Textbook Adoption

December 15, 2014Math SpecialistHilda Alejandro

We Already Know to Look for…

100% TEKS Alignment, ELPS, CCRSTEKS Correlated materialsAcademic VocabularyConsumables needed for activities

Things to Ask…

User-friendly Teacher EditionVideo resources:

◦Teachers & Students◦Professional Development not just Tutorials on products

Online Platform: ◦Progress monitoring reports◦Compatible with Mac, iPad, Android, Chromebook, Interactive White Board, Promethean Board etc.? (HTML 5)

Things to Ask…..

Digital Resources◦What format do they come in Word, PDF, ePub?◦Can they be edited?

What test generator do you use? ◦Can banks be imported? Exported? ◦Test Bank compatible with Eduphoria

Technical SupportScope and Sequence:

◦Alignment to our District needs◦How is it grouped/developed◦Who were the writers/editors? Credentials?

Things to look for –(cont.)

Lesson Design (5E Model)◦ Higher Order Thinking◦ Multi-Step◦ Problem Solving with Real World◦ Balance between Conceptual, Hands-on, Procedural Fluency

Professional Development◦ Content specific◦ Pedagogy ◦ Training on materials

STAAR Test review materials ◦ Benchmarks aligned to Blueprints◦ Organized by TEKS/Categories

Differentiated Support – ELL, Special Ed, GT students What is included in the bundles???

You may have this Adoption for 8 years

New TEKS

Process Standards integrated in each lesson?

Making the Decision

Choose wisely

Choose based on facts

Your decision will affect the education of all students in ECISD.