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Committee recommends iCEV, Tennessee Computer Science and HealthSmart for Germantown CTE and PE materials
Summary
A textbook committee presented unanimous recommendations for instructional materials in CTE (information technology, advanced manufacturing) and Lifetime Wellness (PE). The committee, made up primarily of teachers and two parent volunteers, will return purchase recommendations for board approval in April.
Miss Abel presented the results of the district's textbook (instructional materials) review for Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs and Lifetime Wellness (PE).
She explained the state adoption cycle and said the district is on schedule E of the Tennessee State Board of Education's eight-year textbook/instructional-materials schedule. The local committee reviewed materials for 10 courses and, where options existed, selected those they considered the best fit for the district and standards alignment. Selections the committee recommended included iCEV for several STEM middle- and high-school courses, the Tennessee Computer Science materials for coding and cybersecurity, and HealthSmart for Lifetime Wellness. Miss Abel said the committee's decisions were unanimous.
Miss Abel noted the materials are primarily online this cycle and that community preview day had no in-person attendees; she said members of the public can review state-approved instructional materials on the Tennessee Department of Education textbook page. She also explained that if families request physical copies, the district can extract and print the relevant content locally, and some publishers provide supplemental workbooks even when core materials are online.
The district committee included six teachers and two parent volunteers; Miss Abel described a monthslong review using state rubrics and standards-alignment criteria. She said purchases for the recommended materials will be presented to the board for approval at the April business meeting.
No vote was held during the work session; staff indicated the purchase requests will return in April for formal action.
