Customizing Academic Intervention Strategies – eduCLIMBER

This lesson walks through how to create new Intervention Strategies, and customize existing Intervention Strategies.

Required Permission: Manage Intervention Configuration

Where to Start

The System Configuration navigation button.

Go to System Configuration.

An example Interventions page, with the Interventions tab labeled as step 2, and the Strategies option labeled as step 3.

Select Interventions.
Select Strategies.

An example Strategies page, with the Monitored by Assessment option labeled as step 4.

Select Monitored by Assessment to view the academic intervention strategies.
- The Monitored by Point Sheet option provides similar features, but focuses on behavioral interventions.

Creating a New Strategy

An example Monitored by Assessment page, with the Add button labeled as step 1.

To create a new strategy, select Add.

The Create Strategy popup window, with Skill Area labeled as step 2, Strategy Name labeled as step 3. Description labeled as step 4, and the Save button labeled as step 5.

Select the strategy Skill Area.
Enter a Strategy Name.
Enter a Description for the strategy.
Select Save. The newly created strategy will appear in the Monitored by Assessment list.

Customizing Strategies

An example Monitored by Assessment page, with the search bar labeled as step 1, Show Inactive Strategies labeled as step 2, and an example strategy labeled as step 3.

When locating an existing strategy to customize, use the search bar to narrow the list.
Select Show Inactive Strategies to include both active and inactive strategies in the list.
Select the desired strategy to edit and customize.

An example strategy page, with the 3-dot menu and Edit option labeled as step 4, the description text box labeled as step 5, the Active toggle labeled as step 6, Restrict to Schools labeled as step 7, Default smartFORM labeled as step 8, Procedures labeled as step 9, and Attachments labeled as step 10.

Select the 3-dot menu and then select Edit to adjust the strategy name and/or skill area.
Type within the Description field to edit.
Use the Active toggle to set a strategy as active or inactive.
Use the Restrict to Schools dropdown to lock the strategy to specific schools.
- If left blank, the strategy will be available for all schools.
Use the Default smartFORM dropdown to add a smartFORM to the strategy.
- If a form is chosen, that smartFORM will automatically assign to all students who are added to the strategy.
Select Procedures to add, edit, and/or delete strategy procedures.
Select Attachments to upload any attachments to the strategy.
- These will appear within the intervention interface.

Procedures

The Procedures menu, with the Add Procedure button labeled as step 1.

To create a new procedure for a strategy, under the Procedures menu, select Add Procedure.

The Create Procedure popup screen, with Name labeled as step 2, Description labeled as step 3, and the Save button labeled as step 4.

Enter the new procedure Name.
(Optional) Enter a Description for the procedure.
Select Save.

An example Procedures menu, with the Name column labeled as step 5, Description labeled as step 6, Order labeled as step 7, the Active toggles labeled as step 8, and the Delete column labeled as step 9.

Existing procedures can be customized by selecting the Name field and typing adjustments.
Select the Description field to type adjustments.
Procedures are automatically ordered based on the order of their creation. Select the Order field to customize what order the procedures should be completed in.
Use the Active toggle to set a procedure as active or inactive.
Select the trashcan icon to Delete a procedure.

An example Interventions dashboard, with the Procedures Completed visualization under the Implementation Fidelity widget labeled as step 10.

If procedures have been added to an intervention strategy, users can track procedure participation alongside overall intervention participation when taking attendance. On the Interventions dashboard, as well as the eduCLIMBER launchpad, collected procedure participation data displays as a Procedures Completed visualization under the Implementation Fidelity widget.
- This filterable data helps portray how effective specific groups are in completing the procedures for specific strategies each day, and can drive further conversation into possible barriers of student achievement.

Next Steps

To learn more about configuring interventions, visit the Intervention Configuration manual.