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ESSA Elevator Speech Examples

ESSA KEY Messages

Story and Fact/Data

The Ask

Pulling It All Together

[Title I]

Nearly 60 percent of first

Ensure that students have

We are seeing a disparity in preparedness among our incoming

School librarians and access to

year college students

access to school library

students. We count on students having digital literacy and

effective school library

require some remediation.

programs throughout k-12

information literacy skills that will allow them to do college level

programs impact student

The critical thinking and

schooling.

work and, all too often, those skills must be remediated. That

achievement, digital literacy

research skills developed in

deficit negatively impacts student engagement, retention, and

skills, and school

an effective school library

academic performance. Please use Title I funds to help close that

climate/culture.

program are essential

gap and ensure that all students in [state] have access to

components of college

effective K-12 school library programs. (Speaker: College

readiness.

Administrator. Audience: State Legislator or Board of Ed Official.)

[Title II, Part A]

Librarians lead professional

Include school librarians in

My librarians are integral to staff development and, in addition

School librarians are teacher

development and

Title II funding plans for

to leading committees throughout our district, they deliver

leaders, providing professional

committees. In this district,

the state.

quarterly professional development workshops for our teachers.

development, building

librarians trained teachers

Because of the librarians, our middle school students now have

capacities around technology

so that students can

cross content digital portfolios. I urge you to specifically identify

integration, and collaborating

maintain digital portfolios

school librarians in state plans for use of Title II funds. (Speaker:

with colleagues for instruction

across content areas.

District Administrator. Audience: State Board Official.)

and assessment.

[Title II, Part B, Subpart 1]

I have written more than

Appoint a librarian to the

Through successful grant writing, I have secured more than

School librarians are uniquely

$25,000 in grants, and my

district’s Title II grant team.

$25,000 in library resources that are shared by teachers and

suited to lead the effort in

literacy action research

students throughout the school. In addition, my literacy action

applying for competitive grants

project provided the data

research was incorporated into the district’s IAL grant. Please

because of their expertise and

and supporting

appoint me to the district’s Title II grant team. (Speaker:

access to strong professional

documentation for our

Librarian. Audience: District Administrator.)

learning.

district’s successful IAL

grant last year.

Southern Regional Education Board, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, “Beyond the Rhetoric: Improving College Readiness Through Coherent State

Policy,” 2010.

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