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After IMCAT presented concerns from school districts and open enrollment charter schools about the affordability of expensive, back-to-back annual purchases of instructional materials, the State Board of Education voted to push its scheduled adoption of Proclamation 2016 instructional materials back one year.
The estimated projected cost of materials called for in Proclamation 2016 is $78 million, giving Texas schools roughly an extra $16 per child during the 2015-2016 biennium to pay for Proclamation 2015: high school math; social studies, grades K-12; and fine arts, grades K-12.
“It’s an action we need to take for the good of our schools,” said State Board of Education member Marty Rowley of Amarillo.
The July 18 action followed comments earlier that week by IMCAT Pres. Susan Lenox who gave SBOE members insight into the cost pressures that school districts are facing.
She pointed out that publishers were “bundling” their offerings of SBOE-adopted materials to entice districts,
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“All Aboard the IMA Express” is the theme for I.M. Texas 2014, IMCAT’s 23rd Annual Conference. And the locomotive in the logo is no coincidence, because this event is a great place to get your “train”-ing. I.M. Texas 2014 brings together all facets of the state’s instructional materials community Dec. 7-10 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel. And don’t worry, we’ve already put in our order for balmy weather. They owe us one after last year’s “Ice-CAT” Conference. Online registration – with check, p.o. or credit card – is already availableon the IMCAT website, www.imcat.org. Register by Nov. 10 to get a discounted rate. Registration fees are approved for IMA reimbursements. Full registration($325/person) includes breakfasts Dec. 8-10, luncheons Dec. 8 and Dec. 9, and admission to the Welcome Reception, sponsored by Follett, which includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages on the evening of Dec. 8. The 23rd Annual Conference of the Instructional Materials Coordina-tors’ Association of Texas has plenty of “tracks” for instructional materials coordinators, curriculum specialists, school technology staff, business office
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All Aboard the IMA EXPRESS!
Proc 2016 Delayed A Year
Dec. 7-10, 2014 » Omni Hotel Fort Worth
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Letter from IMCAT President Susan Lenox
IMCAT IMpulseOfficial Newsletter of the Instructional Materials Coordinators’ Association of Texas
Volume19 Fall2014
IMCAT Officers
President SusanLenox,PlanoISD
President-Elect KellieSkarda,GooseCreekCISD
Treasurer KKKorelich,JudsonISD
Secretary DanaWiest,EctorCountyISD
Immediate Past President JillCook,ClearCreekISD
Executive Director CliffAvery,GCPAssoc.Services
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Executive Committee
Betty Adamson,VictoriaISD
Tony Black,WhitehouseISD
Cherie Crews,KellerISD
Doricell Davis,DimmittISD
Misty Fisher,MansfieldISD
Erica Gruber,HumbleISD
Steve Hanson,GalenaParkISD
Cindy Housler,Schertz-Cibolo- UniversalCityISD
Wow! What a summer everyone had! Whether your district has a dock or the trunk of your car, instructional materials have flooded in from distribution centers across the nation to student desks. I have been excited to see the new materials and hope the students of Texas benefit from the knowledge embedded there! Your IMCAT board worked diligently this spring to have our voices heard. In April, IMCAT and The Texas Education Publishers Association (TEPA) met with Monica Martinez, T.E.A.’s Association Commissioner for Standards and Programs, and Kelly Callaway, Managing Director for Instructional Materials and Educational Technology. We discussed the need for additional funds to purchase proclamations,more line items in EMAT instead of large bid packages,and shipping issues as publishers move their distribution centers out-of-state. Ms. Martinez reminded us to take our concerns to the State Board of Education (SBOE) and to our state representatives and senators so changes could be made within the correct level of government. So, the IMCAT board called a special session in July and headed to Austin to sit in on the State Board of Education meetings. I was privileged to represent IMCAT and answer questions the board asked.
