[CALIBK12] Board presentation re: School libraries

[Sue Morgan]

Some ideas for presenting information to your school board (or parents
at back to school night, or faculty)

* Keep it short - go for something they will remember when they go home
* Mention money - how much is your library collection worth?  
* Use statistics  - I recently did a very "low tech" presentation where
I put just the numbers (percentages, ratios, etc. )in BIG (200 pt.)
font, held those up, then explained them - it helps to reassure the
board that school libraries matter, and that they are doing the right
thing by supporting the library.

Here are the numbers (You can insert statistics from your own collection
to see how it measures up) 
		*23%  
		of California schools have a credentialed library media
teacher on campus part time or more;
		*1:889 
		the average national ratio of library media teachers to
students
		*51st  
		California's rank  in the nation with a .....
		*5,965:1
		ratio of school librarians to students in CA
		*17.2
		: average number of school library books per K - 12
student in California 
		*22:  
		national average of school library books per student
		*1972: 
		Average age of collection of school library books in CA
in 1995
		*1993; 
		Average age of collection of school library books in CA
in 2005

		(These statistics are from the cde website at:
		 http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/libstats.asp)

Sue Morgan
Librarian/Technology Coordinator
Blue Oak School
Napa, CA


We are preparing a board presentation in my district and are looking for
a theme.  Any good ideas that would tie in with these t-shirts?  This
year's conference theme has been at the top of my list, but I thought
with the creative minds on CALIB something else might spring up...
   
  TIA,
   
  Teresa Perry
  Library Technician
  Meiners Oaks Elementary
  

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