Expectations for Collaboration, Collections, and Connections to Enhance Learning: Expectations for Collaboration, Collections, and Connections to Enhance Learning:

A Program Evaluation Rubric A Program Evaluation Rubric

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• Overview, definition, explanation of component • What does the research say?

What evidence exists at this level of collaborative

planning?

As program level increases,

so does the evidence of collaboration

Level of Level of collaborative collaborative

planning correlated planning correlated to the evidence to the evidence

availableavailable

What needs to occur to move program to next level?

At the Outstanding Level, Program Improvement Strategies focus on

maintenance and continuous improvement of the program.

Evidentiary documents,

multimedia files, charts, graphics,

forms, lesson plans, relevant

websites, bibliographies,

etc.

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Icon File Type Examples of Content

Audio Collaborative planning session, script for marketing slogan or advocacy campaign

Further Readings Bibliography of articles covering the specified component and related topics

Image File Thematic displays, facility maintenance and organization

PDF File Research articles, documents from lessons, promotions, library policies and procedures

Presentation Presentation to staff and community

Spreadsheet Library budget, goals and objectives, consideration file

Video Collaborative planning session, reading promotion, information literacy lesson

Web Link Links to additional Internet resources on component and related topics

Word Document Collaborative planning worksheet, needs assessment surveys

ExCExC33EL Rubric / Component: EL Rubric / Component: ClimateClimate / Level: / Level: OutstandingOutstanding

Appropriate, colorful, current Appropriate, colorful, current displays coordinated with displays coordinated with curricular agenda and curricular agenda and student interests. *AP9 student interests. *AP9

ExCExC33EL RubricEL Rubric

Component: Component: CollectionCollection

Level: Level: OutstandingOutstanding

Extensive evidence of current resources (print, nonprint, and electronic) very responsive to curricular and recreational needs *AP5/AP9/AP12

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ExC3EL Rubric / Component: Budget / Level: OutstandingLMC annual budget based on school and LMC missions, as well as short and long-term goals. *AP1/AP10

Library Media CenterThree-year Goals and Objectives

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Ms. Smith /Mr. Jones 10

Social Studies

Intellectual Freedom and Supreme Court

II.3.A.b (Analyze key democratic concepts found in the constitution.)

Honors

9/24-26/08

Learners will understand the concept and basis for intellectual freedom by examining selected United States Supreme Court cases. Several sessions will enable the learners to 1) explore and understand the concept of intellectual freedom, 2) investigate US Supreme Court decisions that impact intellectual freedom.

Three teacher-directed sessions to create a culminating project. One final session for learners to present projects.

•Collaboratively plan with teacher.•Teacher pre-selects cooperative teams.•Duplicate worksheets•Printout intellectual freedom scenarios.•Print out list of US Supreme Court cases.

Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008Friday, Sept. 26, 2008Friday, October 3, 2008

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ExC3EL Rubric / Component: Collaborative Planning Level: OutstandingEvidence of systematic collaboration between LM program and grade levels/subject areas *AP2/AP3 /AP10/AP11

LA9-10621,2,3,4

LA9-10633

Websites:•American Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom•Internet School Library Media Center Intellectual Freedom Page•Banned Books Online•Northwestern University’s U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database

• Collaboratively plan with teacher• Select resources for lesson• Secure audiovisual equipment and supplies• Plan information literacy skills lesson• Assist classroom teacher in the preparation of worksheets

• Collaboratively plan with library media specialist• Plan content area lesson• Select cooperative learning groups• Assist library media specialist in the preparation of worksheets

Learners will state what intellectual freedom is and identify the constitutional basis for its existence.

1. Distribute the Learner’s Reflections Sheet to each student.2. Begin the lesson by having three volunteers read aloud the Intellectual Freedom Scenarios. Each scenario depicts a violation of intellectual freedom;

learners are to identify orally the violation. 3. Discuss how the U.S. Constitution guarantees certain rights to individuals. 4. Elicit a definition of intellectual freedom from the class after all scenarios have been read. 5. Instruct learners to write it in the appropriate section on the Learner’s Reflections sheet. 6. Initiate a discussion of the individual citizen’s responsibility to embrace education, obey laws, and promote all citizens’ rights. 7. Display the Oyez U.S. Supreme Court Case Abstract transparency. 8. Tell learners they will explore a case online with a partner. Point out and explain all categories 9. Distribute the U.S. Supreme Court Case Worksheet to learner pairs determined by teacher. Explain completion of form. 10. Give learners the name of their assigned case. 11. Direct learner to complete the Session One page of the Learner’s Reflections.

Review the lesson with the classroom teacher. Determine its success and discuss strategies for improvement:

• More library time• More preparation before using library media center• Allocate more electronic sources• Check links before lesson begins• Place items on reserve

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ExC3EL RubricComponent: Collaborative Planning Level: OutstandingEvidence of systematic collaboration between LM program and grade levels/subject areas *AP2/AP3 /AP10/AP11

ExC3EL RubricComponent: Collaborative Planning Level: OutstandingEvidence of systematic collaboration between LM program and grade levels/subject areas *AP2/AP3 /AP10/AP11