Partially because of issues we raised, the State Board of Education postponed Proclamation 2016 so districtscan catch up and “breathe” between adoptions. With that vote, the IMCAT board felt we had been heard. What is next, you ask? Thomas Ratliff, vice chair of the State Board of Education, suggested that even though the state board is hearing districts concerns, we must make sure our state lawmakers hear, too. They need to hear our stories, our issues, and our concerns. Who do you contact? State Rep. Jimmie Don Aycockis the House Public Education Committee Chair, Rep. John Otto, is Chair of the House Appropriation Committee Education Subcommittee, and Sen. Jane Nelson is the Senate Finance Committee Chair. Bring to your representative’s attention specific goals your district would like to see implemented. For example, increasing the amount districts receive from the school fund, splitting out the technology allotment as an additional account code, or instituting a state limit on costs per student or teacher editions. These are examples of ideas your representative needs to hear. Remember the legislature passed Senate Bill 6 in 2011. What bill do you want them to pass in 2015? On another note, IMCAT was happy to sponsor a publisher training back in May. We had about 45
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Wayne Schaper,SpringBranchISD
Brian Squyres,NorthsideISD
Matt Tyner,DallasISD
Abel Villarreal,CorpusChristiISD
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HISTORYUNITED STATES
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Chapter 1 Creating a Nation
Chapter 2 Settling the West
Chapter 3 Industrialization
Chapter 4 Urban America
Chapter 5 Becoming a World Power
Chapter 6 The Progressive Movement
Chapter 7 World War I and Its Aftermath
Chapter 8 The Jazz Age
Chapter 9 The Great Depression Begins
Chapter 10 Roosevelt and the New Deal
Chapter 11 A World in Flames
Chapter 12 America and World War II
Chapter 13 The Cold War Begins
Chapter 14 Postwar America
Chapter 15 The New Frontier and the Great Society
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Chapter 20 The Resurgence of Conservatism
Chapter 21 A Time of Change
Chapter 22 America’s Challenges for a New Century
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HISTORYTEXASChapter 1 Understanding Social Studies
Chapter 2 Natural Texas
Chapter 3 Regions of Texas
Chapter 4 The Early People of Texas
Chapter 5 Early Explorers of Texas
Chapter 6 Spanish Colonial Texas
Chapter 7 Mexico Becomes Independent
Chapter 8 The Mexican National Era
Chapter 9 The Road to Revolution
Chapter 10 Steps Toward Independence
Chapter 11 The Alamo and Goliad
Chapter 12 Texas Wins Independence
Chapter 13 The Republic of Texas
Chapter 14 Life in the New Republic
Chapter 15 The Lone Star State
Chapter 16 The Civil War
Chapter 17 Reconstruction
Chapter 18 Conflict on the Frontier
Chapter 19 Cattle and Cotton
Chapter 20 Challenges and Progress
Chapter 21 Oil and a New Century
Chapter 22 World War I and the 1920s
Chapter 23 The Great Depression
Chapter 24 World War II
Chapter 25 Texas After World War II
Chapter 26 Modern Texas
Chapter 27 The Arts and Culture of Texas
Chapter 28 Texas Government
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GOVERNMENT
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Unit 1 Foundations of American GovernmentChapter 1 Foundations of Government
Chapter 2 Origins of American Government
Chapter 3 The Constitution
Chapter 4 Federalism
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Chapter 6 Congressional Powers
Chapter 7 Congress at Work
Chapter 8 State and Local Legislative Branches
Unit 3 The Executive BranchChapter 9 The Presidency
Chapter 10 Choosing the President
Chapter 11 Structure and Functions of the Executive Branch
Chapter 12 State and Local Executive Branches
Unit 4 The Judicial BranchChapter 13 Federal and State Court Systems
Chapter 14 The Supreme Court of the United States
Chapter 15 Constitutional Freedoms
Chapter 16 Constitutional Right to a Fair Trial
Unit 5 Participating in GovernmentChapter 17 Political Parties
Chapter 18 Voting and Elections
Chapter 19 Public Opinion and Interest Groups
Chapter 20 Mass Media in the Digital Age
Unit 6 Government in ActionChapter 21 Financing Government
Chapter 22 Making Social and Domestic Policy
Chapter 23 Making Foreign and Defense Policy
