2024-2025 Program and Budget Handbook

Interventionist, Secondary

As outlined in REF-141108.0 Evidence-Based Intervention: Implementing Evidence-Based Practices to Support All Learners; all schools are required to provide tiered intervention support to students in alignment with Pillar 1 C, Eliminating Opportunity Gaps, of the Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD) Strategic Plan. These services are supervised by the principal and implemented by the general education teachers: • Differentiated instruction with Core (Tier 1) Intervention in the core program • Establishment of student learning centers • Professional development • State Mandated Intervention • Maintenance of required data and reports The District has adopted a multi-tiered approach to teaching and learning. BUL-6730.1, A Multi-Tiered System of Support Framework for the Student Support, describes a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Framework for the Student Support and Progress Team. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support address the needs of all student subgroups, including English Learners (EL), Standard English Learners (SEL), students with disabilities (SWD), expelled students, students in foster care and/or experiencing homelessness, socio-economically disadvantaged, and gifted and talented education (GATE) students. MTSS aligns the entire school-wide system of initiatives, supports and resources, and implements continuous improvement processes (PDSA) at all levels of the system (i.e., school-wide, classroom, and individual students). (CA Dept. of Education). Based on an analysis of student achievement data, a school may choose to use site-based • Core standards-based instruction

categorical resources to fund an Interventionist to enhance its implementation of the multi-tiered framework to teaching and learning. The Interventionist is part of the school staff and works under the direction of the school-site administrator. Interventionist duties include the following: • Use of data (multiple measures) to identify areas of strength and need for instruction and behavior • Implements multi-tiered instruction and intervention services. • Develops and delivers lessons to students in a specific subject area using evidence based interventions. • Participate in Regional Interventionist Academy to support school’s implementation of the MTSS framework, Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Model , differentiated instruction and strategies, and progress monitoring • Supports leadership team to determine effectiveness and gaps of academic interventions through data analysis • Develops and monitors student intervention plans using the Interventionist Implementation Guide. Schools participating in categorically funded programs are subject to process evaluation and audit. The Interventionist whose assignment is funded in part by categorical programs is to be involved in that planning and assessment process.

The Interventionist should have a clear understanding of the individual school’s instructional and intervention needs.

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