Taking Care of Business – S&L Style Advanced School & Library Training Viki Noe-Chikow Supervisor Usborne National Convention June 23, 2006

Taking Care of Business – S&L Style

Advanced School & Library Training

Viki Noe-Chikow Supervisor

Usborne National Convention

June 23, 2006



Bidding on District-Wide Contracts

How are contract opportunities disseminated?

– Public Announcements: newspapers, websites, approved vendor lists

– General public vs. pre-selected/qualified vendors



Types of information solicited by school districts:

– RFP = Request for Proposal

– RFQ = Request for Quote

– RFI = Request for Information

– Bid



Internal EDC Procedures

– If you are the EC with the district listing, forward all information on this opportunity to Randall and Todd.

– If you are not the EC with the district listing, contact the EC who is.

– If no one has the district listed, discuss with Todd.



Compliance with contract

– All EC’s serving that district – whether on the district or individual school level – MUST comply with all terms of the contract, or they (and EDC) will be shut out of doing business in that district.

– The EC listing the district is responsible for training all EC’s serving the individual schools in the particulars of that contract.



Sole Sourcing and other restrictions

– Exclusivity of EDC library-bound titles

– Waiver policies

– Closed districts



Opening Day Collections

– Could be library or classroom use

– How they are created

– Marketing



State Standards

– What are they?

– How are they determined

– What subjects are covered?

– Relationship to curriculum/standardized testing

– Aligning our titles – not a solo effort!



ILLINOIS STATE LEARNING STANDARDS

There are 29 State Goals covering Math, Science, Social Studies, Foreign Language, Fine Arts, Physical Development and Health.

Each Goal has 2-6 Learning Standards.

Each Learning Standard has 1-6 Benchmarks per grade level.


Advanced School & Library Training ILLINOIS STATE LEARNING STANDARDS

Science – State Goal 12:

Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences. As a result of their schooling, students will be able to:

Learning Standard A:

Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change.



Early Elementary:

• 12.A.1a - Identify and describe the component parts of living things and their major functions.

• 12.A.1b - Categorize living organisms using a variety of observable features.

Late Elementary:

• 12.A.2a – Describe simple life cycles of plants and animals and the similarities and differences in their offspring

• 12.A.2b – Categorize features as either inherited or learned.



Middle/Junior HS

• 12.A.3a – Explain how cells function as “building blocks” of organisms and describe the requirements for cells to live.

• 12.A.3b – Compare characteristics of organisms produced from a single parent with those of organisms produced by two parents.

• 12.A.3c – Compare and contrast how different forms and structures reflect different functions.



Early High School

• 12.A.4a – Explain how genetic combinations produce visible effects and variations among physical features and cellular functions of organisms.

• 12.A.4b – Describe the structures and organization of cells and tissues that underlie basic life functions including nutrition, respiration, cellular transport, biosynthesis and reproduction.

• 12.A.4c – Describe processes by which organisms change over time using evidence from comparative anatomy and physiology, embryology, the fossil record, genetics and biochemistry.



Late High School

• 12.A.5a – Explain changes within cells and organisms in response to stimuli and changing Environmental conditions (e.g., homeostasis, dormancy).

• 12.A.5b – Analyze the transmission of genetic traits, disease and defects.


Advanced School & Library Training ALIGNMENT - POSSIBLE MATCHES TO STATE GOAL 12

(based on curriculum and reading level):

Early Elementary

First Encyclopedia of Human Body Flip Flap Body BookUnderstanding Your Body What Are People Different?Your Body (Beginners) What’s Inside You?Science & Your Body Science with PlantsFirst Book of Nature How Flowers Grow




Late Elementary

Complete Book of Human BodyComplete Book of MicroscopeHuman Body (Library of Science)Book of KnowledgeMysteries & Marvels of ScienceUnderstanding Your Body




Middle/Junior High School

Complete Book of Human Body BabiesHuman Body (Library of Science) Growing UpMysteries & Marvels of Science Genes & DNAComplete Book of Microscope Book of KnowledgeEncyclopedia of Planet Earth World of PlantsMysteries & Marvels of Nature




Early High School

Illustrated Dictionary of Science BabiesGrowing Up Genes & DNA

Late High School

Illustrated Dictionary of Science Growing Up


Advanced School & Library Training Policies and Ethics

Territories

Responsibilities of EC’s listing a district“Listing a school district or library system entitles an

EC to district level sales. It creates a responsibility for the EC to mentor other EC’s including those not in the same group who have listed individual schools and libraries within the district.” EC Manual, Page 11

EDC listings policy“…If they are interested in Usborne books for their

school or library and their school or library is already listed by another EC, you must contact the other EC who holds the listing by phone or email.” EC Manual, Page 12



Building your business ethically

Short-term gain vs. long-term growth

Benefits and consequences for you and EDC



Credits

Power Point Expert Emma ChikowMusic Coordinator John ChikowMusical Accompaniment

Elton John “The Bitch is Back”Aretha Franklin “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”BTO “Taking Care of Business”Paul McCartney “Live and Let Die”Crosby Stills & Nash “Teach Your

Children”Edwin Starr “War”Huey Lewis & the News “The Heart of Rock & Roll”

Documents

Taking Care of Business – S&L Style Advanced School & Library Training Viki Noe-Chikow Supervisor Usborne National Convention June 23, 2006