Chapter 24 Comparing Political and Economic Systems
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HISTORYUNITED STATES
TO 1877
Chapter 1 Exploring Social Studies
Chapter 2 The First Americans
Chapter 3 Exploring the Americas
Chapter 4 Colonial America
Chapter 5 Life in the American Colonies
Chapter 6 The Spirit of Independence
Chapter 7 The American Revolution
Chapter 8 A More Perfect Union
Chapter 9 The Constitution
Chapter 10 The Federalist Era
Chapter 11 The Jefferson Era
Chapter 12 Growth and Expansion
Chapter 13 The Jackson Era
Chapter 14 Manifest Destiny
Chapter 15 North and South
Chapter 16 The Spirit of Reform
Chapter 17 Toward Civil War
Chapter 18 The Civil War
Chapter 19 The Reconstruction Era
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Chapter 5 Supply
Chapter 6 Prices
Chapter 7 Market Structures
Unit 3 Business and LaborChapter 8 Business Organization
Chapter 9 Labor and Wages
Unit 4 Money, Banking, and FinanceChapter 10 Money and Banking
Chapter 11 Financial Markets
Unit 5 Economic PerformanceChapter 12 Evaluating the Economy
Chapter 13 Economic Instability
Unit 6 Government and the EconomyChapter 14 Taxes and Government Spending
Chapter 15 Fiscal Policy
Chapter 16 Monetary Policy
Unit 7 The Global EconomyChapter 17 Resources for Global Trade
Chapter 18 Global Economic Development
Chapter 19 Personal Financial Literacy
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GEOGRAPHYWORLD
Unit 1 The WorldChapter 1 How Geographers Look at the World
Chapter 2 The Physical World
Chapter 3 Climates of the Earth
Chapter 4 The Human World
Unit 2 The United States and CanadaChapter 5 The United States
Chapter 6 Canada
Unit 3 Latin AmericaChapter 7 Mexico
Chapter 8 Central America and the Caribbean
Chapter 9 South America
Unit 4 EuropeChapter 10 Northern Europe
Chapter 11 Northwestern Europe
Chapter 12 Southern Europe
Chapter 13 Eastern Europe
Chapter 14 The Russian Core
Unit 5 North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central AsiaChapter 15 North Africa
Chapter 16 The Eastern Mediterranean
Chapter 17 The Northeast
Chapter 18 The Arabian Peninsula
Chapter 19 Central Asia
Unit 6 Africa South of the SaharaChapter 20 The Transition Zone
Chapter 21 East Africa
Chapter 22 West Africa
Chapter 23 Equatorial Africa
Chapter 24 Southern Africa
Unit 7 South AsiaChapter 25 India
Chapter 26 Pakistan and Bangladesh
Chapter 27 Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal & Sri Lanka
Unit 8 East AsiaChapter 28 China and Mongolia
Chapter 29 Japan
Chapter 30 North Korea and South Korea
Unit 9 Southeast Asia and the Pacific WorldChapter 31 Southeast Asia
Chapter 32 Australia and New Zealand
Chapter 33 Oceania
Special Feature Antarctica
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HISTORYWORLD
Chapter 1 The Rise of Civilization
Chapter 2 The Spread of Civilization
Chapter 3 Early Empires in the Ancient Near East
Chapter 4 The Ancient Greeks
Chapter 5 India’s First Empires
Chapter 6 The First Chinese Empires
Chapter 7 The Romans
Chapter 8 The Byzantine Empire and Emerging Europe
Chapter 9 Islam and the Arab Empire
Chapter 10 Medieval Kingdoms in Europe
Chapter 11 Civilizations of East Asia
Chapter 12 Crusades and Culture in the Middle Ages
Chapter 13 Kingdoms and States of Medieval Africa
Chapter 14 Pre-Columbian America
Chapter 15 The Renaissance in Europe
Chapter 16 The Reformation in Europe
Chapter 17 The Age of Exploration
Chapter 18 Conflict and Absolutism in Europe
Chapter 19 The Muslim Empires
Chapter 20 The East Asian World
Chapter 21 The Enlightenment and Revolutions
Chapter 22 The French Revolution and Napoleon
Chapter 23 Industrialization and Nationalism
Chapter 24 Mass Society and Democracy
Chapter 25 The Reach of Imperialism
Chapter 26 Challenge and Transition in East Asia
Chapter 27 World War I and the Russian Revolution
Chapter 28 The West Between the Wars
Chapter 29 Nationalism Around the World
Chapter 30 World War II and the Holocaust
Chapter 31 The Cold War
Chapter 32 Independence and Nationalism in the Developing World
Chapter 33 Life During the Cold War
Chapter 34 A New Era Begins
Chapter 35 Contemporary Global Issues
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Despite a constitutional provision that envisions the state paying for instructional materials for all students, many Texas parents are having to come up with the money in the form of local taxes.
