Additional Resources for the Concerns-Based Adoption Model

What is CBAM?

The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) is a conceptual framework that describes, explains, and predicts probable teacher concerns and behaviors throughout the school change process. Introduction to the CBAM (video): http://www.sedl.org/cbam/videos.cgi?movie=Intro

The three principal diagnostic dimensions of CBAM are as follows:

• Stages of Concern—Seven different stages of feelings and perceptions that educators experience when they are implementing a new program or practice Stages of Concern (video): http://www.sedl.org/cbam/videos.cgi?movie=SoC
• 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 Levels of Use (video): http://www.sedl.org/cbam/videos.cgi?movie=LoU
• Innovation Configurations—Different ways an innovation may be implemented, ...