Early Intervention Program (EIP)

1. Early Intervention Program (EIP) Purpose The Early Intervention Program (EIP) provides additional instructional support to accelerate students who are performing below grade level to grade level performance in the shortest possible time.

2. “Each student must be accepted on the level at which he/she is functioning and should be challenged to move through the curriculum at a rate commensurate with the student’s capabilities.” Fulton County Board Policy IHE

3. Early Intervention Program (EIP) Continuous Achievement EIP Teachers are expected to differentiate and scaffold the curriculum for students who require support in the on-level curriculum. Fulton County’s on-level reading/language arts and mathematics curriculum have been written to assist teachers in doing so.

4. Early Intervention Program • Staff • EIP Student Eligibility • EIP Student Exit Criteria • Delivery Models • Class Size • Instructional Segments of Service

5. Staff EIP must be staffed by certified teachers.

6. Fulton County’s EIP Student Identification and Placement Matrix is provided as a tool to assist schools in identifying students and EIP scheduling models for students. EIP Student Eligibility Reading / Language Arts and Mathematics

7. EIP Student Exit CriteriaReading / Language Arts and Mathematics Exit Students from EIP using the GaDOE revised Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Checklists.

8. Augmented (The augmented model incorporates EIP services into the regular group class size by providing an additional early childhood certified teacher to reduce the teacher/pupil ratio while providing EIP services. Classroom teacher or EIP teacher may work with targeted students and any other students.) Pull Out (An additional certified teacher removes EIP students from regular classrooms for daily instruction.) Reduced Class (Classroom teacher is the EIP teacher. Model uses a sliding scale in which class size decreases as number of EIP students increases.) Self-Contained (Class size is reduced to a maximum of 16 EIP students all day long.) Delivery Models

9. Class Size Augmented Class Model - Kindergarten 2010-2011 20 Maximum Individual Class Size without Teacher Assistant Maximum Individual Class Size with Teacher Assistant 22 *Maximum EIP Students in Class 14 * Classroom teacher or EIP teacher may work with targeted students and any other students.

10. Class Size • Augmented Class Model - Grades 1 - 3 2010-2011 23 Maximum Individual Class Size with or without Teacher Assistant 14 *Maximum Number of EIP Students in Class * Classroom teacher or EIP teacher may work with targeted students and any other students.

11. Class Size Augmented Class Model - Grades 4 - 5 2010-2011 30 Maximum Class Size *Maximum Number of EIP Students in Class 14 * Classroom teacher or EIP teacher may work with targeted students and any other students.

12. Class Size Pull-out Model - Grades K – 5 2010-2011 16 Maximum Class Size

13. Class SizeReduced Class Model - Kindergarten Maximum Total in Class 15 15 14 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 12 EIP Students 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Non-EIP Students 14 13 11 10 9 7 6 5 3 2 1 * Classroom teacher is the EIP teacher. A full-time teacher assistant may be used in kindergarten models to increase class size by two students. The 2 additional students may be either EIP or regular students.

14. Class SizeReduced Class Model – Grades 1 - 3 Maximum Total in Class 17 16 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 12 EIP Students 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Non-EIP Students 16 14 13 12 10 8 7 5 4 2 * Classroom Teacher is the EIP teacher. Teacher Assistants may not be used to reduce teacher/student ratio in grades 1-5.

15. Class SizeReduced Class Model – Grades 4 - 5 EIP Students 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Non-EIP Students 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 Maximum Total in Class 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 14 15 15 * Classroom Teacher is the EIP teacher. Teacher Assistants may not be used to reduce teacher/student ratio in grades 1-5.

16. Grades K – 3: minimum of 45 minutes daily Grades 4 – 5: minimum of 50 minutes daily Instructional Segments of Service