To get a feel for the magnitude of the problem, IMCAT has launched a survey for Texas school districts and open enrollment charter schools. Let us know how much of your local money you had to spend by clicking on the survey at www.imcat.org.
The Texas Constitution, Article VII, Section 3, requires the State Board of Education to set aside sufficient money to provide free textbooks for all children attending public schools in the state.
Later interpretations, notably a 1975 attorney general’s opinion, have blunted the thrust of the constitutional provision. According to that interpreta-tion: yes, the SBOE has to come up with the money, but the Legislature doesn’t have to spend it that way.
This is regularly lamented at SBOE meetings, where SBOE members of all political stripes say they raise the money for free instructional materials, but the Legislature (as a result of SB6 in 2011) only spends half of it.
In a discussion among IMCAT board members, several had to dip into local funds to pay for instructional materials this year.
Misty Fisher, coordinator at Mansfield ISD southwest of Fort Worth, reported, “we have used around $600,000 of our local funds. We are not using anymore of our IMA. We only used what we had that carried over from last year.”
Fisher said that her district is preparing for the large — and expensive — influx of materials from the Proclamation 2015 adoption. “We are not dipping into the funds that we will get in September so that we will have money available as soon as EMAT opens up to order Social Studies and Math,” she said.
Other districts reporting use of local funds were Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD ($600,000), Goose Creek CISD ($121,000) and Judson ISD ($80,000).
“This clearly isn’t what the framers of the Texas Constitution had in mind when they drafted Article VII, Section 3,” said Executive Director Cliff Avery. “We hope that other districts will share their stories so we can demonstrate to our lawmakers about how the constitution is being ignored.”
IMCAT Launches Survey on Local Funds Usage
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IMCAT will elect a president-elect, secretary, members of the IMCAT Board of Directors and an alternate during its Annual Meeting at noon Tuesday Dec. 9 at the 23rd Annual Conference at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel.
Candidates must have the support of their districts to attend, at district or personal expense, at least three quarterly meetings each year at various locations in the state and the Annual Conference during their term of office. Officers serve one-year terms, except for the secretary and treasurer, who serve two-years. Board members serve three-year terms.
“We hope to attract experienced coordinators with the drive to continue building on IMCAT’s success as the premier source for knowledge on Texas instructional materials,” said Pres. Susan Lenox.
Candidates for officer — president-elect and secretary — must be serving on the Board and have served on the Board for one year. Candidates must be the coordinator or designee for a district or open-enrollment charter school. Two employees of the same district or charter school may not serve on the Board at the same time.
Nominations Committee Chair is Jill Cook, immediatepast president. For consideration as a candidate in the Nominations Committee report, a member should contact the IMCAT office at 512-251-8101 or by email: [email protected].
