April's Bulletin Board: School Library Month (and a few bulletin board strategies)
I just flipped my calendar, so that means it's time for a new bulletin board. Although we try to mix library programming and curriculum into many of the bulletin boards around the school, I pay special attention to the board right outside the library door. Although bulletin boards aren't a new trend, I think it's still a great form of passive program advocacy. As April is National School Library Month, it served as the inspiration for the board. AASL's 2018 theme is "Making Connections ," so I ran with the puzzle imagery and color palette in the promotional materials. When I have time, I enjoy getting all creative, but when I'm scheduled to my eyeballs, maintaining the bulletin board becomes a chore. I am by no means a bulletin board expert, but I do have a few strategies and tools I regularly use to quickly get something up that looks okay. 1) In my head, I divide the bulletin board into zones - so different parts of the board have diff...