March and April are Literacy Education Advocacy Months. Choose an activity or two from our list below to do to help support literacy education.
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Share this list of Literacy Education Advocacy Activites or NCTE's 2011 Education Policy Platform (2012 Platform to come in early March) with a colleague
Send details about Literacy Education Advocacy Day to a colleague
Tweet to Congress or write a Facebook entry about the need for public support for literacy education
Look up all of your elected officials (local to national) on Congress.org
Register for NCTE's Literacy Education Advocacy Day (registration form to come in mid-February)
Read NCTE's 2011 Education Policy Platform (2012 Platform to come in early March)
Call the home offices of your Members of Congress to schedule a visit while they're at home Feb. 20-24, Mar. 12-16 (House only), or Apr. 2-13 for spring recess
Read our tips on visting your Member of Congress while they're at home Feb. 20-24, Mar. 12-16 (House only), or Apr. 2-13 for spring recess
Read Clarissa West-White's article on starting a statewide advocacy day
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
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
Watch NCTE's "Advocacy for the Everyday Teacher" video
Write a letter to your local newspaper supporting the teachers in your local schools.
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
Talk with your family about how each member can influence your School Board
Attend Advocacy Day
Organize a Statewide Advocacy Day