FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
John L.Winn
Commissioner of Education
F. PHILIP HANDY,
Chairman
T. WILLARD FAIR,
Vice Chairman
Members
DONNA G. CALLAWAY
ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
PHOEBE RAULERSON
KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
CONTACT PERSON
LINDA K. TAYLOR
Name:
Patty
Ceci
Phone:
(850)
245-0425
Suncom:
205-0425
October 30, 2006
Email:
patty.ceci@fldoe.org
K-12
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M E M O R A N D U M
TO:
District School Superintendents
FROM:
John
L.Winn
SUBJECT:
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Nominations for Appointments to the State Instructional Materials Committees
for the 2007-2008, K-12 Reading Adoption
The Department of Education is planning for the 2007-2008 instructional materials adoption for K-12
Reading. I am pleased to announce the acceptance of nominations for membership on the State
Instructional Materials Committees. Our review process will ensure that the highest quality instructional
materials are available for our students and teachers and are aligned to Florida’s Sunshine State Standards
and to state accountability measurements.
We will be forming up to eight committees based on the following categories:
K-12 Reading, Comprehensive Core
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K-12 Reading, Comprehensive Intervention
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K-12 Reading, Supplemental Intervention
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Each committee is composed of at least ten members: a minimum of five classroom teachers, two
supervisors of teachers, two lay citizens, and one school board member. Classroom teachers must be
certified or endorsed in an area directly related to the academic area being considered for adoption. Lay
citizens must be persons who are not professionally associated with education. All committee
appointments are for eighteen months.
325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 1514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0505 • www.fldoe.org
District School Superintendents
October 30, 2006
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In the selection of persons for appointment to the committees, priority is given to recommendations
received from school districts, professional associations, and civic organizations expressing an
interest in education. Every effort is made to have wide geographical representation on each
committee and to include members from large, medium, and small districts. In addition, the
membership of each committee must reflect the broad ethnic, racial, socioeconomic, and cultural
diversity of the state.
Complete the enclosed
State Instructional Materials Committee Member Nomination Form (Part I)
for each person you wish to nominate. Share the enclosed document entitled
Information for
Prospective Members of State Instructional Materials Committees
with the nominee and ask him/her
to complete the
State Instructional Materials Committee Member Nomination Form (Part II).
Please return the nomination form (Parts I & II) by January 31, 2007 to:
Patty Ceci
Office
of
Instructional
Materials
Florida
Department
of
Education
325 West Gaines Street, Suite 424
Tallahassee,
Florida
32399-0400
Your continuous support in the evaluation and selection of instructional materials is appreciated and
vital to the success of the program. Additional information on the State Instructional Materials
Committee can be found at http://www.firn.edu/doe/instmat/.
NOTE:
Please make sure that persons who are copied on this memorandum are registered to receive
correspondence from the Department’s paperless communication site since hard copies will not be
sent. The site address is http://www.firn.edu/doe/menu/communications.htm. If they do not currently
receive paperless communications, please provide them with a copy of this memorandum.
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Enclosures
cc:
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Assistant Superintendents for Instruction
District School Board Chairpersons
District Instructional Materials Administrators
District Curriculum Coordinators
District K-12 Reading Plan Coordinators
District Reading First Coordinators
District Reading Coaches
Professional Associations
