Teacher Textbook Committee(TTC)

Elementary Mathematics

2007-2008

Teacher Eligibility

Any teacher who attends a publisher-sponsored textbook adoption event held after the first reporting day of the school year will be ineligible for nomination to serve on the TTC.

Members shall be professional teaching staff with experience teaching the subject area up for adoption.

Teacher Eligibility Teachers who have engaged in the following activities within the

last three years will be prohibited from serving on the TTC.

Reviewed the adoption materials from a publisher on the adoption list prior to the district adoption process;

Delivered professional learning to other districts or educational entities using materials from publishers on the adoption list;

Worked, collaborated or have been affiliated in any other manner with publishers on the adoption list; and/or,

Interacted with publishers or publisher materials in any way that can be construed as a conflict of interest.

Any teacher who has engaged in the events listed above will be required to disclose their involvement or activity in the Memorandum of Understanding.

Adoption Process

Interested, qualified teachers must complete the Teacher Textbook Committee Nomination [FORM E5-C].

The campus principal must sign the completed form.

The form is submitted to the Textbook Adoption Coordinator (TAC) prior to the deadline.

Teacher Textbook Committee

Representative of grade levels and district areas to the extent possible.

Committee size shall be between 5 and 15 members.

One alternate member will be selected. Random selection will be utilized to fill

committee positions.

Board Approval

All teachers randomly selected to serve on the TTC must be board approved.

Until Board approval, teachers must abide by the established prohibitions.

All approved teachers will be notified the first school calendar day following Board approval.

TTC Member Prohibitions No contact with any publisher since the first day teachers’

report back to duty for the current school year. Shall not accept meals, entertainment, gifts, or gratuities

in any form, or any promises thereof, from any publishers or their agents at any time, including publisher or publisher-sponsored textbook adoption events.

No dissemination of any e-mail, announcements, flyers, invitations, letters, or other publisher information.

No communications with any publisher representative/agent via e-mail, phone, face-to-face meetings, text messages, etc.

TTC Responsibilities

Review the guidelines for interactions with publishers and submit a statement of disclosure for any violations.

Read and sign the Memorandum of Understanding.

Attend rubric training. Select a chairperson. Support the committee by attending and

participating in meetings. Attend 80% of the meetings to remain eligible

to vote.

Adoption References

To reference all guidelines and specifics of the textbook adoption process: Read Administrative Procedure E5 Read District Policy EFAA (LOCAL) Read District Policy EFAA (LEGAL)