Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School Library

Strategic PlanSchool/Youth Team 1Beth Berlin-StephensRandy BernerTrina BradshawJustine KaySherri KellyKaty Murray

Library EnvironmentEXTERNAL INTERNAL

Guiding StatementsVISION

Our vision is to connect the Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School community to a global society in which every learner can contribute and be successful through innovation, collaboration, instruction, and the utilization of resources.

(Retrieved from http://eded11404dean.weebly.com/society-and-families.html, 2016)

MISSIONThe mission of the Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School library is to provide a supportive and inspiring environment where all students can become effective users of information and technology with a lifelong love of learning.

(Alamy, 2016)

SWOT AnalysisInternal Strengths

Generous BudgetCommunity SupportStaff CollaborationHighly Qualified StaffAvailable Technology

Internal Weaknesses

Multiple Teacher Librarian RolesLack of Clear DirectionsLack of StaffDated Collection

External Opportunities

Community PartnershipsPublic Library PartnershipStaff CollaborationDistrict Support for LibraryDistrict Support for Technology

External Threats

Technology at All CostsCommon Core StandardsDigital DivideConflicting PoliticsDisengagement of Subgroups

Strategic Outcomes & StrategiesIndoor Space Digital Divide Engagement Outdoor

Space

We will reconfigure and reallocate library space, equipment, and materials in order to foster collaboration, innovation, and instruction.

We will place a strong emphasis on the specific needs of English Learners and students from a low socioeconomic background when allocating technological resources.

We will promote client engagement through programs and events which will increase student and community involvement in the library, particularly for certain subgroups.

We will create an outdoor library garden area in order to teach students sustainable gardening practices and provide students with a relaxing and open-air space to enjoy reading.

Action Plan: Utilize Indoor Library Space

Current State

Outdated:Negatively impacts student

learning & connection

Imagined Future State

Transformed:Fosters collaboration,

innovation & instruction(Retrieved from http://www.springfield.k12.or.us/page/109 , 2016)(Kelly, 2016).

Project Plan: Spring to Fall 2017Step 1 Conduct teacher survey to gauge instructional challenges and

current usage.

Step 2 Assemble library transformation team to address preliminary areas of concern.

Step 3 Library Visit Subcommittee travels to local “model” libraries.

Step 4 Spatial Investigative Committee gathers additional research.

Step 5 First draft includes items for removal and acquisition, along with a preliminary rendering.

Step 6 Written report includes spatial reconfiguration, furniture, equipment, and budget.

Step 7 After receiving feedback from staff and administration, submit final draft.

Step 8 Present final plan. New materials ordered, contractor scheduled.

Spring 2016

Late Spring 2016

Early Fall 2016

Early Fall 2016

Late Fall 2016

Early Spring 2017

Mid-Spring 2017

Spring and Fall 2017

Funding Needs and Success MetricsMeasuring Success

Quantitative measures:

➢ Class and Student Visits

➢ Login and Check-out Data

Qualitative measures:

➢ Teacher Surveys

➢ Student Surveys

BudgetSource Funding

Annual Library Budget $ 5,300

TOTAL NEED $25,000

- Project Costs are estimates

- Substantial deficit exists

- Need visibility into District’s available funding sources

Action Plan: Close the Digital DivideCurrent State

Outdated:Not all students have equitable access to technology outside of

school

Imagined Future State

Transformed:Students can access

technology at school and have home support if needed

(Retrieved from http://www.ncphoenix.net , 2016)(Kelly, 2016).

Project Plan: Summer 2016 to Ongoing

Step 1 Members of the school community will form a “digital divide” awareness and planning group.

Step 2 Meet with representatives from internet companies that may be willing to partner with the school and help provide affordable access to all students.

Step 3 Survey students to find out the percentage of students who do not have internet access at home.

Step 4 Plan budget and form community partnerships.

Step 5 Work with school staff to make sure assignments are as equitable as possible.

Step 6 Make internet as accessible as possible to all students.

Step 7 Continually monitor accessibility and if the digital divide is being addressed through teacher, family, and student surveys.

June 2016

July 2016

August 2016

August 2016

Throughout school year Throughout school year Throughout school year

Funding Needs and Success MetricsMeasuring Success

Quantitative measures:

➢ Usage of equipment and library data

➢ Monitor online assignment turn-in rates

Qualitative measures:

➢ Staff Surveys

➢ Student Surveys

➢ Family Surveys

BudgetSource Funding

Grants, Fundraisers, Technology Fund

$ 75,000

TOTAL NEED $75,000

- Project Costs are estimates

- Substantial deficit exists

- Need visibility into District’s available funding sources

Action Plan: Increase Client Engagement

Current State

Outdated:Traditional structure and

expectations limit possibilities for student engagement

Imagined Future State

Transformed:Definition of literacy expanded to

encourage inclusion & participation

Retrieved from School Library Journal and BCWH, 2016)(Kelly, 2016).

Project Plan: Spring 2016 to Fall 2017

Step 1 Send student survey on Google forms: collection development, media topics, Library Teen Council.

