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Brenham ISD board approves campus and district improvement plans focused on literacy and teacher retention
Summary
Chief Academic Officer Scribe Boehart summarized the districts 68-page improvement plan emphasizing a K-12 literacy framework, teacher mentoring, PLCs and targets to reduce turnover by 10%; the board approved the plan with ability to update.
The board reviewed and approved campus and district improvement plans presented by the districts chief academic officer (identified in materials as Scribe Boehart). The presentation tied improvement planning to federal ESSA funding and highlighted a district K-12 literacy framework, strengthened mentor and PLC structures, job-embedded professional development, a teacher-incentive allotment process, and goals to raise STAR "meets" performance by 15-17 points across core subjects.
Booth (presenter) emphasized growth metrics and said principals and instructional coaches will use systematic observation and feedback to align instruction across campuses. The plan sets a district objective to reduce teacher turnover by 10% and to expand new-teacher induction supports; trustees asked how the added work will affect teacher workload and whether the PLC elevation is a replacement or increase in duties. Boehart said the district has elevated existing PLC structures rather than adding unrelated requirements and stressed coaching and calibration to support consistent delivery. Justin Colley moved to approve the campus and district improvement plans with ability to update as needed; the motion was seconded and carried.
