Staff Development

• Sustained staff development to achieve established top priorities
• Specialist presents and facilitates district-wide teacher training through content-specific academies
• Specialist provides campus-based embedded training tailored to individual campus needs
• Specialist assists teachers with implementation and provides ongoing support
• Use key lead teachers in district trainings

Curriculum

• Curriculum snapshots and resources that provide targeted TEKS-focused instructional lessons
• Weekly department meetings with teachers focusing on upcoming curriculum lessons and instructional strategies
• Maintain Forethought, including online curriculum resources, scope and sequence and model lessons
• Facilitate implementation of TEKS (learning standards)

Assessments

• Disaggregate and analyze data to provide reports for teachers on student progress
• Analyze test questions to facilitate discussion with teachers on instructional strategies for each state-required TEKS and objective
• Collaborate with campus staff to create intervention plans
• Testing Department supports and coordinates all student assessments (benchmarks, simulations and state assessments), data analysis, TEA requirements and training

Teacher Coaching & Mentoring

• Specialists visit classrooms and provide model lessons for new teachers, teachers new to Pearland ISD and teachers with specific student needs
• Specialists conduct walkthroughs and provide meaningful feedback on instructional practices
• Collaborate with teachers on implementation of best-teaching practices to improve student performance

District Initiatives

• Specialists coordinate and/or develop several core content-area district initiatives each year.
• District initiatives:
• STAAR Classroom Initiative (SCI)
• Campus Accountability Plan (CAP)
• Content Area Top Priorities
• Response to Intervention (RtI)
• Summer School & Summer School Now