[ISLMA-Share] Report on last night's ISBE Listening Tour in Bloomington

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Thank you for being there and representing, Miss Gretchen.

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On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> There were 5 librarians among the 50+ crowd at yesterday's ISBE Listening
> Tour meeting in Bloomington. IEA had a meeting in the building prior to the
> Listening Tour, and many stayed to listen to the ISBE presentation by Jason
> Helfer.
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> It followed the typical pattern--about an hour of material from ISBE on
> the work so far. This is actually their second tour, and there have been a
> number of recommendations previously made through workshopping.
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> Their current draft of the state plan and its reader's guide, which is 45
> pages shorter, can be found at isbe.net/essa .
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> Right now there are plans to have a final plan to the Governor in January
> in order to meet a March deadline. There was some talk about the deadline
> being moved by the DOE, but there was no firm confirmation.
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> After the presentation, six people gave testimony. I did on behalf of
> ISLMA (only one per organization) on accountability, standards and funding.
> Amy Webb spoke on her personal experiences as a librarian referencing
> ISBE's accountability matrix. Lou Ann Jacobs spoke on her personal
> experience and addressed whole child. An administrator spoke on their
> desire to not be burdened by unfunded mandates, a kindergarten teacher
> spoke on the difference between student growth and attainment models, and a
> young woman advocated for Title money for after school programs. I was
> quoted in the local paper and the next meeting in Peoria was noted.
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> We, the librarians, were approached by Mr. Helfer and a former Chicago
> school teacher who thanked us for advocating for librarians. We left
> printed copies of our statements with the note-takers.
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> I would highly recommend going if there is a meeting in your area and
> organizing your comments if there are more than one librarian in
> attendance. Most of my comments were informed by the ISLMA talking points,
> AASL's ESSA position and feedback on this listserv.
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> Here's to hoping our voices make a difference!
>
> Gretchen Zaitzeff
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