Professional Development

Engaging All Students through Good First Teaching

Let Okapi’s Professional Development Team help you and your teachers navigate the challenges of teaching in this standards-driven era without giving up the good teaching practices we know make a difference in our students’ reading and writing lives.

Okapi can provide professional development in a variety of ways, including:

•Research-based, classroom-tested, short or long-term professional development customized to your needs

• Product implementation training – onsite and/or virtual

• 1-day workshops

• 2-day institutes or symposiums

Scan here to learn more about our distinguished consultants and the best-practice learning opportunities available to you, or visit myokapi.com/prof-dev

ORDER FULFILLMENT & PROCESSING

Note: these terms apply to the supply of print products only. For all digital product purchases, please refer to your subscription license agreement for applicable terms.

Shipping & Handling

Our standard shipping and handling charges are based on a sliding scale per total amount spent, as follows:

• Invoice value $100 and under – a flat charge of $10.00 applies

• Invoice value between $100 and $999 – 10% of invoice value is charged

• Invoice value between $1000 and $9999 – 8% of invoice value is charged

• Invoice value greater than $9999, and all customers in Hawaii and Alaska, please call us at 1.866.652.7436 for an estimate.

Prices are subject to change without notice. We reserve the right to substitute for any out-of-stock items. Please allow 6–8 weeks delivery for out-of-stock items.

Returns Policy

Any printed item purchased may be returned within 30 days for a refund, credit to a purchase order, or credit to a customer account (contingent upon initial purchase payment terms). We will provide a 100% refund if the printed product is returned in its original form and with the original packaging within 30 days of shipping. After 30 days, returns are allowed only for product defects or failures to comply with our published descriptions. Please contact us at 1.866.652.7436 for a return authorization.

Any shortages must be identified within 30 days of shipping.

Possible instructional strategies include (for both English-only and Dual-Language/Biliteracy classrooms):

• Small Group Reading (Grades K-2 or 3-5)

• Shared Reading (Grades K-2 or 3-5)

• Read Aloud (Grades K-2 or 3-5)

• Shared and Interactive Reading (Grades K-2 or 3-5)

• Shared and Interactive Writing (Grades K-2 or 3-5)

• Assessment

• Creating a Dual-Literacy or Biliteracy Program

• Leadership Training for Administrators

• Using the Okapi Digital Literacy™ platform for remote, blended, or in-person instruction

Sales Tax

Sales Tax is applied to the subtotal, including shipping and handling, based on the state and local jurisdictions in accordance with Nexus laws. Institutions exempt from sales tax must present a valid exemption certificate at time of purchase.

Applicable taxes will be added to orders from CA, IL, MA, and WA, and may be added as of July 1, 2022 to orders from CO, MI, NJ, NY, and TX. Orders may be subject to sales tax in accordance with state law unless a tax-exemption certificate can be provided. We will include any applicable sales tax in our product quotes and notify you if this applies to your purchase order.

California customers: please include 8.75% California sales tax on prepaid orders shipping anywhere in the state.

Sales tax rates and locations are subject to change without notice.

Credit Cards and Okapi™ and Okapi™ Educational Publishing are registered trademarks of Okapi Educational Publishing, Inc. and and Despegando hacia la lectura® are are registered trademarks of Curtain Communications Pty Ltd and EC Licensing Pty Ltd respectively and used under exclusive licence. and WorldWise: Content-based Learning and ExploraMundos: Aprendizaje a través del contenido™ are are trademarks of EC Licensing Pty Ltd and used under exclusive license. and Biliteracy para todos™: Teaching for Language Connections are trademarks of EC Licensing Pty Ltd and used under exclusive license.

Credit Card Customers: please be sure the billing address on your order is an exact match with your credit card’s billing address.

We reserve the right to change these shipping and handling terms without prior notice.

Okapi Digital Literacy™ and are trademarks of Okapi Educational Publishing, Inc. Just Dual It!® and The Power of the Pair® are trademarks of EC Licensing Pty Ltd and used under exclusive license.