Advocacy

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=__**Interactive Resources:**__ = ====l ====
 * ====Sample Year End Reports In Web 2.0 Formats: http://schoollibrarywebsites.wikispaces.com/Reports ====
 * ====Doug Johnson's //Head To The Edge Blog// - Information on how to create an Advisory Committee for your school library: [] ====
 * ====Doug Johnson's //Blue Skunk Blog// - Information on building influence with community groups: [] ====
 * ====Doug Johnson's //Blue Skunk Blog// -"Four Rules of Library Advocacy" http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2011/9/12/4-rules-of-library-advocacy.htm ====
 * ====**AASL Advocacy Brochures: School Library Programs Improve Student Learning**@http://www.aasl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/brochures/advocacybrochures.cfm ====
 * ====**From an AASL Advocacy Tip of the Day** (subscribe now!)Elected officials react to the voice of those casting votes. Getting others to deliver your message can be an important strategy. Consider the following list of individuals and groups that legislators might listen to: library trustees, Friends, and patrons; financial donors and backers; electronic media and the press; colleagues and other office holders; community leaders; university deans, alumni, senior administration officers, and staff; family, personal friends; staff; voting blocs representing jobs and organized interests; coalitions of organizations; educational and cultural groups; and business groups, chambers of commerce. ====
 * ===//Library Advocacy: Influencing Decision Makers// **by the Illinois Library Association and the American Library Association.** ===
 * ==**Seth Godin** The atomic method of creating a Powerpoint presentation ==
 * ====**AASL Advocacy Brochures: School Library Programs Improve Student Learning**@http://www.aasl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/brochures/advocacybrochures.cfm ====
 * ====**From an AASL Advocacy Tip of the Day** (subscribe now!)Elected officials react to the voice of those casting votes. Getting others to deliver your message can be an important strategy. Consider the following list of individuals and groups that legislators might listen to: library trustees, Friends, and patrons; financial donors and backers; electronic media and the press; colleagues and other office holders; community leaders; university deans, alumni, senior administration officers, and staff; family, personal friends; staff; voting blocs representing jobs and organized interests; coalitions of organizations; educational and cultural groups; and business groups, chambers of commerce. ====
 * ===//Library Advocacy: Influencing Decision Makers// **by the Illinois Library Association and the American Library Association.** ===
 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Seth Godin** The atomic method of creating a Powerpoint presentation ==
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**AASL Advocacy Brochures: School Library Programs Improve Student Learning**@http://www.aasl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/brochures/advocacybrochures.cfm ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**From an AASL Advocacy Tip of the Day** (subscribe now!)Elected officials react to the voice of those casting votes. Getting others to deliver your message can be an important strategy. Consider the following list of individuals and groups that legislators might listen to: library trustees, Friends, and patrons; financial donors and backers; electronic media and the press; colleagues and other office holders; community leaders; university deans, alumni, senior administration officers, and staff; family, personal friends; staff; voting blocs representing jobs and organized interests; coalitions of organizations; educational and cultural groups; and business groups, chambers of commerce. ====
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//Library Advocacy: Influencing Decision Makers// **by the Illinois Library Association and the American Library Association.** ===
 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Seth Godin** The atomic method of creating a Powerpoint presentation ==
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**AASL Advocacy Brochures: School Library Programs Improve Student Learning**@http://www.aasl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/brochures/advocacybrochures.cfm ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**From an AASL Advocacy Tip of the Day** (subscribe now!)Elected officials react to the voice of those casting votes. Getting others to deliver your message can be an important strategy. Consider the following list of individuals and groups that legislators might listen to: library trustees, Friends, and patrons; financial donors and backers; electronic media and the press; colleagues and other office holders; community leaders; university deans, alumni, senior administration officers, and staff; family, personal friends; staff; voting blocs representing jobs and organized interests; coalitions of organizations; educational and cultural groups; and business groups, chambers of commerce. ====
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//Library Advocacy: Influencing Decision Makers// **by the Illinois Library Association and the American Library Association.** ===
 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Seth Godin** The atomic method of creating a Powerpoint presentation ==

