Things to do:

• Send sponsor a thank you
• Tell us if newspapers don't arrive
• Sign and return affidavit
• Participate in "Design an Ad"
• Scan newspaper for content
  before giving to students

IMPORTANT!
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You are requesting a Newspaper in Education grant which means you’ll be an NIE teacher. The value of your NIE Herald-Leaders will be paid for by a business assigned by the Newspaper in Education program.

As a NIE teacher with a grant for sponsored Herald-Leaders:

1. Order ten or more newspapers for Tuesday delivery. Sponsored Herald-Leader newspapers are for student use in the classroom, so we encourage you to request a classroom set, use them and then send them home. Encourage homework and family literacy time using the newspaper.
   
   
2. Included with this year's NIE grant is a 7-day eEDITION subscription. You will be emailed a username and password that can be shared with students.
   
   
3. Notify us right away if your print Herald-Leaders are not delivered to your school or center. CLICK HERE to notify us via email.
   
   Please note: All NIE print Herald-Leaders ordered by ALL teachers at your school and/or center are delivered in TWO big stacks to the front of your school early in the morning. One stack contains the front, or "A" section, of the newspaper, while the second stack contains the remaining sections and inserts. NIE only sends enough Herald-Leaders to complete the orders. There are no extras. And no names on the bundles. You are asked to count out the number of Herald-Leaders you requested.
   
   
4. IMPORTANT! At the end of each semester sign and return an emailed affidavit (not applicable to Adult Ed centers or GEAR-UP). This is for our mandatory auditing purposes. It shows our auditors that NIE delivered business-paid Herald-Leaders (print and digital) to your school and they were received by you and used with students. That’s why it’s important you notify us right away if you aren’t receiving the newspapers you ordered.
   
   
5. NIE grants require NIE teachers and students to participate in Design An Ad (not applicable to Adult Ed centers or GEAR-UP). The packet of materials will be e-mailed to you in January. This is for all the students who use the Herald-Leaders to complete. The ads students design are used as a thank you for the business that NIE assigns as your sponsor. The Design an Ad tab will publish in the Herald-Leader in May. All ads submitted to the Herald-Leader will be sent to your sponsor. Ads are judged and prizes are awarded.
   
   
6. Visit www.nieconnects.com for new weekly current event activities and other downloadable curriculum.
   
   
7. It’s important and a good teaching activity to have you and your students send a thank you note to your assigned business sponsor each semester. Include student notes or artwork too. Feel free to invite the sponsor to visit your classroom when they are using the Herald-Leader.
   
   
8. Read the newspaper first. If on a certain day you feel there is anything inappropriate for classroom use in the Herald-Leader just pull out that section and use the rest of the newspaper.
   
   
9. Keep in touch with NIE. We love to hear your stories about using newspapers.

YES. I accept these responsibilities to be an NIE teacher.

NO. I decline and please cancel my order.