Inspires and Supports the Reading Lives of Both Students and Teachers
Creates inclusive collections that acknowledge and celebrate diverse experiences and provide instructional opportunities to empower learners as effective users and creators of information and ideas.
All librarians purchase high-interest texts at a variety of reading levels
All librarians purchase materials to support the various curriculums
All libraries have a diverse collection that is updated regularly to ensure that all students can see themselves represented in the library
All librarians fill staff and student material requests
K-6 librarians teach students how to find "good fit" books
K-8 holds book fairs twice a year during parent / teacher conferences
Some schools have Little Free Libraries
All schools have a student Book Club
All librarians create resource lists for students and staff
Libraries offer activities that promote reading such as Battle of the Books, Golden Archer, March Madness Book Challenge, Teen Read Week, Read Dating, Book Tasting, Book Buffet, etc.
K-6 holds book giveaways twice a year
All libraries offer summer book checkout
All libraries have an ebook / audiobook platform (Overdrive, Follett Shelf, MackinVia, etc.)
All schools support author visits either in person or online
All librarians provide booktalks and readers advisory
All libraries provide books for the Summer EXCEL library
Collaborate with teachers to select lit circle books
Promote books through displays
Continue to purchase diverse books
Purchase diverse books that relate to the topics in Wit and Wisdom
Collaborate more with the Public Library