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ERS Library Delivery & Pickup

ERS Library Delivery & Pickup Service is available for all Tulare & Kings County sites with an active 2021-22 ERS Library Media Service Agreement. To confirm your site's assigned weekly delivery day, click here.

For route-specific questions, please email the designated Library Media Technician:

Tuesday Route: Kim Rice
Wednesday Route: Maria Ortiz
Thursday1 Route: Sara Torabi
Thursday2 Route: Kim/Maria

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CSS Bookmarks Quote/Order Form

Registration for the 2022-23 iteration of CheckThisOut! is now open. We invite all staff members at districts with an active 2022-23 ERS Library Media Services Agreement to participate.

Click here to discover how a FREE service can simplify finding resources that enhance your lesson plans and engage your students.
For those who can't wait to join the fun, this link will take you directly to the registration form.

Essential Office Technology Series 3

Please join TCOE Instructional Technology Specialists Steve Woods & Doug Cairns for their third series of Essential Office Technology training sessions. They will be revisiting their most popular topics from Series 1 and 2, including Google's Sheets, Forms, Drive and Docs, Microsoft's Outlook and Excel, and Canva. If you couldn't attend a previous session or would like a refresher, the summer series is for you!

These virtual sessions are perfect for administrators, office, and technology staff who work at a County Office of Education, district office, or school site. Click on the flyer at left to learn more.

The ELA and Math Departments in TCOE’s Educational Resource Services division have created a series of California State Standard Bookmarks for purchase through the ERS Library. CSS Bookmarks are available in grades K-12 (English Language Arts) and K-8 (Mathematics), color-coded by strand and fastened with a binder ring for ease of use.

To order CSS Bookmarks for your district or site staff, use the link below to generate your quote, then download the page as a PDF and email it to library@ersconnect.org. A member of our staff will respond shortly to confirm the quote and provide an estimated delivery* or pick-up date.

CSS Bookmarks Quote/Order Form

*Delivery is available to ERS Library contracting districts/sites in Tulare and Kings Counties.

Join our Instructional Technology Specialists, Doug Cairns & Steve Woods, for twenty-one FREE Tech Tools sessions throughout the 2021-22 school year. Click the Tech Tools banner above or visit the Tech Tools tab of the ERS Portal for a list of upcoming sessions and the registration link.

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Be sure to visit ALL the ERS Multimedia Portals

The Educator Portal, Teen Portal and Kids Portal each recently received a virtual makeover! They still contain your favorite grade level-appropriate, engaging, and educational digital resources (+2 brand new ebook/audiobook options), with a new and more user-friendly look. These portals are available wherever you (and your students) have internet access...desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone; at school, at home or on the road!


Educator Portal Teachers, Administrators, Home School Parents		Teen Portal 9th - 12th grades		Kids Portal K - 8th grades

Kids Portal and Teen Portal Bookmarks are available!

Maintain the classroom learning momentum by providing your students with unlimited access to a suite of valuable (and fun) online learning tools. Step 1 - download the Kids Portal (K-8) or Teen Portal (9-12) bookmarks below. Step 2 - open the file in Adobe PDF to add your school's name and customized login. Step 3 - print, cut, and send these bookmarks home with your students.

Click on either image below to download bookmarks for the Kids and Teens Portals (Adobe PDF).

ERS Library Supported Student Events

Reading Revolution is a fun reading competition designed to promote literacy and the joy of reading for students in grades 4-8, regardless of ability. The goal is for students to experience a variety of quality literature and nonfiction, while increasing reading comprehension and promoting collaboration and teamwork. Teams of four students read, discuss, and practice quizzing each other in preparation for the actual competition, during which students will answer questions in a variety of formats and with varying levels of difficulty.

Click here for 2021-22 information!

Young Authors' Faire offers budding writers in grades K-8 an opportunity to have their books read by others. The books, written by students, are on display for the entire week, while visitors are invited to read and comment on them. This event always has a great response from the community because of the hard work the students put into creating original stories and books.

An evening reception is held so that the public can meet the young authors and help them celebrate in their success.

Click here for 2021-22 information!

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