Textbooks must be approved by the book committee. If a teacher would like to change a book, the teacher should see the book committee chairperson to get a Textbook Review Form (see Faculty Handbook for a sample form) and submit the completed form and the textbook to the committee chairperson. The committee will review the book. This process must begin one session before the book is to be used.
1. The Curriculum Committee may ask the Textbook Committee to consider changes to texts in light of proposed or adopted changes in the curriculum, or an interested faculty member who regularly teaches a particular course may ask for review of a new text, stating the reason for the request (for example, the current text no longer adequately addresses the changing curriculum or a new text has just been published).
2. Affected faculty and committee members meet and review the nominated and alternative texts, if necessary, completing review sheets, re: curriculum, sub-skill sections, content areas, difficulty and length of readings, use of illustration, vocabulary level, nature of exercises, additional features, etc.
3. Each member of the Textbook Committee, including faculty members attending a hearing for adoption have one vote. The Textbook Committee’s vote for adoption will not require approval of the full faculty, although a majority of the faculty may veto a committee recommendation.