Thank you for this information about Title 11A. I had already written my
senators & representative to support the SKILLs Act. I just sent them another
letter including Title 11A information and a renewed urging to support the
SKILLs Act.
As I mentioned in one of my classes last week - one of the reasons ancient
Greece was destroyed was because each of the city states wanted to "do their
own thing" and not unite. They would have been a powerful force against any
enemy if they had just joined together. We have to unite as school librarians
if we want to survive our enemy - the NCLB. Let's not be like ancient Greece.
Alma
Alma Ramos-McDermott
MLS Student
Simmons College, Boston MA
2006 ALA Spectrum Scholar
AASL Legislation Committee
Former 21 year NYC elementary teacher
sunshinealma@aol.com
Subject: Re: Title IIA and Librarians' Professional Development
Diane and Colleagues,
Thank you for this very real example of how teacher-librarians are affected
by the provisions of NCLB. When you call your representatives to protest,
make sure that you ask them to co-sponsor the SKILLs Act (HR 2864/S 1699). This
legislation will amend NCLB to include teacher-librarians for consideration
for Title IIA funding. As Diane stated, teacher-librarians are not currently
considered part of the "core academic areas" and therefore ineligible for
these funds under the current provisions of NCLB. The successfull passage of the
SKILLs Act will change this.
Don't just protest, make sure you ask your reps to co-sponsor the SKILLs Act!
To find your representative: www.house.gov
To find your senator: www.senate.gov
Type in your zip code and you will get their office phone number. A phone
call is the most direct way to reach your reps.
Thank you,
Ann
Ann Dutton Ewbank, Ph.D.
President, Arizona Library Association
Member, AASL Task Force on NCLB
ALA Councilor-at-Large
Education Liaison Librarian
Fletcher Library
Arizona State University at the West campus
P.O. Box 37100
Phoenix, Arizona 85069-7100
602.543.8527
Fax 602.543.6500
ann.ewbank@asu.edu
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:08:30 -0500
From: Diane Roberts <diane77401@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Title IIA and Librarians' Professional Development
Dear fellow librarians:
I thought the list might like to be aware that Title IIA, federal funds for
Professional Development, will not pay for librarians' conferences or
training.
I recently applied for funding to go to AASL, and while I am planning on
going anyway, I am very unhappy about the situation. I will be writing my
representatives in Washington about it.
Perhaps you should do so too. Somehow I slipped through last year, but 21st
Century Learning, which mediates Title IIA funds for the Galveston-Houston
archdiocese sent my principal the following e-mail:
< I just want to make sure that you received the voice mail message that I
left for you on this past Tuesday. I am not able to approve your request for
Title IIA funds for the American Association of School Librarians Conference
because Title IIA guidelines very specifically detail that the funds are to
be used for sustained professional development for teachers and
administrators. Training must be focused on improving student achievement in core
academic
areas or on improving instructional strategies or classroom management
techniques. Please give me a call if you have any questions.>
Perhaps it's time to send protests to your legislators. I certainly will.
Diane
Diane Roberts
St. Thomas High School
Library Director
4500 Memorial Drive
Houston, TX 77007
713-864-6348 fax: 713-864-5750
direct: 713-341-5578 www.sths.org/
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