Heritage Middle School Library

Shannon Morrisand

Lanie KohlerReport from 2009-2010

What were our 3 Goals for this year?

1. Effective Library Job-Share.2. Collaboration with Teachers.3. Support for Improved Achievement

in Student Reading.

1. Successful Job-share Demonstrate that the synergy of 1+1 is

greater than 2. Create and streamline systems of

management to support students and staff.

Stay on top of communications that affect students and staff.

Have a solid “hand-off” system. Observe steady improvement of delivered

services.

Evidence for Job-Share Effectiveness Karri Borski: “I get two for the price

of one!” 30% increase in number of books

checked out. Last year: 4,880 This year: 6,321 Significant increase in collaborative

lessons.

Next Steps: Teacher survey results needed. Collect another year of numbers to

chart improvement: gate count, checkouts, collaborations, etc.

2.Collaborate with Teachers Collaborate on one or two lessons at

each grade level. Incorporate “Information Literacy

Skills” in all lessons.

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Goal Compared to Actual Collaborations by Grade

More Evidence of Success Which departments collaborated?

Language Arts Social Studies Science Electives:

Music French

Beyond Collaboration

Math tutoringBook talksAlmanac Reference workGuidance for IB Personal Projects

Next Steps: Use IB professional development

time to work on long-term collaboration and advance planning.

Purchase new book sets to create new collaborative units.

Develop more collaboration with math teachers.

3.Support Student Achievement in SRI Reading Scores

Create a system. Label all fiction. Link SRIs identified in classrooms

with visible lexile color code to help students select appropriate reading materials in the library.

Encourage each student to read at his/her appropriate lexile level.

Evidence of Success: Language Arts classes were oriented

in the fall to understand selection by lexile and color code system.

Of 10,485 fiction titles, three-quarters have been labeled. Students regularly select books now

at their appropriate lexile levels.

Next Steps: Finish identifying lexiles in fiction.

(Possible finish in May.) Purchase services over Summer 2010 to

identify lexile levels in the catalog record of all library materials to enhance searching for students.

Continue to mark lexiles by color in new materials.

Color code nonfiction.

“The medicine chest of the soul.”

Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes.

1250 B.C.

Our Ongoing Mission: Have a library that enhances the immeasurable. Connections Ideas World Access Discovery, Delight, Joy of Learning.