February

Change Displays o African American History Month o Romance Novels (Valentine’s Day) o Teacher Recommended Readings
 * February**
 * Week 18**
 * Day 85:**


 * Day 86:** Invite the special education classes to the library for story time and to check out books. Give their classroom a book to keep (you can get lots of good children's books at friends of the library sales for $1.00 or less. (Hal Morris)


 * Day 87:** Visit the take ACTion 4 School Libraries site. Fill out your own ACTion card and ACT!


 * Day 88:** Create a signature line for your e-mail that states you are a teacher librarian. Some librarians even include a picture of what they are currently reading. Here's mine:

Heather Gruenthal, Teacher Librarian "Your best Internet connection is your Librarian." -- InfoPeople


 * Day 89:** Create a brand or logo for your library that you put on everything. You may want to use some of the images in the [|CSLA advocacy toolkit].


 * Week 19**
 * Day 90:** Publicize your programs to your staff through newsletters. If you don't tell them, they won't know what you are doing.


 * Day 91:** Inform your local public libraries about upcoming projects so they can be prepared.


 * Day 92:** Help students place books on hold at the public library if you can't offer it in your collection.


 * Day 93:** Go to a school board meeting and make a short presentation about the effectiveness of your program in raising student achievement. Share statistics on the impact of libraries on student achievement from [|Library Research Service].


 * Day 94:** Make sure to attend your site's staff development days so you know what is going on. Lead a staff development activity to emphasize your status as a knowledgeable teacher.


 * Day 95:** Get to know your public librarian, especially those offering teen/children's services.


 * Day 96:** Start a success journal (Gilmore-See). You can keep it on a blog, a wiki, or a plain old fashioned paper journal. The idea is to keep track of your progress not only to use as evidence, but to help you recognize your accomplishments.


 * Day 97:** Join the Leadership Team.


 * Day 98:** Libraries help close the digital divide. Write letters to the editor regarding the importance of books and libraries in closing the gap for haves and have not's.


 * Day 99:** Write an article for your district's website.


 * Week 20**
 * Day 100:** Publish your work in a professional journal. Knowledge Quest (The Journal of AASL), CSLA Journal, School Library Journal, VOYA, and Booklist are all good library related journals.


 * Day 101:** Advertise your programs through bulletin boards, posters, newsletters, displays, announcements.


 * Day 102:** Start a Friends of the Library Group.


 * Day 103:** Random Acts of Kindness Week. Hold an amnesty day for fines.


 * Day 104:** Start a Stargirl Club to promote Random Acts of Kindness. Give out [[file:riyl/StarGirl Bookmark.pdf|bookmarks with instructions]].


 * Week 21**
 * Day 105:** Make an effort to know your students by name.


 * Day 106:** Become a mentor for students who need special attention.


 * Day 107:** Put up a media wall with helpful school/community brochures. The [|AASL produces some brochures] for parents, Administrators, teachers, and students on the importance of school libraries.


 * Day 108:** Have a contest. Give Prizes. Guess the candy in a jar, monthly drawings. Twilight Trivia. At the release of each Twilight movie, we had a quiz about the book and gave away prizes such as Twilight themed t-shirts, calendars, and tickets to see the movie.


 * Day 109:** Make sure reading is represented in your school's Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLR's)