Interventions

Jazmin Quintana
11/3/2022
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Data Driven
• Data driven intervention and
approaches helps improve instruction
quality.
• Identifies inequalities in education
(Data-Driven Decision Making in
Education, 2019).
• Allows for collaboration to support
students based on data results (Data-
Driven Decision Making in Education,
2019).
• Data ensures accommodations and
IEP/504 plans are being implemented
and followed.
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Interventions to Close Gaps
• Data collected allows teams to
collaborate and establish interventions to
help targeted students (Fowler, 2016).
• Collaboration identifying a school
improvement team to help support
teachers in closing gaps, and improving
interventions based on data.
• Identify where the student is at.
• Individual, group, in class, and out of
class instruction with interventionists or
support staff to focus on areas of need
for students. (Fowler, 2016)

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Academic Support Intervention Data
• Utilization of the Tier Pyramid of
Interventions approach provides
teachers and staff with identifying
which support the students needs
based on their assessment scores
and data acquired.
• Small group, in class support such
as partner reading, or math would
fall under universal interventions as
the student is receiving generalized
support or accommodations
(Wright, 2011).
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Social and Cultural Factors

Understanding the social and cultural factors which influence the

school's community.

Make accommodations for students who are English language learners

(ELL).

Collaborate with cultural groups in the district to help advocate for

testing accommodations or implementation of new support.

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 NASSP
Ensure that all staff, students, families, and
community members have a sense of
membership and belonging at your school and
provide forums both inside and outside of the
classroom where everyone can learn about each
other’s diverse backgrounds.
(NASSP, 2019)

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Increasing Hispanic Rate of Success
• Latino/Hispanic students who attend under-resourced
communities/schools are affected by teachers who do not have
understanding or share their racial/ethnic background
(Recommendations For Latino Students Success- Unidos, 2021).
• Increase family engagement and community resources to overcome
barriers ( Weiner, Funkhouser & Leighton, 2000).
• Tutoring for Hispanic/Latino students which focuses on providing
students with strategies for reading, writing in the English language
(Weiner, Funkhouser & Leighton, 2000).

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Legal and Ethical Considerations

Confidentiality and It Limits

Does the intervention respect different cultural values and traditions?

Provide equal access to opportunities and support

Support student development

Incorporate data-collection tools which adhere to the confidentiality

agreement.

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References:
A look at ethical issues in School Counseling: Ollu online. Our Lady of the Lake University. (2022).
Retrieved from https://onlineprograms.ollusa.edu/resources/article/ethical-issues-in-school-counseling/
Andrisani, Frank, "How Do Culturally Responsive School Counselors Make Meaning of the Challenges
They Face in Meeting the Needs of a Diverse Student Population and Enact Effective Practices?" (2018).
Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 165. https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/165
Data-driven decision making in education: 11 TIPS for Teachers & Administration. Data-Driven Decision
Making in Education: 11 Tips | American University. (2019). Retrieved from
https://soeonline.american.edu/blog/data-driven-decision-making-in-education#:~:text=Data%2Ddriven
%20decision%20making%20in%20education%20can%20transform%20classrooms
%E2%80%94dramatically,in%20addressing%20inequalities%20in%20education.
Fowler, D. J. (2016). Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap. Principal Leadership, 16(7), 52–57.
References:
Position statement: Culturally responsive schools - NASSP. (2019). Retrieved from
https://www.nassp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NASSP19ADV-
0027_PDF_PositionStatements__Culturally_Responsive_Schools_P1b.pdf
Recommendations for latino student success - unidosus. (2021). Retrieved from
https://www.unidosus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/unidosus_nilsl_policymemos_all.pdf
Wright, J. (2011). RTI: Best practices in reading & math interventions. Retrieved from
http://www.jimwrightonline.com/mixed_files/marathoncounty/wright_marathon_county_SPE
D_RTI_27_July_2011_PPT.pdf
Weiner, L., Funkhouser, J., & Leighton, M. (2000). Helping hispanic students reach high
academic standards - ed. Retrieved from
https://www2.ed.gov/offices/OUS/PES/Hispanic/Help_Hispanic_Students.pdf

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