Materials Reviewer Application Form for Parent Volunteers

Miami-Dade County Public Schools is looking for parent volunteers to serve on the upcoming K-12 Math textbook adoption District review committees. Any parent interested in participating in the adoption process must complete this application form to be considered for placement in one of the textbook review committees. Parent reviewers will be selected through a random selection process.

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One (1) participating committee member and one (1) alternate will be selected from the eligible applicants interested in volunteering. If there are more parents interested in being part of a review committee than there are open seats, the parents to serve on the committee will be randomly selected with the first name serving as the participating committee member and the subsequent name as the alternate. Additional weighting will be applied to non-employee parents of the District prior to random selection. Likewise, selected employees that voluntarily applied to serve as parents must utilize personal or vacation days if selected to serve on a committee. 

• Parents selected to serve on any review committee must have a verified child enrolled in a District public school and have the required availability for participation.  Likewise, the child of the parent selected to review materials must have access to the materials at some point throughout the adoption lifetime.  
• Should the participating parent be unavailable during any stage of the adoption process, the alternate parent shall assume the role of committee member for the duration of the process.
• Candidates and alternates selected for a committee must attend all required meetings, virtual or in person.
• Alternates are not eligible to vote for the adoption or purchase of any instructional materials, unless they have replaced a committee member who could no longer fulfill the responsibilities of or serve on the review committee.
• Candidates must have reliable transportation to attend all required in-person meetings. 
• A member of a State adoption committee may not serve on the local adoption committee.
• Members of a review committee will receive instructions and training in the evaluation techniques to be used, characteristics of effective instructional materials, and the skills necessary to make valid and objective decisions regarding the content and rigor of instructional materials.
• No school official or member of a District or State instructional materials review committee shall accept any emolument, money, other valuable things, or any inducement, to directly or indirectly introduce, recommend, vote for, or otherwise influence the adoption or purchase of any instructional materials.
• No member of a District evaluation committee may discuss matters relating to instructional materials submitted for adoption with any agent of a publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials, either directly or indirectly, except during the period when the committee shall have been called into session for the purpose of evaluating instructional materials submitted for adoption or in a public presentation showcasing the materials. Aside from exception noted above, both parties (District evaluation committee member and agent of a publisher or manufacturer or instructional materials) must comply with the District’s "Cone of Silence" (Policy 6325). Definition of the cone of silence and its stipulations may be found at http://procurement.dadeschools.net/pdp.asp.
• To participate in a District evaluation committee, candidates must have access to a computer and Internet connectivity as some of the meetings will be conducted online and some materials being reviewed are online resources. The District is not responsible for providing a computer or Internet connectivity to committee members.
• An approved application does not imply that a parent has been selected to serve on a review committee. If there are more parents interested in being part of a review committee than there are open parent seats, the parents to serve on the committee will be randomly selected with the first name serving as the participating committee member and the subsequent name as the alternate. Additional weighting will be applied to non-employee parents of the District prior to random selection. Likewise, selected employees that voluntarily applied to serve as parents must utilize personal or vacation days if selected to serve on a committee.
• Upon selection to serve, candidates shall sign an affidavit that contains the requirements set forth in F.S. 1006.30 and must adhere to any additional provisions of service set forth in School Board Policy 2510, which will be provided at the DIMRC training session.

BY SIGNING THIS FORM, I AM AGREEING TO THE TERMS AND CONDITION OUTLINED ABOVE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT. I AM GIVING TRUTHFUL INFORMAITON AND UNDERSTAND THAT GIVING FALSE INFORMATION WILL IMPACT MY ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS A REVIEWER. I UNDERSTAND THAT IF I AM NOT ABLE TO PEFORM ALL THE DUTIES OF A REVIEWER I WILL FORFIET MY PLACEMENT ON A REVIEW COMMITTEE.

This application will not be considered valid unless all sections are fully completed, and application has been signed and dated. Applicants submitting incomplete applications will not be considered for placement in committees. A volunteer reviewer's service may be terminated at any time, at the discretion of either M-DCPS or the volunteer. At that time, the alternate will replace the volunteer for the duration of the adoption process.

Please click on the "Review Answers" button below to review all your answers before submitting. Once you have reviewed your answers you can print your responses and submit your application.