Committees
Current Adoption Committees
There are no current adoption committees at this time.
Recent Adoption Committees
The process to adopt new instructional materials for grades K-5 English Language Arts (ELA) began in January 2023. A committee was formed with more than 40 community members, instructional coaches, teachers, principals, special education staff, a speech and language pathologist, and other content experts. Below is a timeline with the scope of committee work:
- January 2023: Adoption overview; defining the purpose and scope of work; research and identification of best practices using ELA standards, science of reading and instructional materials inventory
- February 2023: An overview of LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional development training by LETRS trainers.
- March 2023: Exploration of curriculum evaluation tools and creation of best practices and criteria document. Utilize best practices/criteria document to preliminarily preview ELA materials.
- April 2023: Vendors present ELA materials; committee selects two materials to field test
- September - December 2023: Field test and professional development begins on ELA materials 'A'
- December 2023: Debrief and gather feedback using rubrics, assessments and other data from ELA materials 'A' field test
- January - March 2024: Field test and professional development begins on ELA materials 'B'
- April 2024: Debrief and gather feedback using rubrics, assessments and other data from ELA materials 'B' field test; committee selects and recommends ELA materials to be presented to the Instructional Material Committee (IMC) for consideration
- April-May 2024: Public review of materials; IMC recommendation of selected curriculum given to the school board
- May 14, 2024: School Board approves Amplify CKLA as the new K-5 English Language Arts instructional materials.
Learn more about Amplify CKLA “Overview” here. Learn more about Amplify CKLA “What’s Included” here. Learn more about Amplify CKLA “In Action” here