No Excuses University--Interventions

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)
  • 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.