2.2 Reading promotion
Candidates use a variety of strategies to promote leisure reading and model personal enjoyment of reading in order to promote habits of creative expression and lifelong reading.
2010 ALA/AASL Standards for Initial Preparation of School Librarians
Drawing on my classroom teaching experience of reaching different learning styles and personalities, I tried to be extremely conscious of reaching as many individuals as possible – a menu of “something for everyone.” Each event includes a theme and at least six suggested reads, with a conscious effort to include different reading levels and cultural representation. The reminders will also address the various ways parents hear about events at school--print flyers and a webpage—with references to both in the weekly principal phone call and on the main school’s home web page. I will also ask the PTA for monthly promotion time at their meetings.
This became one of my favorite assignments and I have already made plans to work with the reading specialist to implement it in my first year. We are discussing turning the October event, Fireside Tales, into a camping night on school grounds complete with tents, sleeping bags, and s’mores. I know firsthand what busy lives families lead. The message of finding time to enjoy reading is a vital one. I hope the outcome will be a community that views reading for enjoyment with just as much importance as they do reading for education and work purposes.
This became one of my favorite assignments and I have already made plans to work with the reading specialist to implement it in my first year. We are discussing turning the October event, Fireside Tales, into a camping night on school grounds complete with tents, sleeping bags, and s’mores. I know firsthand what busy lives families lead. The message of finding time to enjoy reading is a vital one. I hope the outcome will be a community that views reading for enjoyment with just as much importance as they do reading for education and work purposes.
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Revised July 2013