You might be thinking, "Advocacy isn't for me!" Yet, there are many ways you can make a difference. Join NCTE in celebrating Literacy Education Advocacy Month by doing just one little thing to support literacy education in March or April.
MARCH
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Review NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Calendar for March |
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Send the Literacy Education Advocacy Calendar
to a colleague | 17
Read NCTE's 2009 Legislative Platform | 18
Send the Legislative Platform to a colleague | 19
Watch your local newspaper for stories that resonate with the Legislative Platform | 20
Forward links to the stories you find to NCTE |
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Look up all of your elected officials (local to national) on Congress.org | 24
Note those elected officials whose issues align with the Legislative Platform
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Find the contact information for the home offices of your Members of Congress | 26
Add your
Members of Congress to your address book | 27
Register for NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Day |
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Send details about Literacy Education Advocacy Day to a colleague | 31
Call the home offices of your Members of Congress to schedule a visit while they're at home April 6-17
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APRIL
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Think of a story describing how your students and your teaching are represented in the Platform | 2
Share your story with a colleague and with NCTE
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Read our tips on visting your Member of Congress while they're at home April 6-17 |
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Review the Literacy Education Advocacy Calendar | 7
Send the Literacy Education Advocacy Calendar to a colleague | 8
Watch Clarissa West-White's video account of her visit to Washington, DC, for the 2008 Literacy Advocacy Day | 9
It's not too late to register for NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Day | 10
Can't come to DC? See these ideas for simple advocacy activities you can do at home |
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Read NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Day talking points | 14
Forward NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Day talking points to a colleague | 15
Think of your best literacy teaching story | 16
Tell your neighbor or a colleague about your best method to elicit good writing from your students
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Send your literacy teaching stories and methods for eliciting good writing from your students to NCTE |
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Read Clarissa West-White's article on starting a statewide advocacy day | 21
Email your legislator asking them to support a resolution making October 20, 2009, the National Day on Writing. | 22
Watch the Advocacy for the Everday Teacher Web seminar | 23
Literacy Education Advocacy Day | 24
If you attended Advocacy Day, please send NCTE your report |
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Make plans for next year's Literacy Education Advocacy Month and Advocacy Day on April 22 | 29
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May