1. Welcome to the Book Trust Teacher Training

2. Congratulations! You are a Book Trust Teacher. This means that each of your students will have the opportunity to fall in love with reading by ordering $7 worth of books that they are excited to read - every month of the school year (Sept- May)! This webinar will go over everything you need to know for using the program.

3. Contents 1.What is Book Trust? 2.Components of Book Trust 3.Teacher toolkit 4.How to order with Scholastic 5.Scholastic teacher incentives 6.Book Trust website 7.Next steps

4. Book Trust National literacy non-profit Partner with Scholastic and leverage their operations

5. Book Trust Videos Click here to see our new video! Click here for our “What is Book Trust” video Click here to see how to order with Scholastic!

6. What does it mean to have Book Trust? Flyers stay in class – instead of going home Every student orders Every student spends $7 a month Reading is celebrated Students build a home library

7. Book Trust Ensures students fall in love with reading Implemented monthly in classrooms as part of literacy instruction Results in students building a personal library and teachers building classroom libraries BT students read more, become better readers, and their families are more engaged in reading

8. Current Reach: 2015-2016 170+ schools 50,000 students 1m student books 2,500+ teachers 250,000 books for classroom libraries NE IA WY

9. Book Trust Student Reading Growth

10. Teacher Toolkit  Each teacher will receive a hard copy of the toolkit  Multiple lesson plans, tip sheets, and worksheets for teachers to use  Available online at the URL booktrust.org/teachertoolkit soon!

11. Book Trust Program Components Strong classroom culture of literacy Choice Family Engagement

12. 1.Empowering students to choose books  Students Choose  Anticipation Builds  Engagement Increases

13. Student Choice  Choice increases motivation to read

14. Anticipation Builds  Students await the arrival of books  Teachers mark a “reading celebration” day on the calendar

15. Engagement Increases  Motivation to Read Profile Assessment

16. Ideas for Choice  Mingle Mingle  Gallery Walk

17. Ideas for Choice  Club Leo flyer and “We Need Diverse Books” flyer

18. Ideas for Choice  For younger students, work together 1-1 or in small groups to choose books that add to $7

19. Ideas for Choice  Cut apart Scholastic catalogs by reading level and price to make choice easier for students

20.  Ideas for choice  Choice book club cards  Check out Booktrust.org/teachertoolkit for more resources Inside the toolkit

21. Fun Fact 90% of teachers who used the Book Trust Program said that Book Trust increased the social acceptability of reading

22. 2. Classroom culture of literacy  Celebration  Sharing  Routine  Independent reading

23. Celebration  Teachers create excitement  Students participate in activities

24. Sharing  Students share out  Teachers model sharing

25. Routine  Happens every month  Instilling reading habits

26. Independent Reading  Teachers make class time  Reading for joy

27. Ideas on how to build culture  Have a simple celebration every time the book box arrives, such as a drum roll or clapping to get the students excited

28. Ideas on how to build culture  Have student share about their favorite books in groups or to the whole class

29.  Ideas for celebration  Ideas on how to share your celebrations with Book Trust  Check out Booktrust.org/teachertoolkit for more resources Inside the toolkit

30. Fun Fact  98% of Book Trust Teachers report that their students are reading at home with their families

31. 3. Family Engagement  Ownership  Home libraries  20 minutes a night

32. Ownership  Students own books  Students write their names on books

33. Home Libraries  Students create a special place for their books

34. 20 minutes a night  Students read to others  Students use reading logs

35. Ideas on Engaging families  Talk about Book Trust at back to school nights or family literacy nights

36. Ideas on Engaging families  Share Book Trust tip sheets with your families  Found at Booktrust.org/teachers

38.  Ideas for talking with families about Book Trust  A lesson on how to build your own home library  Check out Booktrust.org/teachertoolkit for more resources Inside the toolkit

39. Fun Fact  86% of Book Trust teachers report that their families are asking for tips and activities to do while reading at home

40. How to Order with Scholastic  Step 1: Teachers must create a Scholastic account  Go to http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/ to create an accounthttp://www.scholastic.com/teachers/  If you already have a Scholastic account, login to update or confirm your student roster number as well as the grade you will be teaching this school year

