Organizing intervention data can be a challenge, until you have a system in place. The word data tends to get two reactions from teachers. 1. Really? MORE DATA?!!? or 2. Yippee! I’m a little embarrassed to admit that my reaction is more like the second one. I love data. There. I admitted it. The reason […]
Organizing Intervention Students
Part 3 of my Intervention Series focuses on Organizing Students with Class Flyers. This series shares about my journey as a K-6 interventionist. If you’d like to read the posts in order, all the links are at the end of this post. One key aspect of teaching intervention is actually having the kids show up. […]
A Structured Referral Process for Pull Out Intervention
When I first began wrapping my mind around moving from being a homeroom teacher to an interventionist, I had to first figure out the referral process. The teachers at my school were already analyzing data in grade level teams. As they found areas students needed help in, they would need to give me all of […]
Creating a School Wide Intervention System
Creating a school wide intervention system was a labor of love. In this first post I’ll share how my position teaching K-5 intervention came to be. I’ll also share how we make sure it is used in the most efficient and successful way. Update 2019: Wow! I talked a lot in this post about my […]
Goal! Helping Students Set and Reach Goals
Helping students set and reach goals is the key to a successful year. Let’s take a look at a simple strategy and a freebie to get your class started. As an intervention teacher, I’ve seen the power of setting a clear goal. Often, I’ve seen students beg to take a test because they want to […]