Advocacy Resources

NJEA Commercial with Karen Grant

NBC News Segment Highlighting
the Work and Value of School Librarians

https://njasl.org/resources/Videos/wnbc.mp4

Thank you to Iveth Mollinedo, Beth Thomas, Mary Moyer and Tricina Strong-Beebe for their participation.


Administrators on AASL Standards

Administrators Partner with School Librarians

Administrators on School Librarians Leading Collaboration


NJ School Library Media Specialist Certification Requirements
Document details Administrative Code Requirements, QSAC Requirements, and ESSA Guidelines for School Libraries 


NJASL Press Releases

2021 NJASL Press Release on Survey of NJ School Boards Candidates.

NJASL Position Statements


The Role of Effective School Library Programs in The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015: A Position Statement from New Jersey Association of School Librarians, New Jersey Library Association, and LibraryLinkNJ (August 2016)

School Library and Classroom Reading Collections: Both essential to promote literacy, share common purposes and goals while providing unique scope and support for students. (2004)

School Library Media Research Studies

School Library Programs in New Jersey: Building Blocks for Realizing Student Potential with ESSA Legislation Opportunities (April 2016)

NJASL/CISSL Study--School Libraries: Now More than Ever



School Libraries: A Lesson in Student Success (2018) - A printable two-page updated version of the NJASL Infographic above.

NJASL Administrator Infographic (2021)

NJASL Infographic (2018)

AASL School Librarians Transform Learning Infographic (2014)

Roles of School Library Media Specialists

School Library Media Specialist Job Description

NJ Department of Education adopts AASL wording into NJ Student Learning Standards (May 2016)

"School Librarians are Uniquely Positioned to Enhance Student Learning,” a two-page document that illustrates how school librarians facilitate learning, is now available by clicking the title. Use it to remind stakeholders how you and your school library program can be indispensable to your school community and promote learning skills students need to achieve. The document includes quotes from recent research in over 21 state studies and an informative graphic. (August 2018)


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