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The IRC is home to a number of books and materials relevant to students within the College of Education, Health, and Human Services. Educational and curriculum materials are available in all subjects and at all grade levels. We also feature several selections on teaching in the 21st century with books on educational technology, social media, and online education. We have a number of text resources for students preparing to take the Praxis Core test, as well as popular materials including children's picture books and young adult fiction such as the Harry Potter, Hunger Games, and Divergent series.

Books can be checked out for two weeks at a time with one renewal, and late fees are $.10 a day.

For more information regarding the collection of books in the IRC contact Mahdia Ahmadi, IRC Operations GA, if you need direct assistance at mahahmadi2_stu@kent.edu or by stopping in to the IRC.

Faculty and staff may for the IRC to purchase, store, and checkout; materials, media, and equipment.

FACULTY/STAFF EQUIPMENT CHECKOUT

Faculty and staff can check out the following equipment items:

Items are picked up and returned to the front desk of the IRC.

FACULTY EQUIPMENT FOR DELIVERY

Faculty can reserve laptop carts to be delivered to the classroom at the beginning of class. Mobile carts cannot be reserved for an entire semester. If you need computers on a regular basis, please reserve a classroom computer lab. All reservations should be made through the IRC or the faculty and staff portal.

Items available for reserve include:

• Mobile MacBook Cart: The MacBook cart has 30 MacBooks that are delivered and picked up from the classrooms. All MacBooks connect to wireless Internet. These laptops will also print to the computer labs/IRC via Uniprint.
• Mobile Dell Cart: The Dell cart has 22 laptops that are delivered and picked up from the classrooms. All laptops connect to wireless internet. These laptops have CD/DVD drives.
• iPad Cart: The iPad cart has 30 iPads that are delivered and picked up from the classrooms.
• Assistive Technology Cart: This cart has 15 Dell laptops. Two of the laptops have "Dragon" talk-to-text program. This cart also has four extra large monitors for easy viewing, headphones with microphones, extra keyboards, and mice.
• Document Cameras: White Hall classrooms have either document cameras or overhead projectors. However, if you would like to project something other than a transparency, and your room only has an overhead projector, please contact the Tech Office (room 209 White Hall) 330-672-297

The KSTEP materials available for checkout include an iPad, power plug, and tripod.

The checkout period is 15 business days and is nonrenewable. Patrons can check kits out at the KSTEP Tech Support Center (212 White Hall) or IRC (221 White Hall).

Each item borrowed has a $10.00 late fee PER DAY late

For more information regarding KSTEP Kits, please contact Esther Popoola, Graduate Assistant, if you need direct assistance at epopoola_stu@kent.edu .

The Instructional Resource Center has a wide variety of assessment test kits and their protocols available. Test kits are free to check out to any faculty, staff, or student in EHHS. Coordinated class checkouts are given priority over walk-ins.

Test kits can be checked out for one week at a time with no renewals unless otherwise approved by the Assessment Graduate Assistant, Mahdia Ahmadi (mahmadi2_stu@kent.edu). School psychology students who are checking out assessments as part of class curriculum maybe granted longer checkout times and renewals at the discretion of the Assessment GA based on availability. There is a $10 per day late fee.

Patrons will be charged for any missing or damaged items from a test kit. Charges will be equal to the cost of item replacement as determined by the Assessment GA.

All protocols can be purchased by students, faculty, or staff. The prices of protocols vary by type and are subject to change at any time as companies increase their prices, but are sold at value to faculty, staff, and students. The IRC also has several test-kits available for two hour reserve. These test-kits can be looked at in the IRC with a valid ID for up to two hours. See attached documents for detailed information on test-kits and protocols.

• Tests Available in the IRC
• Protocols Available in the IRC

NEW TEST KITS TO THE IRC :

Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, 2nd Edition (CTOPP-2)

Behavioral Assessment System for Children, 3rd Edition (BASC-3)

Wechsler Individual Achievement Test, 4th Edition (WIAT-4)

Test of Early Reading Ability, 4th Edition (TERA-4)

Gray Oral Reading Tests, 5th Edition (GORT-5)

If you have any questions regarding the assessment test kits, please contact Mahdia Ahmadi, IRC Operations Graduate Assistant, through email mahmadi2_stu@kent.edu or in person at the IRC.