Advocacy

Supporting School Libraries

AASL Crisis Toolkit

The AASL has put together a useful toolkit to help you organize in the event that you are faced with immediate reductions or eliminations.

Gather and Share Data

It is important to gather data on your school library program on a regular basis, and use that data to tell a story about your school library program and the teacher librarian's essential role in that program. Tell a story with your report, and keep it short - one page in length. Jennifer LaGarde offers some great advice on how to build these reports here. Share these reports with everyone - principals, super intendents, coordinators, consultants, directors of education, and Board members. A sample of a possible report is included below: