Do you know individuals or groups that have had a statewide impact on literacy? Nominate them for the South Carolina Annual Literacy Leader (ALL) awards for 2014.
The ALL awards are presented by the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina in the fall of each year to individuals and/or groups that have had a statewide impact on literacy in South Carolina.
Contributions may include the following activities:• developing and implementing innovative and creative approaches to literacy education
• establishing models of best practices in literacy education
• providing service to under-served groups and communities
• providing funding and support for these kinds of programs
• making other statewide contributions deemed appropriate by the selection committee.
Recipients can be individuals, agencies, organizations or corporations with a local presence in South Carolina, regardless of their primary place of residence or corporate headquarters.
Additional awards will be presented this year in honor of South Carolina children's author, Peggy Parrish. The Peggy Parrish Prize will provide two awards of $500 each. One will be awarded to a public librarian. The second will be awarded to a public school educator, which would include anyone employed by a public school. Successful recipients will demonstrate their impact through activities such as:
• implementing or expanding innovative programs or approaches to increase literacy in children
• encouraging a child's love of reading through the involvement of a parent or caregiver
• establishing or expanding programs for under-served community groups to increase child literacy
• creating programs that successfully use Peggy Parish's notion of an "open window" timeframe to encourage reading in children.
Nominations should take the form of a one-page letter summarizing the statewide impact of the nominee with respect to the award criteria. Nominations should be received no later than May 2, 2014.
Last year's recipients were Helen Fellers, Coordinator of the South Carolina Center for Children's Books and Literacy and Reading Rooster, Jane Thomas, Greenville Literacy Association, and the Trident Literacy Association.
Please send nominations by email to Dr. Curtis R. Rogers, Chair of the ALL Nominations Committee at crogers@statelibrary.sc.gov and Dr. Sam Hastings, USC SLIS Director at hastings@sc.edu or by mail to: Dr. S. K. Hastings, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, Davis College, 1501 Greene St., Columbia, SC 29208
