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Northwest Independent School District Instructional Materials Adoption Implementation 2020-2021 English Language Arts I-IV English for Speakers Other than English (ESOL, ELDA, ELLA) Presenters: Stephanie Espinosa, Ed.D. Brittnie Bragg Veronica Law Amanda Piper-McClure

Adoption Timeline • Request nominations/applications for adoption committee October • Present committee members to Board of Trustees for approval • Selection committee will review criteria for selection • Selection committee will receive training on new ELA TEKS (2019) • Review conforming publisher materials November • Publishers will receive NISD adoption guidelines • Campuses will receive materials for viewing January • Publisher presentations to committee • Committee members meet for TEKS review/narrow • Materials will be available for public viewing • Instructional technology will review material specifications • District committee vote February • Board presentation discussion and approval • Textbook reports are filed with Texas Education Agency and sent to district textbook clerk March Summer • TEA releases Instructional Materials Allotment budget to NISD • NISD places Instructional Materials order

New Year – New TEKS • The State Board of Education adopted new English & Spanish Language Arts Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) • K-8 was implemented during the 2019-2020 school year • 9-12 will be implemented 2020-2021 school year

Adoption Rubric Teachers will be trained on a rubric using components from the following categories. • Alignment to skills for student success • Standards alignment • Content • Differentiation opportunities • Assessment • Organization of text • Technology

Secondary ELA Committee Course Teacher English I Jennifer Allen, Tanya Morrow, Mallory Smith, Angie Vaitai English II Laurie Bartels, Bailey Broadstreet, Amy Lenochan, Shawna Mitchell English III Melissa Granger, Larisa Hohman, Erika Scheffe English IV Kristi Pottorff, Miranda Wilson, Jessica Wright Additional Lisa Day (GT), Elizabeth Elliot-Norman (SpEd), Support Carla Reisman (Technology), Sarah Thomason (Librarian) ELL Kesley Ballard, Rebecca Miller, Tracie Comfort-Williams, Joanna Support Kyser, Jordyn Neisweinder, Sherri Armstrong, Juanita Bruce

Thank you!