School communities are great incubators of new ideas, but launching a new idea is not always easy.
The Idea Readiness Tool (IRT) can be used to help launch a new idea in a school community.
The Idea Readiness Tool includes a brief checklist that can be used to identify readiness for a new idea. Included with the checklist are a series of strategies specifically tailored for working with school communities at different stages of readiness. There is also a resource list for those interested in reading more information to support their use of these strategies.
Check out the full Idea Readiness Tool.
We would like to thank our partner – Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan (ASEBP) – for their support with this project.
- Policy, Location and Access in Community Environments (PLACE) Research Lab (2020). Launch a New Idea in Your School Community. Idea Readiness Tool Infosheet. Edmonton, AB: PLACE Research Lab, School of Public Health, University of Alberta.
- Nykiforuk, C.I.J., & Nieuwendyk, L.M. (2019). Idea Readiness Tool: Understanding a School Community’s Readiness for Adopting a New Idea and Strategies for Taking Action (2nd Edition). Edmonton, AB: PLACE Research Lab, School of Public Health, University of Alberta.
- Nykiforuk, C.I.J., & Tallon, P. (2019). The Idea Readiness Tool: Helping you get your Workplace Ideas Off the Ground. EdCan Network.
- Nykiforuk, C.I.J. (2016). Ready for Take-off! Getting your Star-bright Ideas off the Ground. Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan, The Sandblog.
- Profiled as a resource by Alberta Employee School Benefit Plan (AESBP) on Wellness Sandbox
- Profiled as a resource by Integrative Health Unit (University of Alberta) on the Community School Gardens – Steps to Success
- Profiled as a resource by EverActive Schools in the article Eat Well: Tools to Support Healthy School Food Policy (January 2017)
- 2014-2019 Applied Public Health Chair (Nykiforuk), Canadian Institutes of Health Research in partnership with Public Health Agency of Canada and Alberta Innovates: Health Solutions
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