[ISLMA-Share] Abe incentives

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We have a number of English teachers that use the Abe list as their outside reading choice list for their classes. As part of their assignment throughout the school year, they have to read at least 4 titles by the voting day, submit reviews for each titles to the teacher (and then the Destiny catalog) and vote via a Google form on voting day. It guarantees me at least 60 votes (this year closer to 90) from the classes.

I also do a challenge with my book club kids. If any of them can read all 20 titles and submit well written reviews into our catalog before the voting deadline, they can vote and receive a cash prize. This was so successful with my book club kids that they got their friends involved and now I have opened it up to all the students. It get around another 20-30 votes at least through that challenge.

In my whole school, I am barely scratching the surface with participants but it is what I am able to do for now. I hope to get closer to 200 votes this year through programs, book clubs and classes.

Kristen Rademacher
Librarian
Eco Club Director
1 Book 1 Marist Director
Marist High School<http://www.marist.net/academics/arclibrary/>
773.881.5356
@1Book1Marist
rademacher.kristen at marist.net<mailto:rademacher.kristen at marist.net>



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Subject: Re: [ISLMA-Share] Abe incentives

On voting day, we serve breakfast in the LMC for the voters and they are able to select a brand-new book from the prize box.  We fill up the prize box with donations and books from Scholastic sales.  In the past, students who read all the nominated titles have received a shopping bag filled with candy and free books from the prize box.

It's simple, but it works because our Abe readers want more books of their own anyway and we don't have a bookstore in town.

Ann Marie Jinkins
Librarian
Rochelle Township High School
1401 Flagg Road
Rochelle,  IL 61068
(815)562-4161, ext. 4112
ajinkins at rthsd212.org<mailto:ajinkins at rthsd212.org>

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
I have tried different incentives in the past that haven't met with much success (gift certificates including for movies, candy, field trips to fun but educational places like the Abe Lincoln Museum, etc...).  I was going to look on the ISLMA site for ideas others have used because I thought in the past anyway there was a link to a document with such ideas, but i'm not finding it now.  Did it go away or am I just missing it?  I'm open to other incentives you all have tried and found successful.  Thanks!

--
Chuck Atteberry
Roanoke-Benson High School

"Work with the living and bring the dead to life."  -author unknown

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