41. Teacher Pre-Survey  Step 2: Teachers take the pre-survey  You will receive an email with a link to take the pre-survey from support@booktrust.org support@booktrust.org  The survey will take approximately 20 minutes

42. Customer Number Step 1  Step 3: Teachers provide Book Trust with their customer number on the pre-survey  Customer numbers are used to download and pay Student Flyer Orders  If you’re having trouble locating your customer number, watch video on the following page

43. Customer Number Step 1  Click here to watch the video to see how to find your customer number from inside Scholastic Click here

44. Place your order Step 1  Step 4: After completion of the pre-survey, Book Trust will confirm your customer number  Teachers will receive confirmation via email that they are ready to place their first order  Confirmation should arrive within 2 business days of completing the pre-survey

45. Order Frequency Step 1  Be sure to order only 1 time per month  Book Trust will not reimburse teacher accounts for late or early orders  For example, teachers may not place December orders in November

46. Order Deadline Step 1  Order by the 15 th of each month!  Any order placed after 10 pm CT the last day of the month will count as the next months’ order  This means students lose out on one month’s books

47.  Click here to watch a video showing how to place your order using the Student Flyer Order tab Click here How to Order

48. Order Tabs

49. Order Tabs cont.

50.  Step 5: Spend $7 per student per month  Encourage students to spend the full $7 each month!  If students order $4, Book Trust will pay $4 for that student  If a student orders $9, Book Trust will pay $7 for that student and the teacher must collect and send in the additional $2 to Scholastic  Book Trust recommends teachers send in the additional cash monthly, rather than waiting and paying at the end of the year Ordering with Scholastic cont.

51.  Step 6: Choose the “checks” payment method  Scholastic does not require payment upon checkout for teachers who choose the “checks” option  Book Trust Teachers will choose the “checks” payment method.  Book Trust, using your Customer Number, will apply the payment to your account. Ordering with Scholastic cont.

52. Payment Method

53.  Step 7: Await email confirmation from Scholastic  After successfully submitting an order, teachers will receive email confirmation from Scholastic  If you did not receive email confirmation, you may not have fully placed your order. Login to Scholastic to see if the order is still in your cart Order Confirmation

54. Order Confirmation Email

55. Repayment Policy  Book Trust pays orders the 15 th of the following month  Ex: September orders will be paid by October 15  You may receive a statement from Scholastic  Check your account the 15 th of the following month to figure out your balance

56. Repayment Policy  Click here to watch a video showing how to check your account balance Click here

57. Our guarantee  We will pay all Book Trust eligible orders  If you think Book Trust has made a mistake paying your account, contact us at support@booktrust.org as soon as possible!

58. Scholastic Catalogs

59. Scholastic Teacher Incentives  Order $50 in books by September 30 and receive a class set of book coupons, classroom poster, and stickers  Order $125 or more by September 30 and ALSO get a free 10-book pack – based on the grade indicated you teach

60. Website www.booktrust.org/teachers

61. Stay Connected Follow our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/booktrustUSAhttps://www.facebook.com/booktrustUSA

62. Next Steps  Create a Scholastic account or confirm your Scholastic account details  Take the pre-survey, which you will receive via email once your Book Trust Manager completes their teacher roster  Receive confirmation that you are ready to place your first order  Pass out Scholastic flyers to students and help them choose books  Order between September 1-September 30!

63. Next Steps for Student Surveys  Only for:  All Nebraska and Iowa Schools: Omaha Public Schools, Council Bluffs Public Schools, Bellevue Public Schools, Milliard School District, Ralston School District, Westside Community Schools  Oakland Unified School District, CA  Fort Worth Independent School District, TX  School District of Philadelphia, PA  Alamosa School District, CO  Baker School District, OR  Have your 2 nd and 3 rd grade students complete the student survey by September 10 th  Teachers will not be able to place their September order until their student surveys are complete

64. Questions? Contact support@booktrust.org or call 720-259-8050support@booktrust.org