Alvin ISD Book Bus Reading is a Great

Alvin ISD Book Bus Reading is a Great Foundation HOW TO GET YOUR DISTRICT’S SUPPORT TO START AND MANTAIN A MOBILE LIBRARY Ana Pasarella – Alvin ISD Family Engagement Coordinator Sheila Olson Alvin ISD Education Foundation Executive Director

Alvin ISD Book Bus Reading is a Great Foundation

Alvin ISD Book Bus Reading is a Great Foundation • Where to start? • • • Family & Community Engagement Office Curriculum (ELA) Department Superintendent Director of Transportation Board of Trustees

Alvin ISD Book Bus Reading is a Great Foundation • FUNDING? • • Grants from the Alvin ISD Education Foundation The transportation (unused school bus –drivers – maintenance) CTE (Career and Technical Education) – Renovation Federal and Special Programs Department Community Book Drive Local Budget (District) Community Sponsors

Alvin ISD Book Bus • Reading is a Great Foundation • Community Book Drive

Alvin ISD Book Bus • Reading is a Great Foundation • RENOVATION? ($15, 000)

Alvin ISD Book Bus • Reading is a Great Foundation • RENOVATION?

Alvin ISD Book Bus • Reading is a Great Foundation

Alvin ISD Book Bus • Reading is a Great Foundation • Wrapping – Exterior? ($10, 000)

Alvin ISD Book Bus • Reading is a Great Foundation

Alvin ISD Book Bus • Reading is a Great Foundation Approximate Budget: Renovation : $15, 000 ( if done by CTE Students) Wrapping: $10, 000 Staff: $11, 000 (Librarians and Assistant Librarians) – Drivers provided by transportation Books: $7, 000 * Additional 1 time purchases: $10, 000 ( 30 ipad minis, TV, Apple TV, games, craft material, boxes for ipads, ) ** * You can start with the books from the Book Drive ** Optional – Not needed to start the program ( will be used for Ready Program)

Alvin ISD Book Bus • Reading is a Great Foundation • SUMMER PROGRAM • During the summer of 2016, the Alvin ISD Book Bus visited 14 neighborhoods (on a rotating weekly schedule) that feed into the Alvin Title I schools. At the end of six weeks, over 2, 000 students and their parents had visited the Book Bus, checked out over 2, 500 books, and took home 2, 000 free books. • Relationships with the parents and community were strengthened and the support within the district and community brought together many varied departments working together for a common cause.

Alvin ISD Book Bus • Reading is a Great Foundation • Plans for the Future? • In the Fall of 2017, the Book Bus will be used as a mobile classroom for the READy Program. The Book Bus will bring the READy Program to neighborhoods with young children (ages 3 & 4) to work directly with parents on pre-reading skills and reading readiness. A READy facilitator will demonstrate ways parents can help their children develop these skills and will provide them with supplies and resources to use at home with their children. The READy Program will target parents of preschoolers from each high school feeder pattern (MHS, SCHS, AHS). • For the summer of 2017, the Book Bus schedule will be expanded to include 21 neighborhoods. • We will partner with the Nutrition Department to offer free meals to students and family members (up to 18 years old) who visit the Book Bus locations.

Alvin ISD Book Bus • Reading is a Great Foundation • For more information: • Ana Pasarella apasarella@alvinisd. net • Sheila Olson solson@alvinisd. net