In the coming week, families will receive communication via phone call or letter from our school if your student qualifies for an intervention or IRIP plan. (IRIPs are new, read more about them below.)
Right now at Peterson, we are planning for many students to start participating in interventions. An academic intervention is simply a focused instructional time that targets specific needs and/or gaps in learning. Interventions may include small group instruction, progress monitoring, and additional communication between a student’s teacher and additional school staff who are conducting the intervention.
In some instances, students will receive focused instruction outside of their class for short periods of time. This is done to provide the focused support that each student needs, and does not normally impact core reading, writing, or math instruction. We want each student to continue leaning with their classmates on these core subjects, while they also receive this additional intervention instruction to catch them up.
The term “intervention” can sound scary, but really all it means is that our school is making a change to instruction to better meet the needs of a student.
There may be gaps in learning for any number of reasons. Some students might miss some school and miss learning about a concept. Other students might not have understood the instruction as it was happening. Still other students might just need more time to let the learning form. It’s helpful to know that interventions are a part of a normal day here at Peterson.
IRIPS - Individual Reading Improvement Plan
A new step in our intervention process is the new State mandated IRIP or Individual Reading Improvement Plan. This applies to students in kindergarten through third grade who are well below proficient in their reading ability and may need more help.
Thank you,
-Principal Hargraves