[aisle] Help! I'm meeting with Superintendent to fight for my library

Christine Wilson wilson.christine at d46.org
Mon Oct 5 11:21:16 CDT 2020


Have data about everything you and your staff do, pre- and during pandemic.
Not just library operations, but collaboration with teachers, the teaching
you do, and other items that couldn't be done without a teacher/librarian
(teachers would have to teach research, paper writing, citation, etc., on
their own, etc.). When our district was looking at eliminating all our
aides, the specialists came armed with person hours of all we did, and
explained what (most) of it would simply not get done with fewer staff.

Also, the AISLE and AASL information will have the stats on how much better
students score on standardized tests when they have access to a
teacher/librarian.

Good luck! We're pulling for you!

On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 10:52 AM Joni Darby via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> There is library advocacy on ALA
> <http://www.ala.org/advocacy/frontline-advocacy-school-libraries-toolkit> and
> AASL <http://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/research>.  There is other
> information on the AASL site under advocacy.  I had to appeal to our
> principals and school board a few years ago.  I spoke at a school board
> meeting and they did not vote any cuts to our staff.
> Hope it works out for you.
>
> Joni Darby
>
> Shepherd Middle School
> Library Information Specialist
> Ottawa Elementary 141
> 815-434-7925 Ext. 5008
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 10:14 AM Jeanne' Aken via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Can you bring the Keith Curry Lance Studies?
>>
>> Do you have Linking for Learning, our standards?
>>
>> Peace and Blessings,
>> Jeanné Aken
>> District Librarian
>> Beach Park School District
>> 40667 N Green Bay Road
>> Beach Park, IL 60099
>> Jaken at bpd3.org
>> 847-596-5880
>>
>> On Oct 5, 2020, at 10:00 AM, Jill Simpson via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>> Hello to all of you!
>>
>> I have been told to set up a meeting with our Super to discuss my issues
>> with library funding, staffing and support. Is there  anyone who would be
>> willing to advise me on this? I'm in need of advice on strategy and reasons
>> why our school district deserves at least one MLS.  Feel free to email or
>> phone me directly.
>>
>> Jill Simpson
>> High School Library Administrative Assistant
>> Indian Creek CUSD #425
>> 506 South Shabbona Road
>> Shabbona, IL 60550
>> jill.simpson at ictwolves.com
>> 815-824-2197 x1107
>>
>>
>> “What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels
>> about education.” -Harold Howe
>>
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