Press Release - November 13, 2009 San Antonio, Texas – ANNOUNCEMENT
Nominations to serve on state review panels for Proclamation 2011 are being accepted.
The Texas Education Agency is now accepting nominations for the state review panels that will evaluate instructional materials submitted under Proclamation 2011.
The deadline for submission is December 18, 2009.
Proclamation 2011 of the State Board of Education calls for instructional materials in the following areas:
• Prekindergarten Systems
• English Language Arts, Grades 2 – 8
• Spanish Language Arts, Grades 2 – 6
• English as a Second Language, Grades K – 8 – Student and Teacher Editions
• Spelling, Grades 1 – 6
• Handwriting, Grades 1 – 3
• Speech, Grades 6 – 8
• English, Levels I – IV
The state review panel is charged with evaluating instructional materials to determine coverage of the TEKS and to identify factual errors. The panel members play a very important role in ensuring that students throughout the state of Texas have the benefit of quality instructional materials. The materials adopted under Proclamation 2011 will be used in schools beginning with the 2011-2012 school year.
The TEA encourages you to nominate individuals for appointment to the state review panels by completing the application posted at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/textbooks/proclamations/proc2011/index.html . Individuals are permitted to nominate themselves. Appointments to the State Review Panel are made by the Commissioner of Education and will be announced in March 2010.
State review panels will convene in Austin during parts of June and July of 2010 to review instructional materials submitted under Proclamation 2011. Appointed state review panel members will serve for one week during that period. Members will attend an orientation/training meeting at the beginning of the week, and should plan to remain on-site for a period of five days to conduct the evaluation. The Texas Education Agency will reserve hotel lodging, and reimburse panel members for all travel expenses, as allowable by law.
Please complete and return the application via email to Review and Adoption at
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. Please save this form beginning with “nom_” followed by the nominee’s complete last name and the first initial of the nominee’s first name (example: Gerry Washington would be “nom_washingtong”).
Completed forms should be returned no later than December 18, 2009. Thank you for your participation.
Thank you for your commitment to excellence in education!
Tiffanay Waller
Administrative Assistant
Instructional Materials and Educational Technology
Texas Education Agency
512/463-1594
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