March 4, 2020

School Board Work Session

Division of Academic Affairs

Norfolk Public SchoolsTextbook Adoption

English Language ArtsHealth & Physical Education

History/Social Science

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School Board & DivisionPriorities 2019-20

• Ensure full accreditation

• Increase academic achievement for all students

Virginia Board of Education

The Board of Education has the responsibility under the state constitution to approve textbooks and instructional materials for use in Virginia's public schools.

Local school boards may adopt textbooks that are not on the board-approved list provided the school board selects such books in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board.

_____________• Legal Refs.: Constitution of Virginia, article VIII, section 3; Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, sections 22.1-238 through

22.1-253; State Board of Education Regulations Governing Selection and Utilization of Instructional Materials by Local School Boards, VR 270-01-0016; State Board of Education Regulations Governing Textbook Adoption-Local Level, VR 270-01-0022.

• VSBA © June, 1996.

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NPS Textbook Adoption PolicyIIAA. TEXTBOOK SELECTION AND ADOPTION

The school board shall adopt textbooks subject to regulations of the state board of education. The state board of education adopts a multiple list of textbooks for each grade level and subject, from which local boards adopt textbooks for use in local school divisions. Local Boards may adopt books which are not on the state-adopted list, provided the selection is in accordance with specified guidelines.

The Norfolk School Board will adopt textbooks for use in the local division based upon recommendations presented by the superintendent. The evaluation of textbooks shall be conducted by a committee appointed by the board to be representative of the central office supervisory staff, building administrators, and classroom teachers of the subject fields in which the adoptions are to be made.

________________– Replaced Norfolk Public Schools Blue Book Policy 6-47.

– Adopted by the Norfolk School Board: July 29, 1999.

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NPS Textbook Considerations

Adoption of textbooks to support:

2017 English Standards of Learning

2015/2020 Health & Physical Education Standards

of Learning

Advanced Placement World History

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Textbook Adoption Timeline

December 2019: Each building principal recommended

teachers to serve on the textbook committee

December 2019: Publishers were invited to submit

textbooks for consideration

January 2020: Committee members reviewed textbooks

January/February 2020: Publishers presented textbook

features and materials to the committees

February 2020: Committee members submitted textbook

evaluations and preferences from their schools

March 2020: Textbook recommendations made to the

Norfolk School Board

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Textbook Evaluation Process

Teachers were able to evaluate the textbooks

under consideration.

Textbooks were placed on public display at various

Norfolk libraries for community input.

Teachers were able to meet and question

publishing company representatives on textbook

features.

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Publisher Quality Assurance

Publishers have provided the credentials of the

author(s) and/or editor(s) and content review

experts and have certified that their textbook(s):

Have been reviewed by at least 3 content experts

Are free from any factual or editing errors

Have been reviewed for typographical errors

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Publishing Companies are committed to providing

teachers with professional development on the use

and features of the textbooks for the duration of the

contract.

PD will begin in August 2020 and continue

throughout the school year.

PD will be scheduled annually for new teachers and

for others as needed.

Professional Development

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English Recommended Textbooks

Grade Title Publisher

6-8 myPerspectives ELA Pearson

9-12 myPerspectives ELA Pearson

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Health/PE Recommended Textbooks

Grade Title Publisher

6th-8th Comprehensive Health Goodheart- Willcox

9th-10th Comprehensive Health Goodheart-Willcox

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AP World History

Recommended Textbook

Subject Title Publisher

AP World

History

Ways of the World: A Global History

with Sources

Bedford, Freeman, &

Worth

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The recommended textbooks will be available in

the School Board conference room for review for

the next two weeks.

School Board Review

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