[ISLMA-Share] Every Student Succeeds Act - ISLMA needs your help!

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I have signed up to attend the session in Moline. Thank you for organizing
this effort!

*Angela Florence*
Library Media Specialist
Moline-Coal Valley Community Unit District 40
aflorenc at molineschools.org

Franklin (M,T) 309-743-8272
Butterworth  (W, Th) 309-743-8216
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On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> In December 2015, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act
> (ESSA) into law. ESSA replaces No Child Left Behind and includes language
> regarding “effective school library programs.”
>
> ISLMA has been working very hard over the summer to ensure that the ISBE
> includes school librarians as they implement ESSA here in Illinois. A task
> force is working with John Chrastka from the nonprofit group
> Everylibrary.org <http://www.everylibrary.org/>. We have written letters
> to Chairman Meeks and Superintendent Smith of ISBE and spoken at an ISBE
> meeting about the importance of school librarians and effective school
> library programs. The task force is also working on getting the support of
> various coalition partners, including IFT, IEA, ILA, ICE, Heartland and
> RAILS library systems and others.
>
> *ISLMA now needs YOUR help in this process.* Beginning Tuesday, September
> 6, ISBE is hosting a second round of listening tours to collect feedback on
> ESSA. It is imperative that school librarians, as major stakeholders, are
> actively involved in these listening tours. ISLMA needs members to attend
> and speak at these events. We need to have at least one, if not more,
> school librarians at EACH location. ISLMA will provide you with talking
> points. (These will be available on the islma.org website soon.) We then
> ask you to report your feedback to ISLMA. After all the listening tours,
> your feedback will be shared with ISBE.
>
> The dates and locations for the listening tour are listed at
> http://www.isbe.net/essa/pdf/ESSA-tour2-schedule-0916.pdf; you can also
> see a map of locations at http://tinyurl.com/ESSA-listening-tour
>
> *Please go to this link (https://goo.gl/E7VpM8 <https://goo.gl/E7VpM8> )
> to let us know that you are attending one of the listening tour meetings.* We
> will make sure that you receive the talking points directly. *After
> attending, we ask that you give us feedback from your experience on this
> form:* http://tinyurl.com/hxduk9z
>
> This is an exciting and important time for school libraries. We look
> forward to sharing more on this in the coming weeks and months. We are
> working on scheduling a free AASL ESSA Advocacy Workshop this fall. We will
> also be sharing more information in a session at the ISLMA Conference in
> Tinley Park in November.
>
> See the following websites for more information on ESSA.
> AASL - http://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/legislation/essa
> ISBE - http://www.isbe.net/essa/
>
> Thank you in advance for your help!
> Patti Fleser
> President, Illinois School Library Media Association
> President at islma.org
>
> Patti Fleser
> Library Media Specialist
> Deer Path Middle School
> Lake Forest, IL
> 847-604-7433
> @DPM_Library
>
> President, Illinois School Library Media Association
>
> "...a library is more than a collection of dusty old books. It is a place
> to learn, explore, and grow!” *Escape from Mr. Lemoncello**’s Library*
>
>
>
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