Step 2 Organize Teen Library Council group, plan Spring event.

Step 3 Expand lunchtime gaming groups, encourage gamers to participate in Library Teen Council.

Step 4 Create a meeting area for student groups with a display board for student collaboration and expression.

Step 5 Spring Event, Paper Circuits Fest, over a 3 day period, during lunch, facilitated by Teen Council students.

Step 6 Plan for Fall event with Teen Council: Skatefest. Complete all district requirements in preparation for event, sale.

Step 7 Develop video/green screen area for use in Fall 2016, using existing equipment and space.

Step 8 Plan and implement Teen Council end of year book awards, book round up.

Early April 2016

Mid April 2016

Mid April 2016

Late April 2016

Early May 2016

Mid May 2016

Mid May, June 2016

Early June 2016

Funding Needs and Success MetricsMeasuring Success

Quantitative measures:

➢ Foot traffic in library outside of class time

➢ Circulation data from Destiny

➢ Library Teen Council group meeting frequency and minutes

BudgetSource Funding

Grant Funding/Annual Library Budget

$ 1000

- Food incentives $500

- Reading awards $150

- Materials for paper circuits $350

Action Plan: Outdoor AreaCurrent State

Outdated: Unutilized space, no

opportunities for student learning

Imagined Future State

Transformed:Vibrant garden area

connected to library and community

(Kelly, 2016). (Retrieved from http://growingtrends.org, 2016)

Project Plan: Fall 2016 to Spring 2017

Step 1 Form library garden steering committee and appoint garden coordinator. Brainstorm ideas for outdoor space.

Step 2 Begin fundraising and seek donations from local businesses and community partners.

Step 3 Plan and design garden space. Survey students and staff for ideas and input.

Step 4 Survey available tools and materials. Purchase any additional materials needed.

Step 5 Organize community work day. Host a raffle for participating volunteers.

Step 6 Develop schedule for garden maintenance.

Early Fall 2016

Late Fall 2016

Early Winter 2016

Late Winter 2016

Early Spring 2017

Mid-Spring 2017

Funding Needs and Success Metrics

Measuring Success

Quantitative measures:

➢ Number of students participating in garden maintenance

➢ Log of unscheduled student visits

Qualitative measures:

➢ Annual Student and Staff Survey

BudgetSource Funding

Grants and Fundraisers $1,150.00

TOTAL NEED $1,150.00

- Funds raised will cover expenses

- Most supplies will be borrowed from existing RLS garden program

Strategic Plan & SWOT ResourcesArticles:

Britto, M. (2011). The learning commons in academic libraries as a response to meeting the dynamic needs of millenials. In C. Ho & M. Lin (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (pp. 1072-1078).

Shank, J. & Bell, S. (2006). A_FLIP to courseware: A strategic alliance for improving student learning outcomes. Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2(4).

Trends in Office Building Operations, 2011. (2011). Institute of Real Estate Management, 12-19. Retrieved March 15, 2016, from https://www.irem.org/File Library/IREM Store/Document Library/IESamples/12Samples/2012OfficeBuildTrends.pdf

Truett, C., & Lowe, K. (2003, Spring). The School Library Budget: A Study in Power and Politics of Selected North Carolina School Library Budgets. North Carolina Libraries, 13-29.

Valenza, J. K. (2007). You know you’re a 21st century librarian if...Teacher Librarian. 35(1), pp. 18-21.

ResourcesWebsites:

City of St. Helena. (2016). About St. Helena. Retrieved from: http://cityofsthelena.org/content/about-st-helena

Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School. (2016c). Community Service. Retrieved from: http://www.rls.sthelenaunified.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=281781&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=530515

Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School. (2016d). Our vision. Retrieved from: http://ms.sthelenaunified.enschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=296060&type=d

Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School. (2014). School accountability report card. Retrieved from: http://ms.sthelenaunified.enschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=296062&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=links

RLS Middle School Library/Media Center. (2016). About the library. Retrieved from: https://sthelena.haikulearning.com/skelly/rlslibrary/cms_page/view/16868893

St. Helena Public Library. (2016) eResources. Retrieved from: http://www.shpl.org/eresources/

ResourcesWebsites Cont.:

St. Helena. (n.d.). Visit Napa Valley. Retrieved from: http://www.visitnapavalley.com/

St. Helena Unified School District. (2016a). Vision, mission, and priorities. Retrieved from: http://www.sthelena.k12.ca.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=297838&type=d

St. Helena Unified School District. (2016b). Local control accountability plan. Retrieved from: http://www.sthelena.k12.ca.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=281132&type=d

Other:

Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School. (2016b). Collection circulation report. [data file] Retrieved from: Destiny.

Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School. (2016a). Collection age report. [data file] Retrieved from: Destiny

RLS Library/Media Center. (2016). [Blueprint] Retrieved from: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/15eEcmHv1aiU1UKQayk4VZih3k7wWNkwZOOiPUZ4u6Nc/edit

Action Plan 1 ResourcesHarper, M. (2013). Savvy school library design to facilitate 21st century literacy skills and the common core. Ohio Media Spectrum, 65(1), 34-43. Retrieved from http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/99053094/savvy-school-library-design-facilitate-21st-century-literacy-skills-common-core

Nelson, B. & McConachie, L. (2011). Space matters: Designing a high school library for learning. Educational Facility Planning, 44(1), 21-24. Retrieved from http://media.cefpi.org/efp/EFP44-1Nelson.pdf

Sullivan, M. (April 1, 2011). Divine design: How to create the 21st-century school library of your dreams. School Library Journal. Retrieved from http://www.slj.com/2011/04/sljarchives/divine-design-how-to-create-the-21st-century-school-library-of-your-dreams/

An, Y. & Reigeluth, C. (March 19, 2014). Creating technology-enhanced, learner-centered classrooms. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 28(2), pp. 54-62. doi: 10.1080/21532974.2011.10784681

AASL Idea Lab 2015-Physical Spaces [powerpoint presentation] (2015). Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EeL2h-UsJnUpywgr972X1dMgxWslPv6fZTMcvebHEPw/edit#slide=id.g3df5da26c_0193

Action Plan 2 ResourcesJohnson, D. (2015). Power up!/helping to close the digital divide. Educational Leadership, 72 (5), 81-82. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb15/vol72/num05/Helping-to-Close-the-Digital-Divide.aspx

Kang, C. (2016). Bridging a digital divide that leaves schoolchildren behind. The New York Times. Retreived from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/technology/fcc-internet-access-school.html?_r=2

Risen, T. (2015). Bridging the digital divide. US News and World Report. Retreived from http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/07/16/obamas-connecthome-aims-to-bridge-digital-divide

Steele-Carlin, S. (2000). Caught in the digital divide. Education World. Retreived from http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech041.shtml

What is usb internet? (2016). Retreived from http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/guides/what_is_a_mobile_broadband_stick/

Action Plan 3 ResourcesAlvermann, D. E. (2009). Sociocultural constructions of adolescence and young people’s literacies. Handbook of adolescent literacy research, 14-28. New York: The Guilford Press.

Molaro, A., & White, L. L. (2015). The library innovation toolkit: Ideas, strategies, and programs. Chicago, Illinois: American Library Association.

Schadlich, M. E. (2015). Cooking up library programs teens and 'tweens will love: Recipes for success. Santa Barbara, California: ABC CLIO, LLC.

Hughes, J. N., Im, M. H., & Allee, P. J. (2015). Effect of school belonging trajectories in grades 6–8 on achievement: Gender and ethnic differences. Journal of school psychology, 53(6), 493-507. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26563601 Libraries bridging the borderlands: Reaching Latino tweens and teens with targeted programming and collections (2011). Young Adult Library Services, 9(4), 13-20. Retrieved from https://labibliotecautil.wordpress.com/2015/06/20/libraries-bridging-the-borderlands-reaching-latino-tweens-and-teens-with-targeted-programming-and

Action Plan 3 Resources cont.

New London Group. (1996). A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures. Harvard Educational Review, 66(1), 60-92. Retrieved from http://newarcproject.pbworks.com/f/Pedagogy%2Bof%2BMultiliteracies_New%2BLondon%2BGroup.pdf

Stewart, M. A. (2014). "I don't want to write for them.": An at-risk Latino youth's out-of-school literacy practices. NABE Journal of Research and Practice. 5(1). Retrieved from https://www2.nau.edu/nabej-p/ojs/index.php/njrp/article/view/72 Torres, M. (2015). An exploratory study of the academic engagement and beliefs of Latino male high school students. Race Ethnicity and Education, 1-15. doi: 10.1080/13613324.2015.1121221

Ruhlmann, E. (2014). Connecting Latinos With Libraries. American Libraries. Retrieved from http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2014/05/19/connecting-latinos-with-libraries/

Trouem-Trend, K. (2012). Teens on the Platform: YALSA’s national teen space guidelines. Young Adult Library Services. 11(1), 4-6. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/yalsa/guidelines/teenspaces

Action Plan 4 Resources

Dyment, J. E. (2005). Green school grounds as sites for outdoor learning: Barriers and opportunities. International Research in Geographical & Environmental Education, 14(1), 28-45. Retrieved from http://libaccess.sjlibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=19047792&site=ehost-live

Lynch, G. H. (2014). Dig it! School Library Journal, 60(8), 24-24. Retrieved from http://libaccess.sjlibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lih&AN=97276431&site=ehost-live

School Garden Wizard (2016). Retrieved from http://www.schoolgardenwizard.org/

Sullivan, M. (2011). Divine design: How to create the 21st century school library of your dreams. School Library Journal, Retrieved from http://www.slj.com/2011/04/sljarchives/divine-design-how-to-create-the-21st-century-school-library-of-your-dreams/

Steps to a School Garden (2016). Retrieved from http://www.csgn.org/steps