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publishers together seeing what the EMAT screens looked like, how their packages were represented in EMAT, and how they can support the districts in the ordering process. It was a huge success! If you would like to see the presentation, you may view it through the IMCAT website. Please let me take this moment to thank the publishers that supply our students with their learning materials. This task takes a true partnership between the districts and their vendors, and I appreciate the dedication publishers give to our needs. As a reminder,any distribution issues you are facing should be communicated to publishers. If you have materials delivered in not-so-pristine condition, publishers want to know. Take pictures of damaged shipments and share those pictures with your publisher. With
any new adoption you might find a book cover upside down or the wrong volume in a package. Make your publisher aware as quickly as possible so they may take care of your needs. Last but not least, I would like to thank the IMCAT board for the hard work and dedication they give to all of you. Trips to Austin, working on their respectivecommittees, and overseeing the summer institute have kept each one busy. Misty Fisher, the training committee chair, and her committee organized a fantastic summer of training, Kellie Skarda, President-Elect, and her committee are preparing I.M. 2014, our Annual Conference. Thanks to everyone involved! It has been a fun, fast, and furious spring! I hope you are prepared for the new school year! May it be a wonderful start of school!
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There’s still plenty of time to apply for a Russell Owen Memorial Scholarship to allow you or one of your staff to attend I.M. Texas 2014.
The IMCAT Russell Owen Memorial Scholarship honors instructional material coordinators who plan to pursue professional development, and commemorates the achievements of an individual whose passion was public education and the students he served.
Russell Owen, a founder of IMCAT, served more than 30 years as an administrator for the Dallas Independent School District. His dedication to his students and his loyalty to IMCAT serve as an example to his colleagues today and to those who will follow in his footsteps.
One recipient from the Texas instructional materials community will be eligible for a scholarshipaward to IMCAT’s 23rd Annual Conference, Dec. 7-10, Omni Fort Worth, conference meals, three-nights hotel accommodations and up to $100
reimbursement for approved travel expenses.To be considered for the IMCAT Russell Owen
Memorial Scholarship, an applicant must: • Be the instructional materials coordinator or
directly involved in acquisition of instructional materials.
• Declare intent to attend the entire IMCAT conference in December.
• Have never attended an IMCAT conference before and wishes to continue professional development.
• Provide a letter from superintendent or director why applicant is being nominated to attend conference.
The following should be submitted in one envelope: • A copy of the application form and a letter of
support from superintendent or director. • A copy of the application form is available
on page 9 of this newsletter or on the IMCAT website, www.imcat.org.
The packet should be postmarked on or before Oct. 17, 2014 and be sent to:
Russell Owen Memorial Scholarship Committee Instructional Materials Coordinators’ Association of Texas Attention: Cliff Avery PO Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691-0676
Your application will be reviewed and voted on by an IMCAT committee.
If you have additional questions, contact John Bridges, IMCAT Past President, via email at [email protected] or call 281-634-2946.
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IM Texas 2014 Instructional Materials Coordinators’ Association of Texas
23rd Annual Conference
Dec. 7-10, 2014 ● Omni Fort Worth HotelMake hotel reservations direct with hotel by calling 1-800-THE-OMNI by Nov. 12 ● Ask for IMCAT rate
Copy form as needed ● One form per participant, please
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A block of rooms is available at the Omni Fort Worth at the special IMCAT rate of $115/night (single) and includes free wi-fi in your room and free self-parking at the hotel garage one block north of the hotel.
personnel and publishers — traditional and electronic. To help guide you to the information you need, we’ve color-coded the breakout sessions for each interest area — Administrator, Curriculum, Technology, Purchasing/Finance and Warehousing. Check out the schedule in this newsletter. The designations are a guide only; you’re not being “railroaded.” Feel free to mix up your sessions when you get to Fort Worth. The conference is expected to draw more than 500 participants from across the nation and as many as 50 exhibit booths, including companies whose products will be included in the mammoth
Proclamation 2015. If you’re involved in selecting, ordering, processing or distributing instructional materials to Texas schoolchildren, this is the place to be. Plus, I.M. Texas comes on the eve of the 84th Legislature where IMCAT hopes to inform lawmakers about the needs of school instructional materials. I.M. Texas 2014 will give you a good place to “rail” about the lack of money. A special Preconference Workshop from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 offers “IM101” for beginners and for veterans who need a refresher on the basics to “choo-choo” on. The workshop is free to full attendees, but pre-registration is required. Space is limited. All good railroaders have a “roundhouse” so we’re “rounding up” exhibitors in the ExhibitHall where you can “stoke”your chances to win a grand prize. Check in for a sticker at each Exhibitorbooth, fill up your card, and you’re eligible in the drawing.
