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MSLA Legislative Initiative: What Members Can Do |
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- Be prepared to contact your legislators when necessary to advocate for support for our bill. Legislative alerts are posted on our listserv.
- Attend a Legislative Breakfast in your region see schedule
- Invite your legislator to visit your school. Take pictures as well as providing opportunities for interaction with students in the LMC.
-> Highlight issues important to your program.
-> Demonstrate how your program supports 21st Century Learning.
-> Stress the need for parity across the Commonwealth century learning and how you coordinate your program with the curriculum.
-> Stress the value of teaching information evaluation skills.
-> Explain what you are trying to accomplish.
-> Be positive about what you have and explain how much more you could do if more resources were available.
- Evaluate your Library Media Center using the MSLA Model School Library Program Rubrics and submit your profile to MSLA. We are looking for model sites to showcase.
- Build community support for your library program by inviting people in to read to students, to help with projects or to volunteer in the library.
- Join the MSLA Legislative Committee. Contact Judi Paradis or Bob Roth
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 14 March 2009 )
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