Toolkit

motivations, authority, and time. We must assure our audiences that implementation
will assist their agendas. The plan ascribes primary responsibility for these
efforts to a variety of stakeholders; responsible parties and their audience members
are summarized below.
State Affiliates
Audiences: Building-level school librarians; state library associations; state departments
of education; various state professional, parent and community organizations;
state-level legislators; departments and agencies; and state media outlets.
Educators of School Librarians (ESLS Section of AASL)
Audiences: Administration and faculty at library and education preparation programs;
school library students; pre-service educators; and building-level school librarians
(through presentations and publications).
District Supervisors (SPVS Section of AASL)
Audiences: Building-level school librarians; school district administration; and other
district-level departments and administrators, such as information technology
departments and curriculum coordinators; internal communications vehicles; and
local media outlets.
Building-Level School Librarians
Audiences: Classroom teachers and specialists, students, parents and families, sitelevel
administrators, internal communication vehicles, and local media outlets.
Practical Suggestions
Get Involved
As school librarians, we must model Learning4Life (L4L) by thinking, creating,
sharing, and growing as the education environment constantly continues to
change.
Think
• Join other school librarians in AASL professional development
opportunities: AASL National Conference, national events, online
courses, webinars, and with AASL at ALA conferences.
• Keep informed about important educational matters by reading KQ
Express, Knowledge Quest, and School Library Research.
• Explore AASL’s Best Apps and Best Websites for Teaching & Learning for
innovative and collaborative lesson-planning ideas to share with your
grade-level and subject-area teachers.
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