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.
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Read our tips on visting your Member of Congress while they're at home March 29-April 9
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Review the Literacy Education Advocacy Calendar | 6
Send the Literacy Education Advocacy Calendar to a colleague | 7
Watch Clarissa West-White's video account of her visit to Washington, DC, for the 2008 Literacy Advocacy Day | 8
It's not too late to register for NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Day | 9
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 | 13
Forward NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Day talking points to a colleague | 14
Think of your best literacy teaching story | 15
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 | 20
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Watch the Advocacy for the Everday Teacher Web seminar | 22
Literacy Education Advocacy Day | 23
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 | 28
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Tell us what you did to advocate for literacy education during Literacy Education Advocacy Month by completing this short survey
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