Transcript Leverage Your Library Program: Collaborate! Audrey Church, Coordinator, School Library Media Program Longwood University, Farmville, VA NCSLMA, October 2003

Leverage Your Library
Program:
Collaborate!
Audrey Church,
Coordinator, School Library Media Program
Longwood University, Farmville, VA
NCSLMA, October 2003
Leverage Your Library Program!
“The school library media
specialist must be perceived as a
strong, creative, collaborative
professional who is a visible
leader in the design of curriculum
and instruction appropriate for an
information-rich culture.”
Marilyn Miller, AASL Past President and Professor Emeritus, UNCG
“The school library media
specialist must be perceived as a
strong, creative, collaborative
professional who is a visible
leader in the design of curriculum
and instruction appropriate for an
information-rich culture.”
Marilyn Miller
TEN Recent Statewide Studies
1. The Impact of School Library Media Centers
on Academic Achievement, Colorado, 1993
2. Information Empowered: The School
Librarian as an Agent of Academic
Achievement, Alaska, 1999
3. Measuring Up to Standards: The Impact of
School Library Programs & Information
Literacy in Pennsylvania Schools, 2000
4. How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve
Standards: The Second Colorado Study,
2000
5. School Libraries and MCAS Scores,
Massachusetts, Baughman, 2000
6. Good Schools Have School Librarians:
Oregon School Librarians Collaborate to
Improve Academic Achievement, 2001
7. Texas School Libraries: Standards,
Resources, Services, and Students’
Performance, Smith, 2001
8. Make the Connection: Quality School Library
Media Programs Impact Academic
Achievement in Iowa, 2002
9. How School Librarians Improve Outcomes
for Children: The New Mexico Study, 2003
10.An Essential Connection: How Quality
School Library Media Programs Improve
Student Achievement in North Carolina,
Robert Burgin and Pauletta Brown Bracy,
2003
All Studies Show…
Test scores are higher when
the school has …
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A professionally trained, full-time library
media specialist
Adequate support staff in the library
A strong collection (books, periodicals, online
databases) that meets the needs of the
school instructional program
Student access to the library resources and
information within and beyond the library
Test scores are higher when
the school has a library media
specialist who …
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Is knowledgeable about school
curriculum
Assists teachers in using information
technology
Communicates and collaborates with
teachers
Teaches students information literacy
skills
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When library media specialists take an
active role in curriculum and instruction
When library media specialists teach
information literacy skills
When teachers and library media
specialists collaborate…
Student achievement
is higher!
Levels of
Collaboration
Cooperation
Coordination
Collaboration
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As defined in The Information-Powered School, ALA, 2001
Cooperation
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Loose working relationship
Teacher and LMS work independently
Teacher and LMS share information
informally
Teacher sees library media specialist
solely as a provider of resources.
Coordination
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More formal working relationship
Shared understanding of goals for
teaching and learning
More planning and communication
Teacher sees LMS as colleague who can
process requests for time in LMC and
play minor teaching role (in area of
research and use of library resources).
Collaboration
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Ongoing communication about shared
goals for student learning
Planning, teaching, and jointly
assessing student work
Teacher views LMS as teaching partner
and respects expertise that she brings
to the process.
Teacher/Library Media
Specialist Collaboration,
as defined by D. Loertscher
 Two partners, the teacher and the library
media specialist, team to exploit materials,
information, and information technology to
enhance a learning activity.
 The library media specialist holds a unique
position as a valuable asset in the
collaborative process.
 Principals and superintendents encourage
effective collaboration and monitor its
progress.
Collaboration Observation
Checklist,
as suggested by D. Loertscher
Teachers and library media specialists are
Brainstorming a curricular unit
Developing plans, activities, and assessments
Choosing materials and technologies
Working side by side as unit activities happen
Jointly evaluating the success of the unit
Engaging in staff development to refine the
collaborative process
Checklist, continued
Students are
Working in library and classroom on projects,
portfolios, presentations, inquiry and other
authentic learning tasks
Comfortable in using information and
information technology
Sharing finding in group-related activities
Interested and excited about learning
Facilities are
Planned and arranged to support the various
activities that collaborative learning
experiences produce
Leverage Your Library
Program to Help
Raise Test Scores—
HOW?
Collaboration
Know the curriculum—district and state
(North Carolina Standard Course of Study).
Serve on standards and curriculum
committees.
Participate in curriculum development.
Attend grade level/department meetings.