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 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Notes From The Bullet Train: Communication As Key To Administrative Support[] ====
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">LaRue, James. "The Visibility and Invisibility of Librarians ." Library Journal: Library News, Reviews and Views. November 15, 2010. []
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Loertscher, David, ed. "Advocacy and the Teacher Librarian." //Teacher Librarian// 36, no. 2 (December 2008). ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Johns, Sara Kelly. "What can Teacher-Librarians do to promote their Work and the School Library Media Program? Offensive Formula: P+M=A//." Teacher Librarian// Dec 2008: 30-31. ====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[file:P+M=A.pdf]]

 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Kenney, Brian. "What Does Excellence Look Like?: A New Study shows the Role of School Libraries in Learning." @http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/printissue/currentissue/891938-427/what_does_excellence_look_like.html.csp ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Hartzell, Gary N. //Building Influence for the School Librarian: Tenets, Targets & Tactics,// 2nd ed. Worthington, OH: Linworth, 2003. ====
 * Johnson, Doug. "Who Doesn't Get It?" //Library Media Connection//. Oct 2011: 98. Abridged version located on the "Blue Skunk Blog" at <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]
 * Woolls, Blanche and David V. Loertscher. //The Whole School Library Handbook//, 2nd ed. Chicago IL: ALA Publications, 2013. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**Advocacy Resources:**__ = > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Library Advocate’s Handbook (PDF) ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The YA Advocacy Action Plan Workbook (PDF) ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">School Library Systems Advocacy Toolkit ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">National Council for the Social Studies Toolkit ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">AASL School Library Program Health and Wellness Toolkit ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">AASL Crisis Toolkit ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|New York State School Library Media Program Rubric (SLMPE)] ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Knight Commission Report] (Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age) ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">School Libraries Count survey and previous years' reports ==== > ==== **Position paper from Ross Todd and Carol Gordon from CISSL.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> It cites five decades of research proving that school libraries help boost <span class="UIStory_Message" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">student achievement: //School Libraries, Now More than Ever//. Download it from: @http://cissl.scils.rutgers.edu/index.html ==== > ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//**Instructional Classification Toolkit** to support the classification of SLMSs as educators.// ==== <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Horizon Report on K-12 Education** [|2010-Horizon-Report-K12.pdf] =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__MORE!__ = > Authors are natural allies of libraries. They are passionately speaking out on the importance of not only sustaining but increasing support for libraries. Spread the word; share these videos and messages with your friends, family, and those who can make a difference.
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Advocacy Toolkit ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**LEGISLATIVE ACTION CENTER- direct link to contact your Senator: []** ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Add It Up** Research and statistics to help advocates make the case for libraries at every stage of youth development and education. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Advocating in a Tough Economy Toolkit** includes talking points, outreach activities, checklists, and resources. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**School Library Funding Press Kit** includes links to Google Map of library cuts, current news/articles, tweets, etc., plus talking points to use. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**State of America's Libraries Report 2010:** School Libraries ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Value of Libraries. Includes links to articles, resources, and calculation tables.** ====
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Our Authors, Our Advocates:

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 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**NJASL Study by CISSL** ==
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Article from //School Library Journal// on Data Driven Library Programs: []
 * Tools for Real - Time A <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">ssessment of Library Skills "TRAILS" Test: [|http://www.trails-9.org]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Library Research Services: Research and statistics about school libraries including the state studies on school libraries.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Common Core and the School Library--NYC ** : "Common Core College and Career Readiness Skills Learned Through the School Library Instructional Program" [[file:Common Core College and Career Readiness SkillsHandout.docx]] **

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__ **Videos:** __ = =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Missing Librarians =

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**Grants and Other Sources of Funding:**__ = > ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Grant: [] ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Donors Choose.Org: ===

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**Usefu****l Websites:**__ =
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">National School Boards Association - [] ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">American Association of School Administrators - [] ====
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">National PTA - []