| Advocacy Ideas |
MLA Connections |
| Contact daycares |
Invite MLA to MY classroom to see what learning is like for little children |
| Contact playschools and nursery schools |
Attend "Town Hall" Meetings with MLA's and ask about educational issues |
| Contact universities and colleges with teacher-training students |
Invite MLA's to schools for any event: School Council meetings, concerts, Science Fair (as a judge) |
| Send a newsletter to every parent in our class/school |
Invite MLA's to A.G.M. |
| Invite MLA's to ECEC Conference for a quick introduction |
Invite MLA's to Teacher Conventions |
| Provide cards for parents to send |
Design a calendar with real photos for MLA's |
| Promote Advocacy booklets printed by ATA |
Prepare form letters that can easily be adjusted and personalized |
| Provide information on campaign to Education Professors |
Prepare more "Greeting Cards" for many occasions that can be sent to MLA's |
| Attend media meetings and ask about educational issues |
Regional Presidents should follow a self-imposed schedule of advocacy (eg. once a month write a letter to...) and set a similar policy for executive members |
| Ask retired teachers to help make educational points on phone-in talk shows |
Send the MLA's a copy of IEI |
| Use any education forum, or telethons, to voice concerns and issues |
Decide which method of communication is easiest (phone call, personal visit, email, handwritten letter, typed letter) and make a personal commitment to follow through on that communication. |
| Create banners from IMC |
Join political parties |
| Print Regional President business cards with the advocacy issues on the back |
Attend constituency meetings |
| Put advocacy letters on chairs at convention |
Make a point to invite MLA's to classes with large class sizes |
| Print labels with advocacy points to attach to envelopes, documents, letters |
Create a new appointed executive position for advocacy; someone who is comfortable and experienced with lobbying skills |
| Design pens with advocacy issues |
Design stamps for advocacy issues |
| Letter writing campaigns should have stamps available |
Make connections with other agencies about mutual advocacy |
| Send cards to members, influential people, and School Council chairs with advocacy issues |
Place slogans anywhere, keep them in forefront |
| Regional Presidents should attend Council of School Chairs and Home School meetings. Use prepared overheads/notes/handouts for presentations. |
At any ECEC sponsored sessions, encourage letter writing, mug promotion before/after presentations |
| Form letters ready to adapt to send to media |
Bring the IEI to school and share with other Staff Members |
| Keep fanning out advocacy commitment - from Provincial Executive - to Regional Executive - to members - to staff - to parents - to public. |
Continue to build the ECEC expectation and culture of advocacy |
