Interventions and Detentions
Interventions and Detentions
Podcast Description
This is a look into the daily happenings at a Primary (K-2) Elementary School through the lens of the principal and MTSS Interventionist.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast addresses a variety of educational topics relevant to Primary education, including special education support, the MTSS process, social emotional learning (SEL) strategies, and the evolving landscape of virtual learning. Episodes feature practical examples, such as discussing the MTSS process in More Tiers Less Tears and highlighting the significance of arts education in The Arts of Education.
Interventions and Detentions is where education meets real talk. Hosted by principal Brad Targgart, the podcast dives into the challenges, celebrations, and realities of life in schools today.
From why good teachers leave, to the power of collaboration, to building stronger interventions and leadership practices, Brad brings honesty, reflection, and humor to every episode. Along the way, he unpacks stories from the frontlines of education, reflects on lessons learned, and offers both practical insights and lighthearted moments that remind us why the work matters.
Whether you’re a teacher, administrator, or someone passionate about the future of education, Interventions and Detentions will leave you with ideas to carry back into your own practice—plus a few laughs along the way.
Episode 3:2: They’re Not Their IEP
What happens when we start seeing the IEP before we see the child?
In this episode of Interventions and Detentions, Brad takes a deeper look at special education, inclusion, accommodations, behavior, expectations, and the responsibility we have as educators to see the whole child.
An IEP is an important tool. It tells us about goals, supports, accommodations, services, and areas where a student needs help. But an IEP doesn’t tell us everything about a child.
It doesn’t tell us their personality.
It doesn’t tell us their dreams.
It doesn’t tell us what they’re capable of becoming.
And sometimes, without realizing it, the labels, diagnoses, data, and support systems surrounding a student can become the lens through which we see them.
This episode is about challenging that.
We talk about the difference between supporting a student and doing things for them, the role of paraprofessionals, realistic versus limiting expectations, behavior and accountability, inclusion, accommodations, parent partnerships, student voice, independence, and what happens when we focus so much on what a student needs that we forget to ask what they might become.
Because the goal isn’t simply to help a student get through school.
The goal is to help them become as independent, confident, capable, and successful as they can possibly be.
They are not their IEP.
They are a whole person with strengths, challenges, interests, dreams, potential, and a future that hasn’t been written yet.
Interventions and Detentions with Brad Targgart
Where the Real Learning Begins.
Episode 3:2 | They’re Not Their IEP
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