Collaboration
Collaborate with teachers.
Team teach and co-evaluate student
products with teachers.
Develop the library media collection
targeted at the instructional program of the
school.
Information Literacy
Be vocal for information literacy (Make
use of Information Skills Curriculum) and
work to integrate information literacy
skills instruction into the curriculum (Make
use of Information Skills Integration
Strategies.)
Teach information literacy skills, as
appropriate, as an integral part of content
area instruction.
Information Technology
Train teachers and students to effectively
use the licensed databases available.
Train teachers and students to effectively
use the Internet: to use search tools
efficiently and effectively and to evaluate
information found.
Work to provide access to resources at
the point of need, even outside of library
walls—NCWise Owl and beyond…
Roles of the Library Media Specialist
Program administrator
 Information specialist
 Teacher
 Instructional partner
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-as defined in Information Power: Building Partnerships for
Learning, 1998
Library media specialists are
instructional partners,
teachers, and information
specialists ….critical to the
teaching and learning that occurs
in our schools!
Communicate,
Coordinate,
and
Collaborate
to Connect ILS
with
Content Area Standards!
Nine Information Literacy
Standards for Student Learning
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Information Literacy—Students
are able to
1. Access information efficiently and
effectively
2. Evaluate information critically and
competently
3. Use information accurately and
creatively
From Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning, ALA, 1998.
Nine Information Literacy
Standards for Student Learning
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Independent Learning—Students are
information literate and are able to
4. Pursue information for their own personal
interests
5. Appreciate literature and other creative
expressions of information
6. Strive for excellence in information
seeking and knowledge generation
From Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning, ALA, 1998.
Nine Information Literacy
Standards for Student Learning
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Social Responsibility—Students who contribute
positively to the learning community and societ
are information literate and
7. Recognize the importance of information in a
democratic society
8. Practice ethical behavior in regard to information
technology
9. Participate effectively in groups to pursue and
generate information
From Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning, ALA, 1998.
North Carolina Course of Study—
Goals and Objectives
Collaboration
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work with all to provide access to information
work with teachers and administrators to
build and manage collections that support
authentic, information-based learning
work with teachers to plan, conduct, and
evaluate learning activities that incorporate
information literacy, helping students become
independent, information literate lifelong
learners
“Stepping boldly into the learning
process with students and
teachers brings understanding
and support for the library media
program from principals,
teachers, parents, and school
board members.”
Marilyn Miller
“The Library as a Focal Point
to Achieve Student Success”
from David V. Loertscher’s
Reinvent Your School’s Library
in the Age of Technology
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Base of Pyramid: Network
Central/Information Infrastructure
The Library Program:
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Teaching Information Literacy
Enhancing Learning through Technology
Building Reading Literacy
Collaborating with Teachers in the Design of
Learning
Increased Academic Achievement!
Does active participation
in the instructional process
by the library media specialist
impact
teaching and learning
that occurs?
“On an individual basis: After the first year of flexible
scheduling, with all library projects based on teacher/librarian
collaboration, we found there was a direct correlation
between library usage and improved test scores. After
running the end-of-the-year circulation report, it became
obvious that the teachers who had the highest library
usage also had the highest test scores. A detailed
analysis revealed there was a direct link between library usage
and test scores in reference study and reading comprehension.
For example, the classroom with the highest library usage has
a mastery percentage of 86% in reference study and 81% in
comprehension. The teacher who offered the most resistance
to collaborative planning and library usage also had the lowest
in mastery scores—19% in reference study and 52% in
comprehension.”
--Faye Pharr, Principal, Lakeside Academy of Math, Science, and Technology,
Chattanooga, TN, at the White House Conference on School Libraries
Every Student
Succeeds @ your
library®
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New campaign for school libraries to be
launched at AASL in Kansas City
“ to raise public awareness about the
significant contributions made by SLMSs
through their design of library media
programs that further academic
achievement and lifelong learning for
students”
Frances Roscello, 2003-2004 AASL President,
Knowledge Quest, Sept./Oct. 2003
A strong library media program is one
where the collection is well-developed
AND the library media specialist…
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Teaches students (and teachers) how to
effectively find, evaluate, and use
information,
Collaboratively partners with classroom
teachers, and
Is actively involved in teaching and
learning!
Leverage Your Library
Program!
Collaborate!
Audrey Church
Instructor/Coordinator,
School Library Media Program
Longwood University
Hull 234, Farmville, VA 23909
434.395.2682
[email protected]