Eligibility: Non-Public PK-12 Districts & Schools

Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc., one of the nation’s largest booksellers, operates over 600 bookstores in 50 states and maintains an eCommerce site, develops digital reading products, and operates NOOK, one of the largest digital bookstores.

Barnes & Noble’s principal business is the sale of trade books (generally, hardcover, and paperback titles), mass market paperbacks (such as mystery, romance, science fiction and other popular fiction), children’s books, eBooks and other digital content, NOOK® and related accessories, bargain books, magazines, gifts, café products and services, educational toys & games, music, and movies directly to customers through our bookstores or on http://www.barnesandnoble.com. Barnes & Noble has its own publishing company, Union Square & Co. (formerly Sterling Publishing).

Barnes & Noble has a dedicated team of more than 80 local Business Development Managers across the country, supporting schools, businesses, corporations and nonprofits in their regions. As part of the support provided to our valued institutional and corporate clients, Barnes & Noble provides access to our purchasing portal, &CLASSWORK.

&CLASSWORK is our secure purchasing portal where authorized users will have the opportunity to place orders, approve orders, and view pricing, discounts, and inventory in real-time. Nearly 2 million best-selling K-12 books are accessible 24/7 through a dynamic search tool that allows you to search by title, reading level, or language. In addition to the dynamic search tool, &Classwork offers the ability to create/save/duplicate shopping lists and request quotes. We accept electronically transmitted orders with payment via purchase order, credit card or p-card. And beyond that, Barnes & Noble offers &CLASSWORK via a PunchOut system that allows access to our website from your school/organization’s own procurement application.

Contract Highlights:

  • Dedicated Business Development Team
  • Institutional Discount Pricing & Deferred Billing
  • Shop in-store and online with ordering portal & Classwork
  • Access to the widest assortment of books and publishers
  • Nook app and ebooks

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Jean Chappell
Business Development Mgr. Central & East IL
219-386- 6749
jchappell@bn.com

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TEQ

Teq has been in business for over 50 years and provides SMART® interactive displays exclusively. Teq is the largest SMART resale partner globally. Schools can also purchase select 3D printers and STEM technology from Teq, including UltiMaker and Formlabs printers and Wonder Workshop and Birdbrain robots. Teq is unique in that it offers extensive professional development and project-based learning options from its staff of 20 current and former classroom teachers.

OTIS for Educators is an online professional learning platform offering courses on how to effectively integrate technology into instruction. Between an on-demand library and calendar of live sessions, OTIS makes it easy to access hundreds of courses, with topics on STEM, SEL, literacy, ENL/ELL, and more. Teq is a Google for Education Partner, Microsoft Training Partner, and OTIS is an ISTE Standards-aligned resource, so their staff and content has been independently evaluated and certified.

Teq offers a PBL program called iBlocks. An iBlock is a sequence of modules that include lessons and activities that culminate in a capstone project that is designed to reinforce concepts and ideas taught in the core subject areas with an emphasis of enhancing problem solving and future-ready skills. iBlocks cover a wide range of topics in order to encourage career exploration and many of the capstone projects can be connected to having a community impact.

 

Contact Highlights

  • One-stop-shop Approach Simplifies the Process of Transforming Classrooms and Fostering Student Success
  • Top Brands in Building Active Learning Spaces
  • Project Based Learning Tools
  • Professional Development for K12 Educators Available Both Onsite and Online

Contact your dedicated Account Manager

Carrie Gosz
Senior Account Executive
CarolynGosz@teq.com
312-256-3092

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TinkRworks

Based in Elmhurst, Illinois, TinkRworks is a supplemental K-8 STEAM curriculum used by districts nationwide to augment core curriculum, support academic learning objectives, and engage students in project-based learning activities. Designed to target strategic STEM standards and concepts, TinkRworks balances teacher-led instruction with independent student practice. Students address real-world problems to design, program, and complete projects. The program provides all project materials, instructional resources, assessment tools, and ongoing professional support. Developed by teachers and engineers, TinkRworks utilizes the engineering design process to help students innovate, iterate, and develop 21st-century workforce skills such as creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

Contract Highlights

  • Program includes standards-rich STEAM curriculum, hands-on project kits, professional development & support, and access to an online learning portal that supports implementation.
  • 10% off list price for Illinois schools – no minimum order
  • Discounted shipping

Contact your dedicated Account Manager

Matt Yena
Illinois School Partner
708-899-9362
matt.yena@TinkRworks.com

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EPS Learning

EPS Learning has partnered with educators for more than 70 years to advance literacy as the springboard for lifelong learning and opportunity. With more than 20 supplemental literacy solutions based on the science of reading, our products support grades PreK through 12, all tiers of instruction, and every pillar of reading. EPS Learning offers evidence-based intervention and customized professional learning to help move students toward growth, mastery, and success.

