Timberstone Junior High School
Intervention Assistance Team
Sylvania Schools Mission
The Sylvania Schools mission is “Preparing students to be life-long learners and engaged citizens.” This is accomplished through the core values of Innovation, Diversity, Achievement, Collaboration, Leadership, and Integrity. These values help support the district’s vision to be an exceptional public school district that teaches and inspires students to contribute to society in meaningful and compassionate ways.
The Intervention Assistance Team
The Intervention Assistance Team (IAT) is a building team designed to support students, parents, and teachers. The team consists of personnel including administrators, school counselors, teachers and specialists who will work together with parents to identify possible ways to help every child experience greater success.
IAT Referrals
Referrals for an IAT meeting occur for many different reasons. A child may be experiencing difficulties related to academic areas, social emotional areas, or health concerns.
Referrals typically occur when a child is continuing to struggle despite interventions that teachers and parents put in place. The team process allows for greater exploration of potential causes and solutions to address the areas of need to help the child experience greater success.
Referrals to the IAT does not mean that a disability is suspected. There are times, however, that the IAT, including the parent, suspect that a disability may exist.
Interventions
Interventions are strategies identified to help a child experience greater success. They may include utilizing different instructional approaches, providing opportunities to meet with school counselors, development of a behavioral support plan, or adjusting a child's schedule. These interventions are decided upon using data provided by the teachers, and agreed upon as a team.
IAT Meetings
Parents, teachers, and counselors are invited to attend the IAT meeting. Parents will receive verbal notification regarding the referral from the referring teacher or counselor and an official written invitation once the meeting date is set. The team will work together to find a meeting date the works best for all.
What to expect
During the IAT meeting, information regarding the child's progress will be discussed along with strategies which have been implemented to address the area of concern up to this time. The meeting serves as a problem-solving session in which the team, including guardians, can discuss the concerns, attempt to identify potential causes, develop potential ways to address the concerns and the analyze the possible interventions. It is through this information exchange process that effective strategies and interventions can be suggested, tested, and monitored.
The selected interventions will be implemented, monitored, and documented for a period of time.
A follow-up meeting will be scheduled to review the success of the interventions devleoped. At this meeting, the team may determine:
The interventions were successful and futher intervention assistance is not needed;
The interventions were somewhat effective. Further or modified interventions are needed to gather more information. A follow up meeting will be scheduled;
A disability is suspected. The team will determine what information is needed for the evaluation process based upon student need. At this point, parents/guardians are provided with information regarding their procedural safeguards related to special education services. Not all special education assessments result in special education identification. A child may be found to not have a disability after the assessment process is completed, and interventions will continue.
Sylvania Schools
"We Educate Students to Make a Difference"
Timberstone Junior High
Contact Information: (419) 824-8680
Alexander Clarkson, Principal
Noah Campbell, Assistant Principal
Crystal Burnworth, School Counselor
Students with last names starting with A-K
Rochelle Ford, School Counselor
Students with last names starting L-Z