Sheldon ISD presents open educational resources transition plan for Algebra I materials
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Summary
District staff presented an Open Educational Resources (OER) transition plan focused on Algebra I materials including continued use of a Carnegie resource and references to a state-provided resource described in the presentation as the "Livonit" resource; the plan lists five action steps for implementation, monitoring and assessment.
District staff presented an Open Educational Resources transition plan to the Board of Trustees focused on Algebra I instructional materials and continuity for the 2026 school year.
Staff said the resource under discussion is already in use across the district for current eighth- and ninth-grade Algebra I students and that continuing with it will allow the district to receive state funding tied to approved instructional materials. The presenter described two packets in the board folder — the slide deck and the plan that the board is asked to approve — and said the plan will be made available if TEA requests it.
The presenter listed five action steps in the district plan: (1) set implementation goals and timelines and identify involved stakeholders; (2) create conditions for success including procurement and distribution responsibilities and funding requests; (3) support lesson internalization and professional learning communities to guide unit planning; (4) conduct classroom observation and monitoring; and (5) establish an assessment strategy to record student status and outcomes. The presenter emphasized these are practices the district already performs and that the plan names and formalizes them for TEA and funding requests.
Staff said continuing the current Algebra I materials into the 2026 school year will not require restarting implementation but will involve refining supports, identifying supplemental materials and addressing human-capital needs for instruction. The presentation closed with staff asking if board members had questions; no substantive objections or alternate proposals were recorded in the transcript.
