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

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I just signed up for September 8 in Spring Valley!

On Aug 25, 2016 9:20 PM, "Email list for the Illinois School Library Media
Association" <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I have signed up to attend the session in Moline. Thank you for organizing
> this effort!
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> *Angela Florence*
> Library Media Specialist
> Moline-Coal Valley Community Unit District 40
> aflorenc at molineschools.org
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> Franklin (M,T) 309-743-8272
> Butterworth  (W, Th) 309-743-8216
> Willard  (F) 309-743- 1620
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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:
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>> 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.”
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>> 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.
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>> *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.
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>> 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
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>> *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
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> Patti Fleser
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Deer Path Middle School
>> Lake Forest, IL
>> 847-604-7433
>> @DPM_Library
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>> President, Illinois School Library Media Association
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>> "...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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