Points to consider before you start BREAKING THE CYCLE O Moving
from a VICTIM mindset: No one is going to rescue you, but you! O
SEEING is BELIEVING: what does your school see you doing? Educator?
Manager? Curator? Book Stamper? Dragon at the Door? Shusher? O From
LIABILITY to LIBERATION: Making issues more visible (censorship,
copyright, plagiarism, rules, regulations, resourcing, technology,
staffing needs) and learning outcomes more visible How can your
school library show that it: O Is a knowledge space? O Is a center
for learning activism? O Actively contributes to the school as a
thinking community? O Shows that it makes a difference to student
learning?
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Consider a good program O It has a vibrant literature / reading
program for academic achievement and personal enjoyment and
enrichment O It collaborates with other libraries: public,
government, community resources O It provides an integrated and
rich information technology environment to support teaching and
learning (the library is not a refuge for reject technology) O It
provides leadership to students and staff in the use of electronic
resources and integrating information technology into learning
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More pre-pointsRevolting Librariansthe Buffys, Valenzas,
Kowalskis O Rascal attitude: creative, collaborative naughtiness to
show library learning is fun, and motivate others to be part of it
O Dance the knowledge waltz not the information two-step O
Inquiry-based learning, not information literacy or information
skills, is the educative platform O Empowerment Model: how you
empower rather than a Deficiency Model: what people dont know, only
I know O What language do you speak? Deweydecilibrobabble or a
cross-curricular learning dialect? (Voices) O Is your library an
open invitation for mystery, intrigue, discovery where accidental
discovery, as well as planned discovery, is highly likely?
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I love my job.Collaboration and service The reasons why you
love your job as a school librarian. This would be a great place to
use the word collaboration and a reference to the support you
provide for every teacher and department in the school and the
curriculum.
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What you have made the library how it evolves The Library as an
inclusive learning commons: where users come to create/collaborate,
not just access access information. Strong virtual presence 24/7
access
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School Librarian = Successful students The link between a fully
functional school library, certified school librarian and student
achievement.
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Information-age demands O The benefits of having a certified,
school librarian teach information literacy skills for the digital
age. Consider: O A beautiful space and certified librarian are
important, but administrators ultimately want students to read
better, to research effectively, to discover new ideas, learn more,
and to improve achievement. Its the applications that matter
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Celebrating the Found Examples. O Number of classes in the
library O Number of library items borrowed O Number of students
using the library at lunch times O Number of items purchased
annually O Number of database searches
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Student achievement evidence What differences do my school
library and its learning initiatives make to student learning
outcomes? O Include brief, yet relevant statistics that highlight
your role in relation to student achievement. Keep statistics to a
maximum of 2 slides. O Choose relevant images, audio and video that
showcase the work of the librarians in your district.
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One or two recent accomplishments of your students. More
evidence
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What I could do if O The impact on users (students, parents,
teachers and other school staff) when you face a shortage of
student volunteers. Be specific, use your data. Consider a personal
story here. O If your message is about a need, explain what the
library would like to see happen and what the listener can do to
help. O **This must be kept positive!! If you cant keep this
positive, leave it out!
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Where Id like to take us If you are describing a new
student-centered program that you are looking to implement in the
library, you may want to ask your listener for his or her input on
getting it up and running. Better yet, have this part of the
message COME from the students
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Also consider how you serve diverse learners O ESL O Special ED
O High-risk teens O Teen parents O outcasts (Dignity Act) Tap into
library vocab toolkits! empower, learning for life, information
literacy, digital citizenship, Common Core, reading, technology
tools, research, digital footprint, lexile levels, read-along
functions, collaborative authorship, eBooks
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Show gratitude and invite! O Be sure to thank colleagues,
administrators, parents and school board members at the end of your
presentation. Invite them in! O Show gratitude often! Often!
Often!
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Sources O Content adapted from
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Content Adapted from O Make A Big Impact @ Your School Board
Meeting by, Margaux DelGuidice and Rose Luna O School Library
Conference (WA) School Libraries: Making them a Class Act; DR ROSS
J TODD Associate Professor Department of Library and Information
science; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey;
[email protected] scils.rutgers.edu/~rtodd
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