Literacy Initiatives and Support

Current Initiatives

• Battle of the Books Competition

• Monthly/Quarterly Newsletters

• Staff Training/Resource Sharing

  • • Teaching Books

• Multicultural Literacy Analysis

• Book Promotion

  • • Emails

    • Book Trailers

    • TV Scroll

    • Announcements

    • Bulletin Board- Literary themed

    • Displays- seasonal, topical, new books

    • Programming - units of study support, genre book talks, March Book Madness, blind date with a book

• eBooks and online reading resources

  • • • WSLDC & Sora

      • Follett Collections

  • Collection Management- Purchasing (graphic and visual representation, audiobooks, diverse titles), weeding, support English/Language Arts curriculum (units of study)

  • Inquiry-Based Learning Opportunities

  • Literacy Theme Events

    • • Banned Books Week

      • Teen Read Week

      • World Read Aloud Day

      • Read Across America Week

  • Coding and Computational Thinking (Clubs & lessons)

  • Public Library Collaboration (Programming promotion & Co-programming)

Identified Area of Growth

We feel that this area is well represented by the district literacy programs.  Even though this is not an area of focus, we will continually add programs as they become available  to help provide a strong literacy base.

Plan to Address Area of Growth

Through professional development, workshops and collaborative meetings, we will continue to build on our literacy programs throughout the district.

Potential Future Directions for Library Program

We are continuously learning from professional development workshops, resources, and publications. Each of these opportunities introduces new potential ventures to support student literacies.