Lbsc742 teacherpresentation

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• #2: JC’s Script:Good morning and thank you for having us here today. We appreciateyou letting us take up some of your class time in order to help us with our project and for giving us the opportunity to tell you about the role of the school librarian.Today we want to hear what your perceptions and expectations are when you think about working with your future school librarians and hopefully we can provide you with the tools to start your careers in education as eager collaborators.A little bit about us. We are all in the School Library Program here at the iSchool. All three of us have had careers in other fields and are now making the switch to school media.  The big commonality between us is that all three of us have extensive backgrounds in technology which will be very useful in our new career as school librarians. The role of the school librarian has changed greatly and a mastery of technology is just as important as knowing what books to suggest to students.That being said at the end of this presentation we hope to have introduced you to:-The various roles of the school librarian-Services/resources that the school librarian can provide for teachers AND-Benefits, challenges, and types of teacher/school librarian collaboration
• #3: JC’s Script: How many of you had a school library or media center in your schools? What are some of the the things you remember your librarian doing?Order & catalogue booksRun the book fairRun the libraryReshelf books
• #4: JC’s Script:Those are all great answers however, Things have changed a lot in the past decade and the 21st century librarian has many new roles. Yes, we may still check out books and do story time but our role embraces technology just as much So what is the 21st century librarian? The 21st century librarian:  Promotes reading – not just in print but via Nooks, kindles and the ipad The 21st century librarian: is the information expert in your building. She/he can provide teachers and students with a wide variety of search tools that reach across blogs, wikis, databases and social media  The 21st century librarian: Organizes the web for learners. She uses blogs, wikis and other tools to collect resources and organize them  The 21st century librarian models respect for intellectual property. She ensures that students (and teachers) practice safe and ethical behaviors by learning how to properly cite content in all formatsAnd finally, The 21st century librarian embraces technology and is one of the leaders in getting it implemented into your curriculums.
• #5: JC’s Script:Standards for the 21st-Century Learnerhave been provided by the American Association of School Librarians. They offer a vision for teaching and learning to guide our profession as education leaders. They will both shape the library program in your school and serve as a tool for school librarians toshape the learning of students in the school.These standards help stress the “importance of literacy and reading in schools, the need for inquiry-based learning, the importance of teaching ethics in library usage and the,importance of technology in libraries.”
• #6: JC:The four main goals of the these standards are for learners to use skills, resources and tools to: Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge. Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society. Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.http://www.ehow.com/about_5431981_aasl-standards-st-century.html

• #7: NR’s Script:Books are still a major part of any library, and school media centers are no exception. School libraries have books divided between fiction and nonfiction. Reference sections are getting smaller as more schools use online encyclopedias. Staff reference resources are also available. Some schools have audio books, or kits containing books and CD or tape for students to view while listening to the story. School Librarians are committed to inspiring a love of reading in students, so many will sponsor some type of reading incentive program, as well as summer reading programs.
• #8: NR’s Script:The mission comes from the American Association of School Librarians, and is intentionally broad. The 21st century library program is not just reading, or research, or proper citations, but a combination of all of them to ensure students are prepared to become critical thinkers and are inspired to keep learning.
• #9: NR’s Script:There are several titles that can all be used interchangeably: School Librarian, Teacher Librarian and Library Media Specialist. In all cases, the person in the job is working with teachers to help students learn.A school librarian has four major roles **note – I’m not big on promoting the leadership role with teachers. We can talk about this more, but this script only covers 4 roles**. Any given day he or she may be doing all four, and the amount of time spent on each role varies. [Go back to survey results to talk about what they thought was main role – discuss in the order they ranked them] Here is a description of each role:Program Admin – managing the facility, creating and following policies, creating and maintaining the budget, ordering books and other resources to meet the needs of the students and staff, maintaining the collection.Teacher – teaching students how to conduct research by phrasing questions, gathering information, organizing the data, preparing it and presenting their findings and finally evaluating themselves and their results.Instruct Partner – collaborating with other teachers on teaching lessons that are applicable to real world and have meaning to students, tied into other subjects.Info Spec – using technology tools to supplement resources, introducing and modeling emerging technologies as well as finding/assessing/using information. Ensuring the ethical use of information (honoring copyrights and citing sources properly) is also a major portion of this role.
• #11: NR’s Script: Resources: both print (books, textbooks, magazines) and non-print (may be DVDs, videos, CDs, internet resources, electronic databases and electronic books (Tumblebooks, One More Story, etc) Services: collaboration, teaching, professional development to staff on technology (web 2.0 tools) as well as electronic databases and books that may be purchased by the school, technical support (troubleshooting computer, promethean, TV, listening center, etc problems), even mundane things like replacing printer cartridges, laminating, requesting equipment repair, etc.Pathfinders – created by LMS tailored to the teacher’s project that helps direct and focus student research. May be as elaborate as this example, or as simple as a Word document with links for the students to click on.
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• #13: MM’s Script:In the next few slides, we’re going to discuss an instructional partnership continuum. To give you an idea of a true instructional partnership for the teacher and school librarian, these objectives need to be addressed: the teacher and school librarian must identify the student information needs, the curricular content (for subject and AASL standards), the learning outcomes, and the resources to be used. In an instructional partnership, the librarian will co-plan and co-teach the unit with the teacher from the pre-planning phase up until the assessments and evaluation of the lesson to ensure that the learning outcomes were met.
