Diane Vaccari
Director of Instructional Materials
325 West Gaines Street, Room 424
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400

Phone: (850) 245-0425
Fax: (850) 245-0826

General Information

• Overview of Florida's Adoption Process
• Instructional Materials Adoption Cycle
• State Instructional Materials Committees (SIMC)
• Information for Evaluating Instructional Materials
• Florida Catalog of State Adopted Instructional Materials
• FIMWeb is the website for reporting planned purchases as required by law
• Publisher Registration
• Specifications
• Memos

2010-2011 Adoption Year (Science)

• Specifications (PDF, 5MB)
• Publisher Conference Call Notes (PDF, 16KB)

2009-2010 Adoption Year (Mathematics)

• Fall Adoption Meeting Information
• Short Bid Report (PDF, 204KB)
• Detailed Bid Report (PDF, 13MB)
• Publisher Registration (PDF, 147KB)
• Publisher Registration (Excel, 87KB)
• SIMC Online Nomination Forms
• Information for Prospective SIMC Members (PDF, 25KB)
• Publishers’ Workshop/Training Registration
• Specifications
• Bid Information for Publishers
• General Points for Mathematics Instructional Materials (PDF, 42KB)
• Announcement (PDF, 57KB)

2008-2009 Adoption Year (Language Arts, ESOL, Music)

• Specifications
• Adopted Instructional Materials (PDF, 45KB)
• State Instructional Materials Committees’ Report
• Publisher Contact List (PDF, 1MB)
• Publisher Contact List (Excel, 92KB)
• Bid Information for Publishers
• Fall Adoption Meeting Information

2007-2008 Adoption Year (Reading)

• Specifications (PDF, 593KB)
• Adopted Instructional Materials (PDF, 80KB)
• State Instructional Materials Committees' Report
• Publisher Contact List (PDF, 741KB)
• Publisher Contact List (Excel, 189KB)
• Bid Information for Publishers
• Fall Adoption Meeting Information
• Announcement (PDF, 44KB)

2006-2007 Adoption Year(World Languages, Visual Arts, Health/PE, Workforce Education

• Specifications
• Adopted Instructional Materials (PDF, 867KB)
• State Instructional Materials Committees' Report
• Publisher Contact List (PDF, 531KB)
• Publisher Contact List (Excel, 116KB)
• Bid Information for Publishers
• Adoption Meeting Dates (PDF, 29KB)
• Announcement (PDF, 33KB)

2005-2006 Adoption Year (Science)

• Specifications
• Adopted Instructional Materials (PDF, 60KB)
• State Instructional Materials Committees' Report
• Publisher Contact List (PDF, 87KB)
• Bid Information for Publishers
• Adoption Meeting Dates (PDF, 84KB)
• Announcement (PDF, 47KB)

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