Elevating education in Texas: Solution Tree’s impact
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By Solution Tree
Since 1998, Solution Tree has worked to transform education worldwide by empowering educators to raise student achievement.
The data is undeniable. Schools across the Lone Star State have seen achievement that proves a high level of learning for all students is attainable.
Solution Tree, the premier instructional resource for educators, provides the support Texas educators need to create lasting impact, enact schoolwide improvement, and lead seismic shifts in student learning.
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Success in Texas: Pasadena ISD
In the first year of their school improvement journey, Pasadena Independent School District sent 235 school and district leaders to Solution Tree’s PLC at Work® Institute in San Antonio with the goal of implementing professional learning communities, known as PLCs, and promoting collaboration districtwide.
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“Each school was able to learn and collaborate together and then take that back to their campuses and begin the work,” said Marsha Jones, Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Pasadena ISD. “That conference was a catalyst for districtwide change.”
Since implementing the PLC at Work process, Pasadena ISD has shown significant gains in student achievement, which district staff educators attribute to the power of authentic collaboration and shared collective commitments that PLCs provide. In three years, the percentage of students in grades 9–12 who achieved mastery in algebra rose 15%. Read more
“This is the way I honestly think education really should be done.”
— Dan Hoppie, Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Pasadena ISD, Texas
Here to help: Texas office
After decades of partnering with Texas schools and districts to achieve significant, substantive school improvement, Solution Tree opened their Texas office in 2020 to better support local educators.
Solution Tree Texas
1205 BMC Drive, Suite 202
Cedar Park, Texas 78613
Texas schools receive recognition
Schools and districts can earn the Model PLC at Work designation when they significantly increase student achievement through the PLC at Work process, which focuses on learning, results, and collaboration.
Texas has more Model PLC at Work schools and districts than any other state, with more than 100 schools and districts statewide earning this recognition.
Meet the local team
Educators can connect with a Solution Tree Texas representative to help their school or district succeed.
Darren Grissom
State Executive Director
darren.grissom@solutiontree.com
800.733.6786 ext. 046
Call/text: 512.694.4862
Jennifer Ivy, M.Ed.
Director of Educational Partnerships
Serving Regions TX ESCs 4-8 and 10
Districts 4,500 Students or More
jennifer.ivy@solutiontree.com
800.733.6786 ext. 035
Call/text: 832.870.4664
Susan Rabel
Director of Educational Partnerships
Serving Regions TX ESCs 1-3 and 11-20
Districts 4,500 Students or More
susan.rabel@solutiontree.com
800.733.6786 ext. 256
Call/text: 210.363.7623
Pam Fite
Director of Educational Partnerships
Serving All Regions
Districts fewer than 4,500 Students
pam.fite@SolutionTree.com
Call/text 903.573.0838
Learn more about Solution Tree Texas.
Generate results
Solution Tree PD partnerships in Texas have generated measurable improvements in student achievement.
Pasadena Independent School District
Pasadena, Texas
75% to 90%
- Three-year trend of students in grades 9–12 who achieved mastery in algebra
Huntsville Elementary School
Huntsville, Texas
29% to 50%
- Growth in grade-level writing achievement in third and fourth graders over three years
Cedric C. Smith Elementary School
Magnolia, Texas
72% to 88%
- Growth in percentage of fourth-grade students meeting proficiency in English in just one year
Read more Texas success stories.
How to get started
Educators can contact Solution Tree for research-based instructional support proven to increase student achievement in Texas.