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McGraw Hill project managers tell Eastern York board coaching is boosting classroom practice, but technical bugs cloud assessments
Summary
McGraw Hill staff told the Eastern York School Board their two project managers are providing in-class coaching, data conversations and professional learning to support Reveal/Alex curriculum adoption. Board members pressed the vendor and district CTO about ongoing platform bugs that have produced incorrect answers and flawed recommendations; the CTO said fixes are being validated for an end-of-month release.
McGraw Hill representatives described a project-management pilot they say is narrowing the gap between curriculum adoption and classroom practice while coaches work with teachers across Eastern York schools.
“Project management started in the district around October,” Liz Jervesy, the K–5 project manager, told the board in a recorded presentation. She said McGraw Hill has provided 32 on-site coaching days so far — 11 at Canonley, 10 at Crates Creek and 11 at Wrightsville — and described a cycle of pre-meets, in-class modeling and debriefs that include data conversations with teachers and students.
Judy Thumborth, regional vice president of professional services for McGraw Hill, framed the team’s role as helping teachers use digital tools and data more effectively and supporting principals to build coherence across grade levels. “The goal…
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