March and April are Literacy Education Advocacy Months. Choose an activity or two from our list below to do to help support literacy education.
1 minute 5-10 minutes 15 minutes 30 minutes 45 minutes 1-2 hours
Share this list of Literacy Education Advocacy Activites with a colleague
Send details about Literacy Education Advocacy Day to a colleague
Share NCTE's 2011 Education Policy Platform with a colleague
Write a Facebook entry about the need for public support for literacy education
Tweet to Congress about the need for public support for literacy education
Watch Clarissa West-White's video account of her visit to Washington, DC, for Literacy Advocacy Day
Look up all of your elected officials (local to national) on Congress.org
Register for NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Day
Read NCTE's 2011 Education Policy Platform
Call the home offices of your Members of Congress to schedule a visit while they're at home Mar. 21-25 or Apr. 18-29 for spring recess
Read our tips on visting your Member of Congress while they're at home Mar. 21-25 or Apr. 18-29 for spring recess
Read Clarissa West-White's article on starting a statewide advocacy day
Tell us what you did to advocate for literacy education during Literacy Education Advocacy Month by completing this short survey
Learn how NCTE takes positions on literacy education issues Literacy Education Advocacy Day
If you attended Advocacy Day, please send NCTE your report
Post a 3-5 minute video on YouTube about evaluating teachers on more than test scores or that describes how you've made your viewpoint about literacy education in public
30 minutes
Post something in the Connected Community about your students and teaching and how they connect to an education issue represented in the platform in the news today
Make plans for next year's Literacy Education Advocacy Month and Advocacy Day on April 19
45 minutes
Watch NCTE's "Advocacy for the Everyday Teacher" video
https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2010-03-16.1420.M.097EB5FE1F932EBA638077F2A25EC1.vcr
1-2 hours
Write a letter to your local newspaper supporting the LEARN act
http://www.ncte.org/action/write
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Involved/Action/LEARNonepagerNCTE.pdf
Speak about education at the Rotary Club or another service organization in your community
Teach a lesson about writing letters to policymakers, from principals to legislators
http://www.ncte.org/action/message
Talk with your family about how each member can influence your School Board
Attend Advocacy Day
Organize a Statewide Advocacy Day
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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Watch NCTE's
"Advocacy for the Everyday Teacher" video |
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Review this Literacy Education Advocacy Calendar and share it with a colleague | 5
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Write a letter to your local newspaper supporting the LEARN act | 7
It's not too late to register for NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Day | 8
Can't come to DC? See these ideas for simple advocacy activities you can do at home |
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Call the home offices of your Members of Congress to schedule a visit while they're at home Apr. 18-29 for spring recess | 12
Post a 3-5 minute video on YouTuve about evaluating teachers on more than test scores | 13
Read our tips on visting your Member of Congress while they're at home Apr. 18-29 for spring recess | 14
Write a Facebook entry about the need for public support for literacy education | 15
Read NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Day talking points |
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Teach a lesson about writing letters to policymakers, from principals to legislators | 19
Post a 3-5 minute video on YouTube that describes how you've made your viewpoint about literacy education in public
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Tweet about the need for public support for literacy education | 21
Talk with your family about how each member can influence your School Board
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Watch Clarissa West-White's video account of her visit to Washington, DC, for Literacy Advocacy Day
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Make plans for next year's Literacy Education Advocacy Month and Advocacy Day on April 19 | 27
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Literacy Education Advocacy Day
If you attended Advocacy Day, please send NCTE your report | 29
Tell us what you did to advocate for literacy education during Literacy Education Advocacy Month by completing this short survey |