Concerns-Based Adoption Model
What is CBAM?
The Concerns-Based Adoption Model, or CBAM, is a conceptual framework that describes, explains, and predicts probable teacher concerns and behaviors throughout the school change process. The three principal diagnostic dimensions of CBAM are:
- Stages of Concern – Seven different stages of feelings and perceptions that educators experience when they are implementing a new program or practice
- Levels of Use – Eight behavioral profiles that describe
a different set of actions and behaviors that educators
engage in as they become more familiar with and more
skilled in using an innovation or adopting a change
- Innovation Configurations – Different ways an innovation may be implemented, shown along a continuum from ideal implementation or practice to least desirable practice
CBAM Tools and Training
SEDL’s CBAM tools and training will help evaluators, researchers, and administrators who are charged with measuring the implementation of a new practice in school settings.
Tools
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Measuring Implementation in Schools:
The Concerns Based Adoption Model View the SEDL Store listing for this product (CBAM-16) |
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Measuring Implementation
in Schools: The Stages of Concern Questionnaire George, A. A., Hall, G. E., & Stiegelbauer , S. M. (2006) New to this edition is a CD-ROM that includes PDF files of the questionnaire, scoring sheets, and a SAS scoring program. View the SEDL Store listing for this product (CBAM-17) |
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Measuring Implementation in Schools:
Levels of Use Hall, G. E., Dirksen, D. J., & George, A. A. (2006) The manual discusses using a focused interview and the LoU chart to assess use. View the SEDL Store listing for this product (CBAM-18) |
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Measuring Implementation in Schools:
Innovation Configurations View the SEDL Store listing for this product (CBAM-19) |
These updated and redesigned manuals are now easier to use and include a literature review of recently published research related to each dimension. The manual for using the Stages of Concern questionnaire includes a CD with a program to help users score the questionnaire responses and create a profile for each individual.
Training
This 2.5-day professional development session enables participants to develop skills in using Stages of Concern to identify educators’ reactions to change, Innovation Configurations to measure how individuals are implementing change, and an awareness of how Levels of Use can determine individuals’ reactions to change.
You will learn how to:
- Recognize the seven Stages of Concern that educators experience when implementing a new program.
- Use the Stages of Concern Questionnaire to evaluate staff members’ reactions, feelings, and attitudes.
- Apply the three levels of nonuse and five levels of use.
- Describe the ways that educators adapt innovations for their students.
- Use Innovation Configurations (IC) to measure how individuals are implementing a program or practice.
Contact Information
For more information on the CBAM tools or to schedule a training session please contact SEDL Publications at 800-476-6861 or e-mail services@sedl.org.
After purchasing SEDL's Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) materials, if you want to administer the Stages of Concern Questionnaire or use excerpts from SEDL's other CBAM materials, please fill out and submit SEDL's online copyright request form.