The typical school system lacks an adequate support system for helping teachers resolve student problems. This paper describes one organizational innovation, the intervention assistance team (IAT), which is a formal group of teachers and other educational personnel who meet at the building level to recommend solutions to specific instructional problems. Guidelines are offered for team composition, the referral procedure, and scheduling. The team provides the following benefits: (1) a means for the school district to meet Ohio's accountability standards; (2) timely intervention for students; (3) a means for meeting the state requirement for identifying handicapped children; (4) support and staff-development opportunities to teachers and principals; (5) participative decision-making opportunities; and (6) opportunities for enhancing the principal's instructional-leadership role. A checklist of questions to consider prior to adoption and a list of guidelines for conducting IAT meetings are included. (Contains seven references.) (LMI)