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Chapter Relations Report
Chapter Name:
Date:
Chapter Councilor(s):
POLITICAL ACTION AND ADVOCACY: There is overlap between this section and Public Relations. In this section, include activities directed at management and the BCTF and its locals. Activities intended to encourage community members to exert political pressure for the purpose of accomplishing chapter and BCTLA goals would also be appropriate to include here. Describe programs and activities directed at colleagues, management and government, to educate them on teacher-librarianship issues such as staffing priorities and budget allocations and to enlist their support. Chapter members’ participation in BCTF local association committees would be political action.
CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT: This section is intended to share locally developed materials and programs involving the teacher-librarian and the library resource centre including but not limited to co-operative program planning and teaching units. Report chapter activities directed at the teaching role of the teacher-librarian. Local projects dealing with resource selection would fit here also. A brief description of innovative ideas and projects might be accompanied by a contact name and e-mail address where BCTLA members could get further information. Remember that the editors the The Bookmark are pleased to accept for publication any locally developed material.
MEETING IDEAS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS: This section could include a report of successful chapter meetings with topics and ProD events in which chapter members participated. You might also report on ongoing literacy programs and activities not developed originally in your district but which are found to be popular and useful and might be recommended to other districts.
SPEAKER AND WORKSHOP LEADERS: In this section list chapter members or other experts such as authors who have presented workshops or talks on matters of interest to teacher-librarians and would be willing to do so in other districts. Try to include a contact phone number or e-mail address.
PUBLIC RELATIONS: This refers to projects and events intended to raise awareness of the library resource centre and its role in education and literacy, aimed at the public, often with a feeling of celebration and fun. “Books for Babies” and “Battle of the Books” are examples of such programs. Some events might focus on colleagues or administration, such as involving trustees in reading stories to children. Include local newspaper coverage of library resource centre happenings, and mall displays.
CENSORSHIP/CHALLENGED MATERIALS: Describe any formal reconsiderations, etc.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Include news about your current automation systems, networking issues, hardware and software issues, etc. You could report training activities here, or under “Meeting ideas and special programs”. Descriptions of district-developed information and communication technology materials, units, curricula, etc. could go here or under “Curriculum and Program Development”.