Approve Adoption of Recommended Titles as Flexibility Instructional Materials for the District's ELEMENTARY LANGUAGE ARTS/READING Program (Elementary Education)

The process for selection of flexibility instructional materials for the ELEMENTARY LANGUAGE ARTS/READING Program has been completed. The recommended titles are shown on the attached memorandum from Glenda Brown, Supervisor, Elementary Language Arts/Reading and will be available for use in Grades 4-5. The textbook committee studied and recommended the instructional materials according to District guidelines (Policy 4.16) which include:

• District textbook selection committee is trained and reviews sample materials submitted.
• Committee evaluates submissions using the Florida Department of Education instructional materials evaluation packet.
• Committee rank orders all submissions evaluated.
• Committee recommends two choices per subject for teacher use by using the same evaluation form provided by the state and also used in the state's textbook adoption process. In the event that two choices are not available, teachers will use the one submission being recommended by district committee.
• An official ballot is prepared and distributed to all teachers using sample sets of instructional materials selected for possible adoption.
• Teachers vote for their top choice and send sealed ballots in pre-labeled enveloped to the Supervisor of Instructional Materials.