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School Libraries and Advocacy:

School Libraries and Advocacy:. How to Move School Libraries From Fringes to Forefront November 5, 2010 Maine Tri-District Fall Council Meeting. Mary Moyer, SLMS Delsea Regional HS Franklinville, Gloucester County, NJ 1200 students, 1 full-time SLMS, 2 part-time library clerks/aides

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School Libraries and Advocacy:

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  1. School Libraries and Advocacy: How to Move School Libraries From Fringes to Forefront November 5, 2010 Maine Tri-District Fall Council Meeting

  2. Mary Moyer, SLMS Delsea Regional HS Franklinville, Gloucester County, NJ 1200 students, 1 full-time SLMS, 2 part-time library clerks/aides 29 years as SLMS (K-12 experiences)

  3. What Does a School Library Advocate Look Like?

  4. Goals of Presentation • NJ School Library Advocacy : Issue, Goal, Plan of Action and Message, Audience, Outcomes • How-to Primer for Advocacy: Activities and Strategies

  5. NJ State Issues • Strengthen code NJ Department of Education Administrative Code / Current Rules – Education Regulations (http://www.state.nj.us/education/code/) Rules that were determined under the School Funding Reform Act, P.L. 2007, c. 260, to ensure that all students receive the educational entitlements guaranteed them by the New Jersey Constitution. Code Relating to School Libraries CHAPTER 13: PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT (http://www.state.nj.us/education/code/current/title6a/chap13.pdf) 6A:13-2.1 Standards-based instruction (h) All school districts shall provide library-media services that are connected to classroom studies in each school building, including access to computers, district-approved instructional software, appropriate books including novels, anthologies and other reference materials, and supplemental materials that motivate students to read in and out of school and to conduct research. Each school district shall provide these library-media services under the direction of a certified school library media specialist.

  6. Talking Points for NJ State Issues In addition to outlining the minimum services and resources each school must offer, the regulations mandate that the school library-media program be provided under the direction of a certified SLMS (N.J.A.C. 6A:13-2.1(h)). These requirements are intended to support two important goals • Implement a coherent curriculum that is aligned to the Core Curriculum Standards • Provide an academically rigorous, personalized environment to prepare students for post-secondary education and/or careers after graduation.

  7. NJASL Advocacy Wiki

  8. How School Librarians Contribute to Student Achievement: • Students benefit from school librarians who can teach them how to locate and evaluate information, especially information found on the Internet. • Research proves that resource-rich school libraries that are staffed by state certified school librarians have a positive impact on student learning and achievement. • School libraries provide resources and learning opportunities beyond those found in the classroom. • Many school librarians partner with their local public librarians to provide programs to students beyond the school day. • School libraries facilitate independent learning. They are non-threatening safe havens. • School library services benefit the entire school community. The library programs eliminated from the Governor's budget represent little more than $1 per capita ($1.19 exactly) in NJ state funds. 

  9. Tools Used by School Librarians

  10. Tools used by NJ School Librarians • Cooperative activities with Public Libraries • Ex: Joint Activity Franklin Twp. Public Library and Delsea Regional School District during National Library Week • Other – Postcards, NJASL Advocacy Wiki • Involvement with NJEA • Personal Stories and Pictures

  11. Personal Stories and Photos • The library helps me with my school work for it is a controlled atmosphere that allows me to focus. As well as how multiple resource material that I can ask help with it. Delsea HS Student • The EBSCO database has been invaluable for my senior high students.  Often students are not discriminating as to the websites that they use.  EBSCO provides an academic and credible resource that I can direct them to for information. Teacher, Delsea Reg HS

  12. Why My School Library is Important, NJASL Essay Contest • Grade 8, Middlesex County •   My school library helps me get prepared for tests and quizzes. Just when I need a quiet place to study, I dash to the library and get busy. The books around me make me feel confident and determined. The surroundings are very peaceful and nice that they make me feel that I can ace the test.

  13. Delsea HS Students and Local Legislators 2010 National Library Week

  14. NJASL President and US DOE Secretary of Education Arne Duncan June 2009

  15. NJ School Library Success • NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC) Have added wording in guidance document – K-12 Library Skills/Information Literacy/ Library Media Curriculum as evidence that district is effectively using resources and technology to support learning. • CISSL Preliminary Report of Descriptive Findings of NJASL School Library Study: One Common Goal -Transforming School Libraries in New Jersey (Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries)

  16. Part 2: School Libraries from Fringes to Forefront Who Me?  Influence Decision Makers? Let me run for the hills!

  17. Where to Start? • Issue • Goal • Audience (Decision-Makers) • Message - Do Your Homework - Chart the Course

  18. Tips: • Personalize • Priority - Why is this a priority for decision maker? • Live, Work, Serve • Elevator Message  • Photos/Pictures/ • Stories • Get involved

  19. Additional Tips • Stay Positive • Create Solutions • Be Consistent • Libraries are written into every subject area of content standards. It is our job to share how we can impact student achievement (Gail Dickinson, Library Media Connection, May 2010).

  20. Talking Points – National Issues ALA asks that Congress include the following recommendations in the reauthorization of ESEA: • Maintain dedicated funding for the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program. • Include provisions under Title I state and local plans and the Race to the Top Fund to establish a state goal of having a school library staffed by a state-licensed school librarian in each public school (validated through accountability performance measures that include baseline data and annual reporting on progress made on such data). • Allow state and local professional development funds to be used for recruiting and training school librarians.

  21. Resources • AASL Advocacy Toolkit http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/toolkits/crisis.cfm Speak out graphic from Gale Cengage Learning http://www.dfas.mil/careers/acareeratdfas/comminvolv/communitypeople.jpg

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