overview
The goal of Phase I is to select materials that support a clear and common vision of great instruction for the subject, with stakeholder participation in the process. Teachers are central to every great selection story and reported learning from the process when it was done well.
Successful early implementers:
- Were clear on the vision of instruction first so it could inform every step of the process
- Involved educators throughout the process in a meaningful way
- Trained the team on the vision and the standards – not only the review process
- Identified non-negotiables and used them to prescreen the list of options so that reviewers had fewer materials to review and could go deeper into each
- Communicated the process and decision transparently to the community
- Ordered materials for arrival before summer break, or at least before training