Intervention Strand: Chet Harum, Nancy Duffey
The intervention strand is being sponsored by Chet Harum and Nancy Duffey.

Highlights from the team:

Update 10/21/08

Goal 1
An oversight team is being formed. The task of this team will be to help guide the creation of a “Guidance Document”. It is the goal of this group to have this document in place by the end of the 08-09 year.

• The intent of the Guidance Document is to provide clarification to teachers, administrators and program personnel with respect to roles and responsibilities of each at the Foundational, Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 levels.

• Chet will be working on a draft for the Foundational and Tier 1 levels, Nancy will be creating a draft for Tier 2 and Tier 3 levels.

• Another intended purpose for the Guidance Document is for parents to understand how the intervention process operates for struggling students, and that options at each level need to be exhausted before moving on to the next level.

• Another intended purpose is to provide a framework for principals and counselors to discuss options with classroom teachers when they are contacted about a student.

• The operational definition of the first two levels is that Foundational means strictly classroom level work by the teacher alone. Tier 1 means that once the teacher has exhausted the various options at the classroom level, they may call on the counselor, principal, advisor, or other external advocate for additional ideas.

• In order to assist with the creation of this document, it is the intention of the Oversight Team to form “Project Teams”, one for each grade span, that will disseminate the information and provide feedback with respect to creation of the final document.

• Possible roles of the DIF with this group will be to:
  
  • Assist with the creation of draft documents as requested
  • meet with the Oversight Team to monitor the progress of the work
  • Facilitate, as requested, the work of the project teams in dissemination and gathering of information