Measuring Implementation in Schools:
The Stages of Concern Questionnaire
Authors: Archie A. George, Gene E. Hall, Suzanne M. Stiegelbauer
Product ID: CBAM-17 Price: $36
• Published: 2006 • 98 pages • Format: multimedia
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Since its development in the 1970s, researchers, evaluators, and change facilitators have been using the Stages of Concern (SoC) Questionnaire to assess teacher concerns about new programs and practices.
This update of the 1978 SoC manual explains how to use and score the SoC Questionnaire. New to this edition is a CD-ROM that includes the questionnaire, scoring sheets, and a SAS scoring program.
Other Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM) Publications:
To facilitate data collection ana analysis, SEDL now offers an online version of The Stages of Concern Questionnaire.SEDL offers several publications so you can apply the CBAM when you introduce a new program, undertake research in a school setting, or launch an innovation in a school. The complete set of CBAM literature includes:
- Taking Charge of Change - a readable introduction to the CBAM method.
- Measuring Implementation in Schools: The Concerns Based Adoption Model (3-publication bundle)
- A Manual for Assessing Open-Ended Statements
- Measuring Change Facilitator Stages of Concern: A Manual for Use of the CFSoC Questionnaire
CBAM Training:
SEDL delivers CBAM professional development sessions where participants learn to:- Recognize the seven different reactions that educators experience when implementing a new program
- Use the Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoCQ) to evaluate staff’s reactions, feelings, and attitudes
- Apply the Levels of Use (LoU) to document the extent of implementation
- Describe the ways that educators adapt innovations to their situations
- Use Innovation Configurations (IC) to measure how individuals are implementing a program or practice

