New for 2006! Do you want to have more than 6 teachers from your building participate in Read Around the Planet this year?

Recommended for experienced RAP building coordinators only.

This year, consider a "building match"! Instead of one test call per teacher and pulling your hair out, partner up with another building, do one test, and negotiate the dates & times together! Do 30 min. connections back to back if you want. Negotiate around lunch and recess! Have the flexibility of connecting during March!

Buildings will be matched elementary to elementary and middle school to middle school based on the number of teachers signed up. We don’t recommend building matches for high schools and middle schools with inflexible schedules. It will be up to the building coordinators at the two buildings to negotiate times and which teachers are matched together.

If you want to do a building match, you must:

• Designate one RAP liaison/contact per building for communication purposes.
• Be flexible to work with the partner school.
• Be willing to have all/most of your teachers participate in the project.
• Be willing to have teachers buddy up for a connection if necessary.

We cannot guarantee an exact number of teachers match with another building. In addition, while we encourage classes to connect during the March 1-3 time frame, we also encourage you to be flexible with issues that come up (snow days, etc.).

To participate in a building match, get verified as usual, then instead of registering teachers, register your building. There will be two separate registration forms.

Please also download and print the Building Match Coordinator Packet. Handy charts and checklists to keep track of your partnership.

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