CUSTOMER STORY
Iberville Parish Schools Prepares for a Strong Start with Brolly
Laying the Groundwork for Consistency, Collaboration, and Student Growth
Background
This spring, Iberville Parish School Board in Louisiana adopted Brolly to streamline special education documentation, improve monitoring, and strengthen collaboration across schools. The district’s special education team, led by Supervisor Pamlea Moore, is focused on ensuring compliance, supporting teachers and related service providers, and driving progress for students with disabilities.
We support schools, special education teachers and related service providers in their support of students with disabilities. We provide intense training and support to teachers through monthly Communities of Practices… and we monitor IEPs for quality and progress monitoring for student growth, she explained.
The Challenge: Disparate Tools and Heavy Burdens
Before Brolly, teachers were using a patchwork of paper and electronic methods to track IEP services, goal progress, and student supports. “We had set expectations and provided templates and models but the teachers made the final decision of how that would look for themselves,” she said.
This inconsistency created significant strain:
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“Difficulty monitoring for both school leaders and sped department.”
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“Hard to access data from past years when there is a need (parent complaints, parent requests, state and Medicaid audits).”
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Teachers losing time recreating tracking tools each year, which “was causing a delay in services/start of documentation or both.”
Why Iberville Chose Brolly
The timing was serendipitous.
Honestly, I happened to see it right when we were experiencing frustration about our current processes and it seemed to offer exactly what we needed. We needed a uniform data system that met the needs of special education service providers and compliance needs. We wanted to release some of the documentation burden from providers. Brolly does this for us.
The district considered three other platforms, but Brolly stood out because:
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Integration with eSER: “This will SAVE teachers so much time in comparison to current practices as well as in comparison to other options.”
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Focus on Data Only: “We did not want a platform that would bog teachers down in searching through resources… Some other platforms were a one-stop shop with vast amounts of resources. It would have been impossible for us to vet through them to ensure high quality.”
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Administrator Access: “This will be a critical component to our collaboration with site administrators in the support of their special education teachers.”
A Thoughtful Launch
Iberville chose to launch Brolly in April, rather than waiting for the new school year.
The beginning of the year is already overwhelming for most school employees. We wanted to work through all the kinks at a time when there was not as much overwhelm.
The launch was paired with a teacher appreciation gesture:
We also provided our service providers with brand new iPads, keyboards and pens for teacher appreciation week in May. This paired well with the launch of Brolly in our district. Teachers felt very seen and heard receiving these resources to ease their workload through more efficient systems.
By starting in the spring, some teachers even used the system during ESY (Extended School Year), giving campuses “some real data to look at in the system at the start of the year.”
Early Impressions and Preparing for Fall
So far, the response has been encouraging. Initial trainings were “well received” by both service providers and administrators. “The quick wins were the positive response from the majority of the teachers. They were truly thankful to have this platform and immediately saw its benefit. With administrators, it has been a key component in collaboration plans with them this year.”
Not all feedback was positive — and that, too, was helpful. “The only outliers are those who have claimed that it is ‘more work’ for them. However… that has shown my team who to support better.”
With additional training planned at the start of the year, the district is focused on ensuring a smooth transition and strong implementation as the school year begins.
Looking Ahead
Heading into the 2025–26 school year, the district sees Brolly as a foundation for more effective and efficient special education services.
For the special education leadership team, we are better equipped to monitor and support schools as we have easy access to all of this data. For schools, they can be more efficient and effective. Additionally, the consistency of data across all stakeholders makes for better collaboration.
She also anticipates gains in compliance, reduced administrative burden, and improved service delivery.
I see each of those areas improving. I also see the efficiency of the system will free up time and energy to provide more and better supports to students thus resulting in more student progress.
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