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Pearl Elementary lays out turnaround plan; district details federal grant funding
Summary
Pearl Elementary presenters described instructional strategies, tiered interventions and a three-bucket turnaround plan; Miss McWilliams summarized federal grant allocations (Title I/II/III/IV, IDEA-B and Perkins) that support interventions and staffing across campuses.
At a Nov. 4 Georgetown ISD workshop, Pearl Elementary staff described instructional changes they say helped the campus rise nine points from a 57 to a 66 rating and outlined steps to reach a target of 73 by year-end.
An on-campus presenter highlighted collaborative professional learning communities (PLCs), the use of high-quality instructional materials, exemplar-based lesson planning, and daily data cycles: teachers use short unit assessments (TFAR/TEA and local benchmarks loaded into Eduphoria) to group students and adjust instruction. The presenter framed coaching and bite-size feedback cycles for teachers as central to building consistent classroom…
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