Assignment

Compose your journal using first-person language. Follow APA formatting including in-text citations and a reference page covering the discussion points below.

In Chapter 10 of our text by Lopez, the term intervention is defined as "taking action so as to improve a situation" (2013, p.123). Lopez also discusses the theory of "fixing" versus the provision of "extra" support and proposes that investing and using one's time "intentionally" is a better investment than money.

1. Describe how your understanding and application of the term "intervention" has changed after considering Lopez's remarks in Chapter 10.
2. Make a list of interventions currently taking place both inside and outside of today's classroom.
3. Make a list of interventions that you would like to see take place inside and outside of today's classroom.
4. Which interventions are the result of money, time, or volunteers?
5. After you had addressed questions 1 through 4, what gaps do you see in interventions? What advice would you give a school in creating an exceptional intervention model that could fill those gaps?

Lopez, D. (2013). No excuses university: How six exceptional systems are revolutionizing our schools(2nd ed.). Turnaround Schools Publications.

• Chapter 10: Interventions (p.120)

o This chapter addresses how to take action in order to improve a situation. It places value on interventions put into place for extra support, and not simply using interventions when something needs to be fixed.