Advocacy+Plan

===“Students will read at least 25 books (approximately one million words) throughout the 2012-2013 school year.Furthermore, the reading campaign with increase parental involvement by 25% from previous years” - we can measure this objective with the reading logs as well as with the surveys.===

II. Target Group - A specific target group is identified. Methods are used to gather data about groups initial perception.
===Our library media program is geared to support school-wide reading initiatives with the emphasis on encouraging reading throughout the school. Our stakeholders include our students, our staff, and our community. Data will be gathered using beginning and end of the year survey.===

Students will be encouraged to read at least 25 books throughout the school year. The following activities will motivate students to read and parent/community involvement.

 * ===Open House - August - For parents and students, have the media center open during the Open House, with scheduled orientation sessions throughout. Orientation sessions will include short introduction, plus a scavenger hunt to acquaint the students and their parents with various resources. Prizes will be given to all families who finish the scavenger hunt with correct answers.===
 * ===Open Media Center - weekly throughout the year - Have the media center open during the week for parents to attend with students - The school library will be open once a week in the evening for parents without Internet or computer access to visit the library, check the blog, and leave comments, as well as check out books with their children.===
 * ===Paws for Reading - monthly in the media center and at fall carnival===
 * ===**25 Book Campaign - Incentives for meeting reading goals**===
 * ===Beginning and end-of-year survey===

Who?
===This reading program will be a school wide initiative with every teacher participating. Reading times will take place each week in alternating classes. For example, on Monday in Week 1 students will have 30 minutes of uninterrupted reading time in block 1, in Week 2 on Monday they will have 30 minutes of reading time in block 2. Students may bring their own reading materials. Teachers are encouraged to check out book sets from the media center and bring magazines from home to have in their classrooms.=== ===Students will be encouraged to keep a reading log and have their teachers initial their logs during reading times. There will be incentives for students who meet reading goals. Student participation will be measured by the reading logs and monitored by teachers.===

=== IV. Presentation tools - Creative presentation of the advocacy plan Wikispaces was used due to the fact that it was easy to share for collaboration, can be edited at any time, and how simple it was to embed other forms of media. ===

V. Evaluation tools - Evaluation tools that would be implemented in a real-life situation (V. Evaluation). Included multiple data sources and is clearly linked to objectives.

 * ===Google Forms for pre/post survey===
 * ===Sign-in sheets for all functions===
 * ===Book logs from students===