Curriculum Adoption - Electives 2026
Purpose
This year's adoption will be Electives. That will include the following sub-categories:
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Objectives
- Review and evaluate district-approved elective curriculum materials as needed to ensure consistency, alignment with standards, and effective usage across all schools.
- Review materials that are brought to the committee
- Evaluate material based on a rubric that has been created by the committee for academic merit and potential sensitive issues
- Using the rubric, discuss the material’s value for academic merit, instruction of standards, and content
- By consensus, recommend the addition or removal of material as a supplement to the core curriculum
Members
Dr. Tamara Jagodzinski
Director of Teaching and Learning
Committee Chair
Tiffany Sorensen
Administrative Support Coordinator
Full Committee Meetings
Fine Arts & PE Meetings
World Language Meetings
General Electives & Computer Science and Technology Meetings
CTE Meetings
Apply
The process for textbook and instructional material adoption is important for teachers, students, and parents. In accordance with Arizona statute, Policy 15-721, SUSD follows a structured process for curriculum review and recommendation for adoption by the Governing Board. Participation by various stakeholders is vital to the process. As stated in SUSD’s Information for Committee Board Policy, at least one-half (1/2) of the members of any curriculum development committee shall be District certificated teachers who possess content knowledge of the curriculum to be developed. A three-person selection team comprised of SUSD Cabinet, Ed Services Department and/or Teaching and Learning Department team members will review applications and select applicants to ensure the committee make-up includes content experts and diverse voices from across our learning communities. All curriculum adoption committees convened will comply with the requirements of the Open Meeting Law.
The application for this committee is closed