Textbook Adoption 2010-11

Committee MeetingFall 2010

Agenda

• Welcome and Thank You!• Adoption process and timeline• Closed-district• Rubrics for evaluation

State Textbook Adoption Timeline

• TEA bid• Publisher guidelines• Sample materials• TEA “conforming list” – November• April -selection to school board (April 12th

meeting)• April 15th selection notification to TEA

HPISD textbook adoption dates• November 29th

– initial meeting, rubrics for evaluation development• December 1-17

– evaluation rubrics finalized via Google docs• January

– publisher presentations • Parent Preview

– January 31- February 11• Voting

– March 22-23 via survey monkey• Textbook Committee Meetings

– March 28, 29, 30• April 12

– Recommendation to school board• Ancillary selection meetings

– May 1, 2, 3

Committee responsibilities: month by month

• November and December – receive and peruse sample materials– Seek feedback from teammates– Assist in developing rubric for evaluation

• January– List questions/ concerns for publishers– Begin to complete rubric – highlight areas where you do nit yet have sufficient

information to evaluate– Attend publisher presentations

• February –– Continue to evaluate sample materials– Seek feedback from team– Answer questions or concerns from parents

• March– Complete rubrics with team input and rank preferences BEFORE Spring Break– Vote March 22-23– Attend textbook decision making meeting (March 28,29, or 30)

• May– Assist in selecting ancillary materials

Multiple adoptions this year…

• Pre-K• ELA Grade 2-8• English I- IV• ESL• Spelling – Grades 1-2, consumable– Grades 3-6, non-consumable

• Handwriting (grades 1-3, consumable)

PublishersHand-writing

Spelling ELA 2-5 ELA 6-8 English I-IV ESL

Handwriting without tears

Zaner Bloser

Houghton Mifflin/ McGraw Hill/ Holt

Houghton Mifflin/ McGraw Hill/ Holt

Houghton Mifflin/ McGraw Hill/ Holt

National Geographic

Zaner Bloser

Shurley College Board

Pearson Pearson

Perfection Learning

Perfection Learning

Perfection Learning

Rigby

Pearson McGraw Hill

Santilla

McGraw Hill

College Board

Mc Graw Hill

Policy…

In the textbook selection process, careful attention shall be given to:– 1. The continuity from grade to grade of the

textbooks selected for use.– 2. Their compatibility with appropriate guidelines.– 3. Their consistency with the philosophy, goals,

and objectives of the District.

HPISD is a “closed district”

This means…– No meeting/communicating with vendors outside

specified district meetings– Not participating in or accepting invitations to

events or “freebies” sponsored by vendors– Not showing preferential treatment to one

particular publishing firm or discussing feelings/impressions about items up for adoption with others outside HPISD

Policy

• A Trustee, administrator, or teacher commits an offense if the person receives any commission or rebate on any textbooks used in the schools with which the person is associated.

• A Trustee, administrator, or teacher commits an offense if the person accepts a gift, favor, or service that:– 1. Is given to the person or the person’s school;– 2. Might reasonably tend to influence the person in the

selection of a textbook; and– 3. Could not be lawfully purchased with funds from the state

textbook fund.• Education Code 31.152

Your role on the textbook committee…

• Represent for your team/ grade level• Manage sample materials for your team/ grade level as they arrive• Review materials up for adoption and encourage team members to

review and offer feedback as well• Compare and analyze materials based on adoption rubric• Build consensus with team around the best selection and rank

order of preference• Represent your team sharing pros/ cons with text book adoption

committees• Work with the committee to build consensus around the best

selection for the district • Attend textbook committee meetings and publisher showcase day

Your role … PolicyThe Board shall rely on District professional staff to select and acquire

instructional resources that:– 1. Enrich and support the curriculum, taking into consideration

students’ varied interests, abilities, learning styles, and maturity levels.

– 2. Stimulate growth in factual knowledge, enjoyment of reading, literary appreciation, aesthetic values, and societal standards.

– 3. Present various sides of controversial issues so that students have an opportunity to develop, under guidance, skills in critical analysis and in making informed judgments in their daily lives.

– 4. Represent many ethnic, religious, and cultural groups and their contributions to the national heritage and world community.

– 5. Provide a wide range of background information that will enable students to make intelligent judgments in their daily lives.

Rubric development• Curricular Emphasis– TEKS integration– Most difficult to teach TEKS?

• Instructional focus– Rigor of student assignments– Supports for differentiation of instruction

• Assessments (formative and summative)• Technology• Teacher Utility– organization

• Student appeal

Rubrics• Samples for you to consider• Ideas to think about including:– General format– Rigor of student assignments– Instructional content– Instructional approaches– Compatibility with HPISD instructional

philosophy and initiatives– Assessment– Technology Integration

Contact Information

• Pam Hooker – District Textbook Coordinator– Ext. 3009

• Denise Beutel– ELA Coordinator– Ext. 3088