Contract Highlights:

EPS Learning offers comprehensive print and digital solutions for PreK–12 students across all tiers of instruction. Anchored in the science of reading, EPS Learning empowers teachers to meet students where they are and accelerate their learning.

 

Contact your dedicated Account Manager

EPS Learning
Betsy Lichner
Regional Account Executive
630-324-8278
betsy.lichner@epslearning.com

Roxann Salgado 
Regional Account Executive
603-579-3429
roxann.salgado@epslearning.com

Melissa Johnson
Regional Sales Manager – Midwest Territory
817-803-6061
melissa.johnson@epslearning.com

 

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SchoolsPLP

Welcome to the most innovative online Teaching & Learning Platform available today. SchoolsPLP is an NCAA-accredited comprehensive digital PreK-12 Teaching & Learning Platform that allows schools to easily plan and deliver online, hybrid, and blended learning options for students. We created SchoolsPLP in order to bring powerful technical tools and rich curriculum options into one simple experience to improve the lives of online educators.
Contract Highlights:

  • Powerful LMS containing with the best content available
  • All students, regardless of curriculum, accessible through a single dashboard
  • Various course designs for intervention are offered in the same place
  • Courses that allow customizable content
  • Colorful student reports sent weekly to parents and guardians

 

 

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Matt West
Regional Manager
matt@schoolsplp.com
602-349-3693

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Rethink Ed

Rethink Ed combines the power of technology and research to deliver innovative, scalable, and evidence-based instructional materials and supports for all learners and educators. Rethink Ed provides the most comprehensive solution to address the academic, behavioral, and social, emotional, and mental wellness needs of students, as well as the adults who support them. From fostering the development of important social-emotional skills to closing the learning gap through effective interventions and support, Rethink Ed provides the resources needed to create healthy and successful learning communities.

The Rethink Ed Solution features:

Staff Professional Learning: digital, scalable solutions for adult learners with courses addressing Social Emotional Wellness, Mental Health, MTSS, Behavior Intervention, and Special Education best practices.

MTSS & Behavior: Comprehensive solution helps districts build strong tiered supports for streamlined initiatives, as well as empower educators to learn about MTSS concepts, develop academic, behavior, and social-emotional learning plans, provide meaningful interventions, and analyze the effectiveness of their entire MTSS process.

Wellness Curricula: Comprehensive multi-tiered K-12, CASEL-aligned SEL curriculum for ALL learners with accompanying assessments. Comprehensive multi-tiered K-12, evidence-based Mental Health curriculum.

Academic Intervention: Comprehensive K-12 program (Vizzle) provides over 40,000 interactive, standards-aligned, leveled lessons, courses, and activities in all core subjects (Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies).

Foundational Skills: Solution focused on developing independent learners by increasing student communication and foundational skills proficiency.

Behavior Solution: Provides easy assessments, interventions, and progress monitoring tools to manage challenging behaviors

Data Collection/Tracking Progress: Robust data collection and monitoring tools for automatic and manual data collection (including an app) for uniform, timely, and ongoing monitoring of group or individual student progress.

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Mike Kisow
National Sales Manager
646-630-3101
mike.kisow@rethinked.com

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Super Duper Publications

Thomas and Sharon Webber founded Super Duper® in 1986. We strive daily to bring creative, unique, research-based, easy-to-understand, bright, and cheerful educational products to children and the young at heart all around the world.

Super Duper® Publications creates, develops, publishes, and sells K-12 educational materials, RTI programs, HearBuilder® Online software, Super Duper Digital Library, e-Learning software applications, print books, games, card decks, magnetics, assessments, equipment, and supplies. We also carry products for children with language and learning delays, as well as special needs.

Our line of materials includes the award-winning HearBuilder Educational Software www.hearbuilder.com; the Super Duper Digital Library which is an online interactive collection of many of our beloved print products; RTI programs such as Language LAB®, Artic LAB®, and START-IN® for Reading; Jeepers Peepers® Questions Game; MagneTalk® Language Games; Super Duper® Fun Decks®; Chipper Chat® Magnetic Chip Games; and Webber® Articulation and Language Books, Card Decks, and Board Games.

Super Duper®Inc. has an international customer base and provides HearBuilder® Online, Super Duper Digital Library subscriptions, and our printed materials to school districts and individual customers all over the world.

We have over 36 years of experience in the educational field and currently have a staff of 65 employees.

Our highly successful HearBuilder software CD series was released in 2009, and in 2014, we created the web-based HearBuilder® Online software. Due to the increased need for e-learning resources, Super Duper developed the Super Duper Digital Library in 2020. This interactive collection of many of our beloved books, games, and card decks. New products are added to our Digital Library every month.

