Formed in 2019, the Drew Group offers systemic solutions to manage, implement, and operate quality fine arts instructional programs in the public school arena. We provide administrators online or on-site tools to manage fine arts programs in all operational areas: budgeting, purchasing, materials management, talent acquisition, teaching and learning, and more.
These digital tools are tailored to each client’s specific needs and delivered with ample training. Additionally, we facilitate collaborative workshops to develop school, program, or department strategic plans. We offer a research-based model for curriculum development and/or lesson planning. We provide instructional coaching for teachers and executive coaching for fine arts administrators. Finally, we can evaluate your school’s or department’s fine arts programs, closely examining systems and processes and delivering a written report for short-, mid-, and long-range planning.

the Drew Group

A highly accomplished conductor, music educator, fine arts administrator, and psychotherapist with over 35 years of experience working in public education, James Drew serves as the Director of Fine Arts for the Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD) in Sugar Land, Texas. Prior to this appointment as Fine Arts Director in 2011, James conducted bands and orchestras in the Texas public schools for 21 years.
Ensembles under James’s direction have been selected as state Honor Band finalists and performed at the prestigious Midwest Clinic on four separate occasions. James was chosen the Outstanding Young Bandmaster of the Year in 1997 by the honorary band director’s fraternity, Phi Beta Mu. In 2019, James was named the Outstanding Music Administrator by the Texas Music Administrators Conference.

James Drew

Allison works as an Enterprise Data Architect where she helps hospitals, and ultimately people, communicate better by connecting data from a variety of hospitals in the UT System on a ground-breaking project entitled UT-HIP. As the first venture of its kind worldwide, UT-HIP will help UT Systems understand how to reduce risk, prevent disease and improve prognosis for all Texans.
Prior to her work with UT at the systems level, Allison worked as a Supervisor in the IT Department at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for several years. As a former Fort Bend ISD School Board member, she is able to combine her IT prowess with her caring and compassion-driven nursing skills to foster unity, education and sustained growth for Texas school districts.

Allison Drew