By Tiffanay Waller Texas Education Agency
Published: 12-19-08
Nominations being accepted by The Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency is accepting nominations for appointments to the Proclamation 2010 state review panels. The panel members play a very important role in ensuring that students throughout the state of Texas have the benefit of quality instructional materials.
These state review panel members will evaluate instructional materials submitted for adoption under Proclamation 2010. The deadline for submission of completed nomination forms has been extended to January 16 2009.
Proclamation 2010 of the State Board of Education calls for instructional materials in the following areas:
• English Language Arts & Reading Grades K-1
• Spanish Literature Grade 6
• Spanish Language Arts & Reading Grades K-1
• English for Speakers of Other Languages I & II
• Reading Grades 2-5
• Spanish Reading Grades 2-5
• English Language Proficiency Standards grades 9-12 Teacher Editions
• Reading (Elective) Grades 6-8
• AP English Language English Literature
• Literature Grades 6-12
• IB Language Studies Standard & Higher Level
The state review panel is charged with evaluating instructional materials to determine coverage of the TEKS and to identify factual errors.
The TEA encourages you to nominate individuals for appointment to the state review panels by completing the application posted at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/textbooks/proclamations/proc2010/ Individuals are permitted to nominate themselves.
Completed forms should be returned electronically to the Texas Education Agency Division of Instructional Materials and Educational Technology at review.adoption@tea.state.tx.us no later than January 16 2009.
Appointments to the state review panel will be announced in March 2009.
If selected to serve on the committee panel review members will be asked to serve for one week (Monday through Friday).