Contract Highlights

  • This bid is offered a 5% discount, but it does not apply to HearBuilder Online subscriptions, Super Duper Digital Library, Apps, digital content, tests, forms and assessments, distributed software and gift certificates. Please reference discount code Z024C on all orders and quotes to ensure the 5% discount is applied.
  • Discounts are offered periodically on www.superduperinc.com. A PO submitted via our website is eligible for any web promotion/special. Please note that phone orders, as well as faxed/emailed/mailed purchase orders will not qualify for any web discounts. These offers are only available online and cannot be combined or redeemed with other promotions/discounts.
  • Standard shipping in the United States and Canada is FREE on all orders of $75.00 or more. Orders less than $75.00 will be charged $9.95 for standard shipping. The customer is responsible for expedited shipping charges.

For Assistance With Orders:
Customer Help Department
(800) 277-8737 phone
(800) 978-7379 fax
customerhelp@superduperinc.com (general questions)
e-purchaseorders@superduperinc.com (purchase orders)

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Flinn Scientific

Flinn Scientific, Inc., based in Batavia, Illinois, is a comprehensive multi-line supplier of manufactured and purchased science education products and curricula. Since its founding in 1977, as a laboratory chemicals supplier to high school science teachers, Flinn has continuously expanded its product lines and markets and has developed an intensely loyal, growing base of science teacher customers across all 50 states. Science isn’t just our business— it’s our passion. We make teaching science easier, because we believe in science. We believe in curiosity and determination— in the insatiable quest for knowledge, and the transformative power of breakthroughs. We love those moments when true understanding dawns, and the light bulbs come on, so we love enabling them in our own small way. Science matters— and we also happen to think it’s pretty cool. We’ve been a market leader in science supplies & solutions for over 40 years.

Contract Highlights:

  • High-quality chemicals, hands-on kits, & exceptional equipment for the best learning outcomes
  • Special support for new teachers and professional learning webinars for everyone
  • Thousands of award-winning customizable digital labs, activities, and resources for all science disciplines
  • 10% and Free Shipping Over $100*

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Rebecca Wilson
Account Manager
rwilson@flinnsci.com
630-389-3806

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Audio Enhancment

For more than forty-five years, Audio Enhancement has served schools throughout the United States, providing both classroom audio enhancement systems as well as integration services for classroom technology. Audio Enhancement is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has facilities in Georgia and Florida.

Audio Enhancement was founded in 1978 by Claudia Anderson around the simple idea that “learning begins with hearing.” Having two children with hearing impairments, the first Audio Enhancement systems were designed specifically for the hard-of-hearing. Early in our history, technological advancements made it possible to also provide whole classroom sound systems, benefiting all students. Audio Enhancement has been the innovator and leader in this field. In the late 1990s, Audio Enhancement designed, patented, and produced the first infrared, wireless teacher microphones, revolutionizing the industry. The quality, dependability, and reliability of subsequent products exceeded anything that came before. Audio Enhancement has manufactured, installed, and serviced more classroom sound systems than all other companies combined.

Audio Enhancement provides customizable solutions to support learning inside and outside the classroom. These solutions include classroom audio, cameras, safety alerts, and schoolwide communication. Classroom audio provides a teacher microphone, distributing the teacher’s voice to all students. The microphone includes emergency alert buttons, quickly notifying office staff of urgent situations. Classroom cameras provide teachers with a way to record or livestream lessons for remote and blended learning models.

Contract Highlights:

  • Significant cost savings
  • Customized solutions with scalable integration
  • System training available for customers

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Shannon Hopkins
Regional Vice President of Sales
shannon.hopkins@audioenhancement.com
256-565-3955

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The OrganWise Guys

For over 30 years, The OrganWise Guys Inc. has worked with schools, early learning centers, universities, foundations, public and private health organizations, nutrition experts, and educators across the country to create a “whole child” approach to raising a healthier, more productive generation.

The OrganWise Guys program is a curriculum-linked, evidence-based approach to nutrition, health, and emotional well-being that provides a solution for educators and parents who want to inspire their children and the lives of children they influence to embrace a holistic, health-focused, balanced life since a healthy child is a better, more productive student.

Research shows that the behaviors that lead to improved health also lead to improved academic outcomes in literacy and math. These materials (available in physical items, manipulatives, and digitally) help children learn about nutrition and health in creative ways that allow them to retain important information to take care of their overall well-being. Best of all, it’s FUN!

Contract Highlights:

  • All content correlated to IL-specific standards in math, science, language arts, and health/PE, as well as national STEM and Head Start standards
  • Documented literacy improvements
  • Ideal for Media Specialists, Nurses, Counselors, and PE/Health Teachers who see all students.
  • Easy to use – no prop for teachers
  • Year-round nutrition education (parent newsletter, activity sheet, clip art, and more)
  • SEL (Social Emotional Learning) components to help with student’s overall well-being
  • Content available in English and Spanish
  • Virtual (free of charge) or in-person training to quickly onboard teachers
  • Quantity discounts of up to 30% and a special 50% discount for all student activity books

Contact your dedicated Account Manager:

Dr. Michelle Lombardo
President
michelle@organwiseguys.com
800-786-1730 X6

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