Common Intervention Time

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Common InterventionTime

• Birch Street Elementary
• First Grade Common Intervention Time
• akaSWITCH

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The Tiers of Intervention at Birch Street
Elementary

• TIER I 100 of our children receive instruction
  in the general education classroom using our core
  program, Open Court.
• In addition to whole-group instruction, during
  the two-hour uninterrupted block, the teacher
  pulls small groups to work on specific skills, to
  pre-teach, or re-teach, while other students work
  independently or in cooperative groups.

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TIER II

• Our TIER II intervention is delivered during a
  thirty minute block of each day.
• Each grade level has chosen a common intervention
  time.
• During that common time our Para-pros, and the
  Title I Reading Teacher, are only available to
  that grade level.
• First Grade has also incorporated the services of
  the speech and language teacher and the special
  education teacher into our TIER II time.

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TIER II

• Students are selected for Tier II intervention
  based on a variety of assessments including
• DIBELS
• Core reading program assessments
• Teacher and support personnel observations

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First Grade SWITCH Model
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Intensive intervention with a teacher.
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Small group intervention with a teacher.
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Whole group enrichment with a teacher.
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Small group intervention with a para-professional.
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Professional Learning Community

• The first grade teachers and RF coach discuss
  students progress during grade level meetings.
• Assessment data is analyzed.
• New expectations are set for each group and the
  regrouping is done.
• A new prescription is written for children
  whose placements have changed.

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The Prescription

• After determining what skill deficiencies the
  child has, a intervention prescription is
  written for him/her to be implemented for four to
  six weeks.
• At the end of the prescribed time, we evaluate
  student progress and make instructional decisions
  based on teacher observations and new assessment
  data.
• We reserve the right to be wrong, and may adjust
  a students placement before the 4-6 week
  intervention period is finished.

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Tracking the Intervention

• After placing students in their prescribed
  intervention, we keep track of their academic
  history by using a Classroom Intervention Record
  Sheet.
• Any student receiving Tier II intervention has an
  individual Intervention Record that is part of
  their CA-60.

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Classroom Intervention Record Teacher
_______________________
X 1 round of intervention
(4 weeks)
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Our Data Board

• We chart our students progress throughout the
  year based on DIBELS results and move student
  markers on the graphs as they progress toward
  benchmark!
• This is a place where we can celebrate across the
  grade levels and cheer each other on.
• It is a great focal point, focusing our attention
  and discussion on student data and achievement.

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Our Data Board
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Just Try It!

• It may seem like a lot of work, and some believe
  our kids are too young, but it can be done. We
  did it with first graders.
• Second and third grade started the year with
  different intervention plans, then saw our
  results and asked us what we were doing and
  changed!
• Your kids will love to switch and the benefits
  are enormous!

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Contact Information

• Please feel free to contact us with any questions
  you might have, or to request our list of
  resources. We will be happy to help if we can.
• Birch Street Elementary
• 309 N. Birch StreetKalkaska, MI
  49646231-258-8629
• Principal Jessica Ziecina jziecina_at_kpschools.com
  
• 1st Grade Teachers Lisa Sutton lsutton_at_kpschools.
  com
• Erin Kennedy
• Becky Loose
• Kelly Wodehouse
• RF Coach Karen Byrne kbyrne_at_kpschools.com
• RF Facilitator Barb Hammond