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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Posted on behalf of Jen Maurer:</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Because I often get asked about advocacy resources, I wanted to share about a few new ones I came across.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">American Libraries</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> Digital Supplement, September/October 2014 => School Libraries Transform Learning<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">The entire issue is dedicated to identifying and advocating for the value of strong school library programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Here are a few article highlights:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">In “I’m an Expert,” Barbara Stripling gives a good overview of the areas of a strong school library program (printed page 4).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">In “Reimagining Advocacy for School Libraries,” Barbara Stripling offers a “framework of action steps that can be useful for the whole spectrum of advocacy efforts” (printed page 8).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">In “Creating Coalitions,” the authors give examples of how partnerships, including those with parents, have helped school libraries and their programs (printed page 20).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">In “Building Advocacy Before a Crisis,” Nancy Everhart and Marcia Mardis offer tips on preparing ahead of time for end-of-year announcements about budget cuts (printed page 26).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:blue"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?EID=6c7cb940-d8fb-43d8-8ad8-864bf0e83f38">http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?EID=6c7cb940-d8fb-43d8-8ad8-864bf0e83f38</a>
(Read articles online, or use the toolbar to print or download them as PDFs .) <o:p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Pitching the Library: How to Explain What School Librarians Do<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">edWeb webinar on October 15<sup>th</sup> at 2pm Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Description: When administrators are faced with challenging budget cuts, they often cut from library programs - often because they don’t understand how strong library programs serve the
learning community. This webinar will equip participants with talking points to promote library programs, reframing our work with new language, and dispelling myths about librarianship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">There is no need to join the Emerging Tech for Your School Library to participate in the webinar, but free membership is the only way to view the archived version.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://www.edweb.net/emergingtech">http://www.edweb.net/emergingtech</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Josephine Community Libraries Video Series => My Library Works for Me<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Created as part of an advocacy effort to get stable funding for libraries in Josephine County, Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Each video is 30 to 50 seconds long = short and to the point<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Could you have students, parents, or other volunteers help you capture key components of your strong school library program?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Perhaps start with areas that focus on school or district-wide goals. Feel good programs are great, but also emphasize instruction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Once you have at least 4, maybe email one per week for a month to policymakers.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">In the email, maybe include standards addressed, evidence of student success, an invitation to come see what the library is doing, etc.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Don’t have licensed librarians in your school or district? Perhaps you could video other library programs in action to point out what local students might be missing. (More difficult,
I know.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9q99mB_eXzcGYQSPRCHNTg/videos">http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9q99mB_eXzcGYQSPRCHNTg/videos</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">How Parents Can Advocate for Quality School Library Programs, a new document from the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Categories include organizing; developing your purpose mission, or message; communicating the message; and web resources<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">A few quotes from the document…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">We need to make a conscious effort to avoid making business decisions personal. It is imperative that we do not back the unfortunate administrators into corners. We do not want to force
administrators to rationalize and defend library cuts. We need to continue making connections between the district's educational goals and how the library plays an essential role in meeting those goals [from AASL Crisis Toolkit, quoted in document].<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Messages have to be about students and student learning; they cannot be about the jobs of librarians. Schools are not in the business of employing librarians; they are about students and
learning [from AASL Crisis Toolkit, quoted in document].<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/docs/2788/733247/HowParentscanbeAdvocates-Handout.pdf">http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/docs/2788/733247/HowParentscanbeAdvocates-Handout.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">“Standing Up for School Libraries: Trusted Resource Under Siege by Budget Cuts, Testing Restraints” in April/May 2014 edition of
<i>Our Children</i>, the national PTA magazine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">ALA President and former school librarian, Barbara Stripling, explains to parents what they should expect in a school library program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">A few quotes from the article, besides what was said about developing a culture of literacy…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Today’s school librarians also teach critical new literacy skills to enable young people to evaluate and make sense of text presented in all formats, and to be producers and communicators
of ideas, not just consumers of information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">School librarians nourish a culture of inquiry by teaching students the essential critical-thinking and information skills to be independent and lifelong learners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">School librarians help students and teachers use the latest technology tools effectively for personal and academic learning, communication, production, and collaboration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"> <a href="http://www.ptaourchildren.org/ourchildren/april_may_2014#pg26">http://www.ptaourchildren.org/ourchildren/april_may_2014#pg26</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">“Tech Project Changed How We View Our Librarians: School Librarians and Media Specialists are Vital Part of Team Leading Digital Transformation” posted in
<i>District Administration</i> in mid-May 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">One author is a district superintendent.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">A few quotes from the article…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Think about the vast resources available on the internet: primary sources, e-books and applications accessible with a click or tap. It is an unbelievable toolbox that, unfortunately, many
teachers and curriculum departments don’t know how to leverage. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Enter “Project Connect”—a panel of school leaders working to connect the library, classroom and administration through information technologies. It has changed the way Lincoln Public Schools
in Nebraska views its librarians.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://www.districtadministration.com/article/tech-project-changed-how-we-view-our-librarians">http://www.districtadministration.com/article/tech-project-changed-how-we-view-our-librarians</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Principals Know: School Librarians are the Heart of the School</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">This “5-minute film features administrators around the country describing the value of the teacher librarian in school culture.”
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Two professors, one who teaches in the library program and the other who teaches pre-service principals, launched the project.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">A few quotes from administrators featured in the video…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue;font-style:normal">Our librarian is a member of our leadership team. She assists with the decision making that the team has to do.</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue;font-style:normal">I am not really sure what we would do without that resource . . . I’ve worked in other systems where that is one of the first
things that gets cut and I would be holding on to the library teacher kicking and screaming if they told me we had to lose that out of the budget.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2014/04/05/principals-know-school-librarians-are-the-heart-of-the-school/">http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2014/04/05/principals-know-school-librarians-are-the-heart-of-the-school/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">“Colorado Administrator Forges New Path for School Librarians” posted in
<i>Education Week</i> on March 5, 2014</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">A few quotes from the article…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Principals had expressed a strong interest in incorporating more technology into the classroom, said Ms. Bowline, so "it seemed in our mind that the person most ready to take on that responsibility
was the teacher-librarian." The newly deployed digital-literacy teachers work alongside regular classroom teachers to help students develop technology and research skills, while media clerks check out books to students and keep the library doors open.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Having Ms. Gibney [librarian] there to co-teach lessons has made Ms. Jankowski [classroom teacher] and her fellow teachers much more likely to try new technologies they otherwise would
be intimidated by, Ms. Jankowski said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/03/05/23ltlf-bowline.h33.html">http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/03/05/23ltlf-bowline.h33.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Dr. Stephen Krashen speaking in defense of libraries at the Los Angeles Unified School District board meeting in February 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Among other things, he explains how strong school libraries help students overcome poverty factors that affect students’ reading abilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">“Access to a library of 500 books or more balances the effect of poverty.” (around 2:20 mark in the video)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAui0OGfHQY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAui0OGfHQY</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">[From Katie: The Oregon Association of School Libraries also put together some resources available on their website:
<a href="http://www.olaweb.org/oasl-library-advocacy-resources">http://www.olaweb.org/oasl-library-advocacy-resources</a> and another group of concerned parents started a School Library Advocacy facebook page:
</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/802268366464689/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/802268366464689/</a>]<o:p></o:p></p>
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