Letters, Lobbying and Announcements
March 2015
Fellow school library associations, we would like to invite you to become partners in the FAIR campaign https://fair.alia.org.au.
We launched in February and we already have nearly 800 subscribers. Yesterday we put out our first call to action concerning cuts to the State Library of WA, which resulted in another ABCTV news piece last night and more than 150 emails to the WA Arts Minister in less than 24 hours.
We have kept the branding on the FAIR website deliberately neutral so that it can be shared with other organisations and we’re now able to include partners’ names, logos and a statement of their advocacy concerns.
If you would like to be part of FAIR, please just send us through this information and we will put you up on the website. The only commitment is to help us promote FAIR campaigns, where they align with your thinking.
Best wishes,
Sue McKerracher | CEO | ALIA
August 2013
CMIS ministers letter 26 August 2013
Letter to Parents Regarding the CMIS Demise
Petition in Relation to Staffing and Funding Cuts to Education
May 2012
Albany Advertiser – Schools Unite for Write Reason 8 May 2012
November 2011
Letter to Kolbe Catholic College
Newton Moore article in The West Australian 16/11/11
Letter to Newton Moore Nov 2011
August 2011
Department of Education response to open letter 2011
Letter to politicians Aug 2011
Why a qualified Information Specialist (TL) is needed in all schools
November 2010
August 2010
May 2010
WASLA response to draft National Curriculum
February 2010
ACARA Second letter re release of draft curriculum
May 2009
Media Release – May 11, 2009
New research reveals school libraries hovering on the poverty line
Read the new ASLA policy on Guided Inquiry and the Curriculum
Statement on guided inquiry and the curriculum
March 2008
Letters were forwarded to then Premier of Western Australia, Alan Carpenter and the Minister for Education. A copy of these letters and the replies received from Education Minister McGowan and the Chief of Staff, Department of Training and Education (WA) can be viewed:
Letter to the Premier of Western Australia
Letter to the Minister of Education for Western Australia
Reply from the Minister of Education for Western Australia
Reply from the Chief of Staff, Training and Education (WA)
September 2008
Prior to the 2008 state elections, letters were sent to all Members of Parliament and to all Opposition members. These letters can be viewed:
Letter to Colin Barnett
Letter to Alan Carpenter
October 2008
A letter was forwarded to every Principal in Western Australia together with a copy of the “Standards of Excellence for Teacher Librarians” document. This letter and attachment can be viewed:
Attachment
Letter to Principals
November 2008
Our postcards – one designed for educators and the other for parents – were designed and launched at the WASLA AGM, 25 November, 2008. A copy of each of these postcards will be sent with our Term 1 newsletter to all members. The postcards can be viewed: