Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission
An advisory body to the California State Board of Education
FINAL MEETING MINUTES: August 24, 2007 READING/LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (RLA/ELD) SUBJECT MATTER COMMITTEE
(Approved on September 27, 2007)
Report of Action
August 24, 2007
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
RLA SMC Members Present:
Becky Sullivan, Chair
José Velasquez, Vice Chair
Connie Tate, Commission Vice Chair
Curriculum Commission Members Present:
Mary-Alicia McRae, Commission Chair
California Department of Education Staff Present:
Thomas Adams
Susan Martimo
Suzanne Rios
Jennifer Harrison
Irma Hernandez-Larin
Cynthia Gunderson
Patrice Roseboom
Marie Wilkerson
State Board of Education Members Present:
Yvonne Chan
State Board of Education Staff Present:
Dale Webster
Secretary of Education Staff Present:
Scott Hill
SMC Chair Sullivan called the RLA/ELD SMC meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
A. Review of the Agenda for September 6, 2007 Publisher Briefing
A proposed draft agenda for the upcoming Publisher Briefing on September 6, 2007, was reviewed. A change was made to include a review of the Q&A bulletin questions for Program 5 following the presentation of Program 5.
B. Review PowerPoint Slides for September 6 Publisher Briefing - Programs 1, 2, 3, and 5
Chair Sullivan emphasized the purpose of the PowerPoint presentation, which is to provide guidance for the publishers on the evaluation criteria as it pertains to English learners. The presentation was revised and reorganized after the August 3, 2007, SMC meeting to follow the proposed agenda. The PowerPoint begins with an overview of Program 1 and Program 2, followed by a comparison of the extra support for English Learners with the extra hour of English-language development instruction. Program 3 is then highlighted, and the presentation ends with an overview of Program 5: Intensive intervention for English Learners. Staff provided background on how the slides had been rearranged, with transition slides and additional information added.
Starting with Program 5, Commissioners, staff and audience members discussed and made suggested changes to the organization and content of the slides. Suggested changes included providing the same or similar slides in all four programs when discussing Criteria Categories 1-5. Also, formatting inconsistencies were noted, along with some editing errors. Specific content changes were identified and added to strengthen examples and support. Also, talking point comments were suggested as the slides were reviewed.
Following the review of the content of the slides, Chair Sullivan requested specific suggestions regarding the talking points. In addition to the talking points, background information was requested when slides contained partial points or excerpts.
A telephone conference will be held on September 4, beginning at 1:30 p.m., with staff and commissioners to review the final presentation and decide presentation assignments of SMC members.
C. Publisher Briefing Ice Breaker “Pre and Post Quiz” and Interactive Activity
Changes were made to the “quiz”, with a notation to make sure that somewhere in the talking points the answers are included. Since some publishers will be leaving after the basic programs, or new publishers arriving just for the intervention program, the “post quiz” will be given before the lunch break, as well as at the end of the day. It was decided to do the interactive activity for Matrix 3 during Program 2 when the appendix is introduced, instead of before lunch. The same interactive activity will be added for the intervention program using Matrix 2.
D. Update on IMAP and CRP Applications
For information, an update on IMAP and CRP applications received to-date for the 2008 RLA/ELD Primary Adoption panels was provided.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 p.m.
