Instructional & Digital Materials
(Download Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print PDF) The Instructional & Digital Materials team strives to provide Broward County Public Schools with information regarding instructional materials that support 21st Century teaching and learning. Instructional Resources personnel are dedicated to providing the highest quality instructional materials to students and teachers. We are driven to affect student achievement and to acquire, organize, and make available the sources of information needed to purchase and maintain the District’s instructional materials.
Instructional Materials Adoption Information
Science Adoption Digital Access 2024
K-12 Science Adoption
Textbook Adoption Process
- Announcement of Titles and Specifications
This title must be on the list of Florida Adopted Instructional Materials. Working with curriculum supervisors, the core courses needing new instructional materials in a subject area are identified and the adoption is announced to the vendors submitting titles for Florida Instructional Materials Adoption. Meetings are held with vendors to inform them of the Florida Instructional Materials specifications and specific Broward requirements. Broward requirements are based on School Board Policy 6308, Broward curricular programs, the Broward Strategic Plan, and Broward technical requirements.
- Adoption Committee Review
Broward subject-area expert teachers are recruited to serve as the voting members of the Adoption Committee. The Adoption Committee completes an in-depth review of the submitted materials. Program experts from Exceptional Student Education, English Language Learning, Diversity, and Instructional Technology are recruited as non-voting members to review the adopted titles and provide reports on the suitability of the titles to the Adoption Committee. Community volunteers and parents are recruited as non-voting members to review the program and provide reports to the Adoption Committee. The Adoption Committee ranks the submissions based on their reviews and the reports of the non-voting committee members.
- Feedback from Teachers
Links to the digital versions of the top ranked submissions in each course are made available to all classroom teachers for review and comments.
- Cost and Implement Proposals
Curriculum supervisors, program experts, and Innovative Learning & Arts staff create implementation options. Cost proposal based on implementation options are requested for the top ranked submissions.
- Identification of Title
A selection matrix is created in which includes the rankings from the Adoption Committee, feedback from the teachers, and the cost proposal for the implementations. The selection matrix is presented to senior management and a title is selected.
Instructional Materials
Teacher’s Guidebook: Getting Started with Applications
Instructional Materials Titles
Elementary School (K-5) Materials
Textbook and External Tools within Canvas
- Teachers:
- Teachers can access via the ThinkCentral app on the SSO LaunchPad.
- Teachers can access the core components via the “Online Textbooks” app in the SSO LaunchPad which redirects to the Textbooks Sharepoint.
- Student can access via the ThinkCentral app on the SSO LaunchPad.
- Students can access the core components via the “Digital Student Resources” app in the SSO LaunchPad which redirects to the Student Resources course in Canvas.
Mathematics (enVision)