Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 8/21/2019 - 3:30 PM
Category: Action Items
Type: Action
Subject: 14.8 CURRICULUM: French Textbook Adoption
Strategic Plan:
Enclosure
File Attachment:
French Textbook Adoption Evaluation_ Adomania.pdf
French Textbook Adoption Evaluation_ T'es Branche.pdf
French Textbook Evaluation (Responses) - Form Responses 1.pdf
Summary: The District's Educational Services Department has made recommendations for updates in our district wide course materials. At this point in time we are looking at the French textbook adoption phase. This will be followed with the next phase of revising the French courses to align with the new textbooks.

During the 2018-19 school year, the World Languages French teachers piloted materials from two (2) publishers, Adomania and T’ES BRANCHE. The schools involved in the pilot were Heritage High School and Paloma Valley High School as Perris High School and the California Military Institute do not offer this curriculum at this time. Each teacher received class sets, Teacher Resource Kits (per course), and copies of the student workbooks from both T’es Branche and Adomania. The piloted textbooks are listed above.

All French teachers were invited to participate in the evaluation process and their responses were compiled to make the final decision. Listed below are the names of the textbooks that the French Department has chosen:

Course(s):

- French 1: T'ES BRANCHE 2E 1 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533816283
- French 2: T'ES BRANCHE 2E 2 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533816290
- French 3: T'ES BRANCHE 2E 3 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533821669
- French 4: T'ES BRANCHE 2E 4 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533821676

The proposed French textbooks have been approved by the Director of Curriculum and Instruction and the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services.

Attached for the Board’s review:

- List of attachments from the Appendix of teacher input scores from above.
- T’es Branche Textbooks
- Adomania Textbooks
Funding: The budget will be adjusted to reflect the not to exceed amount of $86,675.45.
Recommendation: It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the adoption of the T’es Branche French textbooks listed below:

French 1: T'ES BRANCHE 2E 1 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533816283
French 2: T'ES BRANCHE 2E 2 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533816290
French 3: T'ES BRANCHE 2E 3 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533821669
French 4: T'ES BRANCHE 2E 4 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533821676
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Julie Zierold - Director - Curriculum and Instruction
Signed By:
Charles Newman - Assistant Superintendent
Signed By:
Grant Bennett - Superintendent
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Anthony T. Stafford, Sr. Moved, Member David Nelissen seconded to approve the Original motion 'It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approve the adoption of the T’es Branche French textbooks listed below:

French 1: T''ES BRANCHE 2E 1 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533816283
French 2: T''ES BRANCHE 2E 2 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533816290
French 3: T''ES BRANCHE 2E 3 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533821669
French 4: T''ES BRANCHE 2E 4 TEXT SE ISBN: 9781533821676'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 5 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 5 - 0
   
Dr. Randall Freeman     Yes
Anthony T. Stafford, Sr.     Yes
Edward Garcia, Jr.     Yes
David Nelissen     Yes
Dr. Jose Luis Araux     Yes