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These are some Web-based resources to support your advocacy and recruitment efforts. |
| Advocacy |
| Tucson Unified School District Teacher-Librarians Position Paper: Prepared by the TUSD Teacher-Librarians Advocacy Group - January 2008 - New! |
| American Library Association Resolution: School Libraries and Librarians are Critical to Educational Success |
| Visit the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Advocacy Toolkit on their Web site. |
AASL's
 School
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| This Principals Brochure (pdf file) was created by Tucson Unified School District teacher-librarians for their principals. It was designed to raise expectations for school library programs. |
| QuickTime Video: "Libraries Are the Heart of the School" linked with permission from the Beaverton, Oregon School Librarians |
| Link to Lance and Loertscher's PowerPoint Presentations to Support the Instructional Role of Teacher-Librarians. |
| Link to a collection of Stephen Krashen's articles on reading and school libraries at Krashen's Korner |
| No School Left
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- A 2004 TLD legislative initiative |
| Connie Champlin and David Loertscher's Reinvent Your School's Library and Watch Student Academic Achievement Increase |
| Get Caught Reading has some great ideas for reading promotions. Visit their Web site for event, flyer, and brochure ideas. |
| The Pennsylvania School Library Association is a proactive organization. They are in the process of outlining how the No Child Left Behind Act impacts school libraries. Visit the PSLA Web site for the report. |
| Recruitment |
| Visit the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Recruitment to the Profession Clearinghouse Web site. |
| This Recruitment Brochure (pdf file) was created for you to share with master classroom teachers in your learning community. (The most effective way to recruit is one on one!) |
| The Ohio Library Council offers many exciting resources to support your recruitment efforts. The "Looking for Leaders in the Information Age," 8-minute videotape, and "Me? A Librarian?!!," 10-minute video, are particulary worthwhile. Visit the Publications Catalog page on their Web site. |
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| The Central New Jersey Become A Librarian Web site has many wonderful resources. Among them is a tri-fold brochure called "Why I Love Being a Librarian!" (Download in rich text format.) Visit their homepage for inspiration. This is the link to their Recruitment Page. |
To the TLD Certification, Recruitment, and Advocacy Web site. The AzLA webmaster is not responsible for the content on these pages.
To the AzLA Web site.
Page Updated: 14 August 2008
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