• #14: MM’s Script:Now we’re going to discuss the steps towards collaboration (aka instructional partnership continuum). If the school librarian is an equal teaching partner in the school (and this isn’t the case in every school, because administration sets the culture for the school), her goal is to work towards collaboration. None of these steps on the instructional partnership continuum are less important that any other level. However, the focus is always on student learning outcomes. The purpose of the media specialist is to meet the school’s curricular goals. In the first level of the instructional partnership continuum, we have cooperation. The relationship with cooperation is loose, informal, and instantaneous. The teacher and school librarian work independently, but come together for a mutual benefit. For example, a 3rd grade science teacher may need books for a lesson on identifying and listing materials that can be recycled. The librarian cooperates with the teacher by providing these books. Cooperation is the bedrock of trust on the instructional partnership continuum. Without the trust, you can’t follow the steps towards collaboration.In the second level of the instructional partnership continuum, we have coordination. The relationship is planned and requires more joint planning and communication. The teacher and school librarian have a more formal working relationship and an understanding of their shared missions. For example, a 4th grade science teacher wants to teach a unit on genetic traits that are inherited. She asks the school librarian to teach database skills where students can locate articles on this topic for a small research paper. The librarian coordinates with the teacher by teaching a lesson that will benefit the students and the teacher.
• #15: MM’s Script: Finally, we’re at collaboration. This relationship is prolonged and interdependent. The teacher and librarian co-plan, co-design, co-teach, and co-assess the unit. For example, the 3rd grade teacher who asked for books on recycling earlier, the librarian took it a step further in this example by suggesting that they collaborate on a lesson that incorporates both science content and information literacy standards. She brings up this cool website she came across called “MyGarbology” and even suggests that with the holidays coming up, that this is the perfect time to discuss reducing winter waste. She offers to email the science teacher some lesson seed ideas that will incorporate both science and information literacy content. The definition of information literacy has become more complex as resources and technologies have changed. Information literacy has progressed from the simple definition of using reference resources to find information. Multiple literacies, including digital, visual, textual, and technological, have now joined information literacy as crucial skills for the 21st century. What does collaboration look like? Let’s take a peek at the beginning stages of collaboration in action. Michelle will click on the picture for the 2 minute YouTube video to come up.
• #16: MM’s Script:The instructional partnership continuum ends with data-driven collaboration. It takes collaboration a step further to where the teacher and school librarian evaluate test data to determine what the students don’t know. Once the deficits have been targeted, the students practice these skills as they’re learning the subject area content. The teacher and librarian look carefully at the constructed response questions, focus on two or three subskills, and track student progress carefully. Data-driven collaboration is necessary in this age of testing. Data-driven collaboration’s purpose it to improve student learning and achievement. Ultimately, this type of collaboration shows administration that the school is on target.
• #17: MM’s Script:Unless your planning time coincides with the librarian’s planning time, there isn’t enough time in the day to have a collaboration meeting. Meetings happen in the hallway, at lunch, before school, after school, and via email.It’s up to the administration to look at the impact of the schedule on all educational programs and make changes that will improve its impact. It’s also up to us to serve on leadership committees that plan schedules. If we see that we’re not getting the planning time we need, we have to speak up. Administrative support is an essential component to collaboration. If we have a strong leader who sets goals with expectations for collaboration, the staff is going to collaborate not just because they “have to”, but because that’s the expected school culture. When the principal provides planning time and her goal of collaboration, her leadership trickles down to where each staff member feels supported. Collaboration is difficult to get off the ground if the support is not present. The lack of support from administration can hinder progress. We can’t stress enough that the role of the principal is so critical to the development of school priorities, culture, and resources. The principal is the key factor here. When a school lacks a collaborative work culture, teachers won’t collaborate. Staff faced with a negative school culture or those who are resistant to change don’t get anywhere either.The No Child Left Behind Act changed everything. Teachers are more overwhelmed than ever. Teachers have to cover the standards and materials covered in the tests. What better way to overcome this challenge through data-driven collaboration? Show administration how you and the librarian have improved test scores through collaborative projects.Each school is going to have different roadblocks. The best way to overcome these roadblocks is through a team effort. Our students depend on it.
• #18: MM’s Script:There are numerous benefits of collaboration for teachers, librarians, students, and administration, but we decided to focus on only two benefits for each audience. The benefits of collaboration for teachers are that the curriculum is reinforced during media lessons, and that they have a partner to share the task of addressing student deficits. For the librarians, we have the chance to assess school learning goals and influence student achievement. We also have the opportunity to lighten teacher load in an age of increased expectations.
• #19: MM’s Script:There are numerous benefits of collaboration for teachers, librarians, students, and administration, but we decided to focus on only two benefits for each audience. The benefits of collaboration for teachers are that the curriculum is reinforced during media lessons, and that they have a partner to share the task of addressing student deficits. For the librarians, we have the chance to assess school learning goals and influence student achievement. We also have the opportunity to lighten teacher load in an age of increased expectations.
• #20: MM’s Script:In concluding our presentation today, we’d like to say that collaboration isn’t easy. It takes practice. It takes time. Collaboration happens after you’ve established a relationship of a trust. Collaboration is about building bridges.