Pierce, A. M., & Sanetti, L. M. H. (2024, March 15). Making change happen: Supporting teachers to adopt new practices. Connecticut Association of Schools 2024 Conference, Mystic, CT, United States.
February 2024
Sustain Collaborative at 2024 NASP in New Orleans
At the 2024 National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Convention, our team members delivered a miniskills presentation and were awarded Article of the Year by the Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation.
Pierce, A. M., Collier-Meek, M. A., Sanetti, L. M. H., Brandes, J., Bucherbeam, T. R., Perry, S., Drachslin, L., & Flash, S. (2024, February 14). Implementation matters: Measuring fidelity to support data-based decision making [Miniskills presentation]. NASP 2024 Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, United States. https://apps.nasponline.org/professional-development/convention/download-handout.aspx?Y=2024&file=2024\MS\MS113_10581.pdf
Collier-Meek, M. A., Kratochwill, T. R., Luh, H. J., Sanetti, L. M. H., Susilo, A. (2023). Reflections on consultation: Applying a DisCrit and equitable implementation lens to help school psychologists disrupt disparities. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 33, 10-44. https://doi.org/10.1080/10474412.2022.2131558
December 2023
Recent Webinars by Our Team
This fall the PRIME leadership team led and contributed to several webinars about school-based implementation.
Sustaining Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Reading with J. Borges, M. Collier-Meek, & N. Clemens, National Center for Improving Literacy (contributor, panel discussion, webinar), December 2023.
Supporting Student Outcomes by Improving Treatment Fidelity with M. A. Collier-Meek & L. M. H. Sanetti, American Psychological Association, Division 16 (presenter, webinar), November 2023.
Making MTSS Happen: Realistic Implementation at the Secondary Level with M. A. Collier-Meek, A. M. Pierce, & L. M. H. Sanetti, Connecticut Association of Schools (presenter, webinar), November 2023.
Integrating Behavior Supports into MTSS for Student Success with M. A. Collier-Meek, A. M. Pierce, & L. M. H. Sanetti, Connecticut Association of Schools (presenter, webinar), September 2023.
October 2023
Dr. Collier-Meek Featured on Conversations about Consultation Podcast
Dr. Collier-Meek discusses the intersection of implementation science, social justice, and consultation on a recent podcast.
Implementation Science and Social Justice in Consultation, with M. A. Collier-Meek, Conversations about Consultation (podcast guest), October 2023.
September 2022
Dr. Collier-Meek Moves to Teachers College
Dr. Collier-Meek (and PRIME-2) make the move from UMass Boston to Teachers College, Columbia University (TC). Read the TC Newsroom article, “Welcoming New Faculty to TC Way.” Our team is excited to work in NYC!
July 2021
Sustain Collaborative Directors Awarded PRIME-2 Grant
Sustain Collaborative co-directors, Drs. Sanetti and Collier-Meek, along with Dr. Nedim Yel (Data Analysis & Statistical Solutions) were awarded the PRIME-2 grant. See below to read about PRIME in the news!