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but bundling had the unintended effect of driving up costs.
“Bundles don’t give schools the opportunity to purchase what they actually need,” she told the SBOE’s Committee of the Full Board. Districts may not need all the items in a bundle and “districts have to purchase more material than they actually need.”
The alternative is to purchase items “a la carte” through the disbursement process in EMAT, the state’s on-line ordering system. But the disbursement process was not designed for SBOE-adopted materials.As a result, ordering “a la carte” could add shipping costs unless districts are savvy enough to negotiate with publishers.
Lenox said that school districts and open-enrollmentcharter schools are spending more in staff time navigating the intricacies of the system.
She pointed out that schools were not seeing the price advantages for purchasing digital instructional materials. Part of that is because school districts and open-enrollment charter schools have to make large investments in equipment to make sure all students have equitable access to digital materials.
SBOE Vice Chair Thomas Ratliff of Mount Pleasantnoted that many schools are not able to purchase technology because there was not enough appropriatedfor all instructional materials.
He noted that when Senate Bill 6 was passed in 2011, it folded the $30 per student per year technologyallotment into the Instructional Material Allotment, equal to about $300 million in a state budget biennium.
“There’s a $300 million hole in there if we want
to get districts back to where they were before SB6,” Ratliff observed.
The “hole” was dug deeper because the cost of materials rose. SB 6 also eliminated the established maximum price that could be charged for each instructional material product.
Associate Commissioner for Standards and Programs Monica Martinez said that has made accurately predicting the price of new materials difficult. The pricing structure is also much more fluid because materials may be available in printed books, electronic formats, or software licenses.
SBOE Member Dr. Martha Dominguez of El Paso told her colleagues that districts in her area observed a 65.5 percent increase in cost of materials in Proclamation 2014.
Districts in her area agreed that bundling of materials was “not too flexible.”
“The majority of the accessories [in the bundles] have low value in regards to cost and quality,” Dominguez said.
To address districts’ concern about funding, the board voted to delay the call for new instructional materials for Languages Other Than English and Special Topics in Social Studies including Ethnic Studies by one year. These materials were originally scheduled to be implemented in 2016.
The SBOE now plans to call for these instructional materials in conjunction with Career and Technical Education (CTE) materials in Proclamation 2017.
Ratliff said this postponement was purely a financial decision. “We’ve all heard about the razor thin margin districts are on to buy books. We need to look at the pacing of how we do things,” he said.
Register Today! IMCAT’s 23rd Annual Conference
Dec. 7-10, 2014Omni Fort Worth Hotel
Register online at WWW.IMCAT.ORGor see form on Page 10
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7
1-5 pm Exhibitor Move-In2-6 pm Registration Omni Hotel 2nd Floor2:30-5:30 pm IM101: Overview of instructional materials information. Pre-registration required. Limit 60. Offered Sunday only.6-7:30 pm New Member Tailgate
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8
7 am-8:30 am Breakfast7 am-5 pm Registration Omni Hotel 2nd Floor8 am-5 pm EXHIBITS Texas Ballroom8-9:20 am General Session: Welcome9:25-9:40 am Regional Meetings9:45 am Deadline for nominations for the IMCAT Board
Breakout Session 1 » 9:45-10:45 am• TEA - IMA - Orders and Disbursements• Coping with Small District Troubles• Tech - Let YouTube Work for You!• Exhibitors Forum• House Bill 5: How the Path Chosen
Can Affect IM• AP College Board• Curriculum & IMA• Warehousing for Large Districts• Boot Camp Part 1
10:45-11 am Visit Exhibits/Door Prizes
Breakout Session 2 » 11 am-Noon• TASB - Legal• Organizing Your Online Passwords• Tech - Google Tips and Tricks
• Exhibitors Forum• Warehousing for Small Districts• Wearing Multiple Hats• Out-of-Adoption Materials• Boot Camp Part 2
Noon-2 pm Presidents’ Luncheon2-2:15 pm VISIT EXHIBITS/Door Prizes
Breakout Session 3 » 2:15-3:15 pm• TASB - Legal• Finance & Accounting• Tech - There is No Place Like Chromebooks• Exhibitors Forum• Bid/Quote Process• Audits and Inventories• Proc. 2015 Adoption Process• Proclamation 2015: Will I Have
Enough Funds?
