October

Week 5

Day 21: Time to change the Monthly Bulletin Board Displays for October. I usually feature scary books and mysteries.

Day 22: Have a flexible schedule and post it online so that staff can check availability from their classrooms. We use Google Calendar.

Day 23: Start a Book Club. A good way to start a book club is to start with a Summer Reading Social. See the link above for the activity description.

Day 24: Let your foreign language and English Language Learner teachers know what dictionaries you have available. If you have multiple copies, let students have a year long check out period.

Day 25: Promote local literacy events in your area. The Orange County Festival of Books is held each year in October.

Week 6

Day 26: Celebrate YALSA's Teen Read Week (Renamed TEENtober in 2019). Register your school to be eligible for neat give-aways from YALSA

Day 27: Give your teachers a break before progress reports are due by giving booktalks. By using Genre as a theme, you can help reinforce a standard.

Day 28: Be a club adviser. Sponsor a literacy group, book club, manga club, or any topic your library users are interested in. Participate in Club Rush to promote your club. Let clubs meet in the library.

Day 29: Take pictures of your TA's doing things to put in a PowerPoint for parents on Back to School Night.

Day 30: When you receive a donation, be sure to thank your donors.

Week 7

Day 31: Get your picture taken on staff picture day. Talk to the yearbook adviser to make sure you are included on the teacher page (I can't tell you how many years I was not even pictured). Even better, see if you can have a whole page dedicated to library activities.

Day 32: Get all the freshman classes in for a library orientation. Collaborate with a freshman teacher on a research assignment so students are getting just in time, relevant instruction. Show students how to find Works Cited information to prepare them for questions on the CST.

Day 33: Get active in your School Site Council or WASC committee and make sure your library is represented in the WASC (accreditation) plan. Meetings are required to be open to the public, so even if you are not a member, you can attend meetings.

Day 34: Make sure your library is represented in the School Plan.

Day 35: Get some business cards. Use them for networking.

Week 8

Day 36: The last week in October is Red Ribbon Week. Wear red and participate in red ribbon week activities.  

• See Also:  RIYL Red Ribbon Week

Day 37: Make a video to promote your library on the morning video announcements if you have them.

Day 38: Educate your patrons about "Good Weeds" An advocacy tip from AASL: Advocacy Tip #144 Posted on November 1, 2011 by AASL.  See ALA's Weeding Guidelines

Day 39: Partner with your Spanish Department to put up a Dia de los Muertos -- Day of the Dead Display.

Day 40: Halloween!!! Dress up. Give out Candy. This is an advertising technique called transfer, that links positive feelings to the library.

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