2. Rain:
• A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
Frederick The Great
• You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud.
Denzel Washington
• Into each life some rain must fall. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Some people walk in the rain, others get wet.
Roger Miller
3. :
• The sun has come out... and the air is vivid
with spring light.
• Our spring has come at last with the soft
laughter of April suns and shadow of April
showers.
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School Librarian’s Workshop, formerly a
print publication, became a digital only
publication with the August/ September
2011 issue. It continues to be a bi-
monthly newsletter serving K-12 school
librarians and the varied and changing
needs they face.
10. What’s it all for?
• Advocacy: Promotion: Public Relations,
Advertising and Marketing
– Public relations involves building relationships
with the learning community inside and
outside the school. Advertising makes people
aware of your program's goals, while a
marketing plan focuses on convincing these
people to take action.
Finally, promotion involves a ongoing
commitment to the advancement of
ideas and programs.
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11. What’s that got to do with 21st
Century Skills & Services?
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During 2011, Colorado schools began
implementing the newly revised
Colorado Academic Standards, which
incorporate workforce readiness and
21st century skills.
On this site, you will find message
templates (sample e-mails, letters,
newsletter blurbs, brochures, and even
videos) containing these taglines and
targeting specific stakeholder audiences
in order to promote school librarians as
21st century skills experts.
https://sites.google.com/site/caslsurvive/
12. What are 21st Century Services?
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https://21stcenturyschoollibraries.wikispaces.c
13. What is a Learning
Commons?
• What in the world is a
Learning Commons?
– “A Learning Commons is a
flexible and responsive
approach to helping
schools focus on learning
collaboratively. It expands
the learning experience,
taking students and
educators into virtual
spaces beyond the walls of
a school.”
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From Library to Learning
Commons
Over the summer [2014?] Del Valle
High School underwent a major
renovation to transform its library
into a Learning Commons, an
innovative concept which is
becoming popular in schools and
universities to refer to a welcoming
multi-use student-centered space
providing access to 21st century
technology and resources.
22. What Does an Effective Frontline
Advocate for School Libraries Do?
• Frontline advocacy is all about informing and persuading. It’s about partnering with your school
librarian and administrators to place your school library media center in the spotlight at every
opportunity. It’s about saying and doing the little things on a daily basis that give others positive
feelings and an appreciation of your school’s library, and doing the big things when times are
hard. Don’t wait for a crisis to advocate for your library. Practice it every day, and, when there is a
special issue or concern, you’ll be very good at it.
• Once you try it, you will realize that advocating for your library is actually pretty easy. Click for
Ten Action Steps for Frontline School Library Advocacy. [3.3.a]
• Resist the urge to say, “Yeah, but…”
• Instead, check out Six Good Excuses That Won’t Work [3.3.b]
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3.3 Who Me?
