Implementation

EDC’s projects are informed by our expertise in dissemination and implementation science, as well as by the experiences and wisdom of program staff and community members. We are skilled in identifying, addressing, and overcoming barriers to implementation that impede uptake, delivery, and dissemination of best practices.

In countries around the world, we have successfully implemented youth development, literacy, and health initiatives and worked with Ministries of Education and Health to improve school and health programming. In the United States, we support the implementation of evidence-based strategies, both nationally and regionally. We also work with large school districts and health systems on efforts to adopt and sustain effective interventions.

Our collaborative implementation efforts support meaningful improvements in processes and systems.

Projects

Center for Early Learning Professionals

Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL)

Children’s Safety Network (CSN)

Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE)

MIECHV Technical Assistance Resource Center

National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention

National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE)

Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands at EDC

South Africa School-Based Sexuality and HIV Prevention Education Activity

USAID/DRC Enhancing Services and Linkages for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS (ELIKIA)

Resources

Here are a few of our resources on implementation. To see more, visit our Resources section.

Toolkits

Zero Suicide Toolkit

This online toolkit supports the implementation of the Zero Suicide Initiative in health and behavioral health care settings.

Reports

Supporting School-Based In-Service Training in Rwandan Secondary Schools

This factsheet describes the development and implementation of the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC), which was included as part of the Akazi Kanoze 2 (AK2) Project, a youth work-readiness program

Websites

HP LIFE e-Learning Courses

These free online training courses are designed to help entrepreneurs learn what they need to know to establish and grow a business. Users learn at their own pace in their own time.

Reports

Technology Applications for the Global Education Community (METAS Learning Series)

Technology has proven to be one of the missing links in order to guarantee educational and workforce improvement in developing countries.

Reports

Measuring the Quality and Rigor of Student Interventions

This brief describes how to use a student learning objectives (SLO) analysis tool to ensure rigor and consistency. It also includes a case study of how one district used an analysis tool to evaluate the development and implementation of its SLOs.

Fact sheets

Zambia QUESTT IRI

As Zambia’s out-of-school orphan population soared to 800,000 in 2000, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported the creation of the Taonga Market Interactiv

Toolkits

Improving Education Quality through Interactive Radio Instruction

This guide provides an overview of IRI as a methodology, and discusses its feasibility and applicability in a range of contexts.

Curricula

Advancing Youth Project: Interactive Audio Instruction Program in Liberia

In response to an outbreak of the Ebola virus in Liberia, EDC’s USAID Advancing Youth Project (AYP) developed a set of literacy and numeracy interactive audio instruction (IAI) lessons for radio broadcast.

Reports

Strengthening Zambia's Community Schools

This report summarizes the results of the Time to Learn project in Zambia, which was funded by the U.S.

Resource libraries

PromotePrevent

This resource library contains programs and strategies for addressing school-based health and safety issues, including bullying, substance abuse, mental health, and school discipline.