3:15-3:30 pm Afternoon Refreshments VISIT EXHIBITS/Door Prizes
Breakout Session 4 » 3:30-4:30 pm• TEA EVI Challenges and Opportunities• Using IMA Funds• Managing Hardware (iPads, Laptops, etc.)• Exhibitors Forum• Dual Credit/Early College High Schools• eBooks vs. Printed Textbooks (or both)• Writing a Policy and Procedures (IM) Manual• Publishers and Service Center Staff
5-5:30 pm IMCAT Board Meeting6:30-9:30 pm Welcome Reception Sponsored by Follett
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9
7 am-8:30 am Breakfast7 am-5 pm Registration Omni Hotel 2nd Floor8 am-5 pm EXHIBITS Texas Ballroom8:30-9:30 am GENERAL SESSION9:30-9:45 am VISIT EXHIBITS/Door Prizes
Breakout Session 5 » 9:45-10:45 am• TEA EVI Challenges and Opportunities• Using IMA Funds• Managing Hardware (iPads, Laptops, etc.)• Exhibitors Forum• Dual Credit/Early College High Schools• eBooks vs. Printed Textbooks (or both)• Writing a Policy and Procedures (IM) Manual• Publishers and Service Center Staff
10:45-11 am Visit Exhibits/Door Prizes
Breakout Session 6 » 11 am-Noon• TEA - IMA - Orders and Disbursements• Coping with Small District Troubles• Tech - Let YouTube Work for You!• Exhibitors Forum• House Bill 5: How the Path Chosen
Can Affect IM• AP College Board• Curriculum & IMA• Warehousing for Large Districts• Boot Camp Part 1
Noon-2 pm Presidents’ Luncheon2-2:15 pm VISIT EXHIBITS/Door Prizes
Breakout Session 7 » 2:15-3:15 pm• TASB - Legal• Finance & Accounting• Tech - There is No Place Like Chromebooks• Exhibitors Forum• Bid/Quote Process• Proc. 2015 Adoption Process• Proclamation 2015: Will I Have
Enough Funds?
3:15-3:30 pm Afternoon Refreshments VISIT EXHIBITS/Door Prizes3:30-4:30 pm TEPA Q&A Panel5-5:30 pm IMCAT Board Meeting6-7 pm Toys for Tots Collection6:30-9 pm Casino Night Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
7 am-8:30 am Breakfast7 am-Noon Registration Omni Hotel 2nd Floor8:30-11:15 am General Session11:15-11:30 am Grand Prize Drawing/Quilt Raffle11:30 am Conference Adjourns12:30-1:30 pm IMCAT Board Meeting
Check www.imcat.org for the latest conference schedule and news
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Reserve Grand ChampionHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Blue RibbonARC
Red RibbonMcGraw-Hill School Education
White RibbonStudies Weekly
Triumph Learning
Green RibbonBookshare/Benetech
Want to be a sponsor? Contact Tracy Wagner at 512-251-8101 or [email protected]
Thank You I.M. Texas 2014 Sponsors!
Instructional Materials Coordinators’ Association of TexasP.O. Box 676Pflugerville, TX 78691(p) 512-251-8101(f) 512-251-8152
www.imcat.org
Register TODAY for IMCAT’s 23rd Annual Conference!Dec. 7-10, 2014 ‣ Omni Fort Worth Hotel
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