Advocacy Committee

Advocacy Resources:

ALA and AASL Resources:

• Advocating in a Tough Economy Toolkit
• Crisis Toolkit
• Grassroots Advocacy Webinars
• Legislative Action Center
• Library Promotional Events
• PR Tools and Resources
• School Library Program Health & Wellness Toolkit
• Toolkit for School Library Media Programs
• @ Your Library Logos

Promoting the Library Media Center:

• Act4SL  (Take ACTion for School Libraries and Student Learning)
• Bulletin Board Ideas for High School Media Specialists
• Capitalizing on the School Library’s Potential to Positively Affect Student Achievement
• Let’s Work Together – Librarians and Teachers
• Library Lover’s Month
• Marketing Our Libraries
• NEA’s Read Across America
  
• Survive and Thrive Advocacy Tool (by CASL)

Research and Impact of School Library Media Centers

• School Library Impact Studies
• School Library Impact Studies Project
• School Libraries Work!

South Carolina Education Associations

• Palmetto State Teachers Association
• SC Academy of Science
• SC Alliance of Black School Educators
• SC Art Education Association
• SC Association for Rural Education
• SC Association of Health Education, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
• SC Association of School Administrators
• SC Band Directors Association
• SC Council for Exceptional Children
• SC Council for the Social Studies
• SC Council of Teachers of English
• SC Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• SC Education Association
• SC FFA
• SC Future Business Leaders of America
• SC Geographic Alliance
• SC Middle School Association
• SC Music Educators Association
• SC PTA
• SC School Boards Association
• SC School Counselor Association
• SC Science Council
• SC State Council of the International Reading Association

Function: The Advocacy Committee promotes the need for  library media specialists, school library media centers and their programs.

Composition: The Advocacy Committee is composed of an Advocacy Committee Chairperson and members chosen by the chair.

Chairperson: The Advocacy Committee Chairperson is selected by the SCASL President.

Duties:

- Advocate for library media specialists, school library media centers and their programs.

- Inform the membership of issues impacting school media programs.

- Provide tools to members to be advocates for the profession.

- Implement the SCASL Mentor program.

2011-12 Committee Members

Chair: Fran Bullington, Boiling Springs High School (Spartanburg 2) fran.bullington@gmail.com

Brenda Sweat
Tamara Cox
Carla Nash
Sherry Rampey
Jen Smith
Susan Myers
Celeste Stone
Cindy Symonds
Cathy Nelson
Ellen Bunch

Media specialists are encouraged to write articles for South Carolina education association publications and to present at education association conferences across South Carolina. Please email Fran Bullington (fran.bullington@gmail.com) if you have any articles accepted for South Carolina publications or present at South Carolina education association conferences.

Mentor Program

The advocacy committee sponsors a mentor program for library media specialists. If you are interested in participating in this program please email Fran Bullington - fran.bullington@gmail.com

Updated: 18 August 2011