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AASL Strategic Plan

Goal Area:  Guidelines and Standards

The school library profession will recognize AASL’s guidelines for school library media programs and information literacy standards for student learning as the model of excellence for the profession.

Objectives:

1. Increase the currency and relevancy of AASL’s guidelines for school library media programs.
2. Increase the currency and relevancy of AASL’s information literacy standards for student learning.

Goal Area: Advocacy

All stakeholders will understand and recognize that the school library media specialist and school library programs are essential to teaching and learning.

Objectives:

1. Increase member involvement in national advocacy.
2. Increase member involvement in state advocacy.
3. Increase member involvement in local advocacy.

Goal Area: Professional Development

AASL’s professional development opportunities will be important, valuable, and available to school library media specialists.

Objectives:

1. Increase the link between member needs and professional development content.
2. Increase the financial viability of professional development programs.
3. Increase opportunities for professional development.

Goal Area: Influence Within ALA

ALA will understand and support the issues important to school library media specialists and school library media programs.

Objectives:

1. Increase AASL member involvement in ALA leadership.
2. Raise the profile of school library media issues within ALA.

Goal Area: Community

AASL will be a vibrant, inclusive, accessible, and supportive community for school library media specialists.
 
Objectives:

1. Increase the number of members involved in AASL.
2. Increase SLMS’ understanding and value of AASL.

For more information and additional documents visit the Strategic Planning page, or download the following:

• AASL Strategic Plan (adopted June 2005; PDF file, 50 k)
• AASL Strategic Plan with Strategies (PDF file, 50 k)
• AASL Strategic Plan PowerPoint (PPT file, 164 k)