Our Journey

Information Literacy Project2007 - 08

HOW FAR HAVE WE COME?

Problems of the future?

Overview

• James Hargest College is a Year 7 – 13 two campus school with a roll of approx 1800.

• Our school was affected by the Ministry of Education review of Invercargill schools in 2004, where two intermediates and one secondary school were merged.

• Our school is in a unique situation of having two libraries.

• Our campuses are 1.2km apart.

Teacher / Librarian Collaboration

• How did this work and what did it look like

• Junior – Senior – Cross campus

• Inter-staff collaboration

What does Information Literacy look like at Hargest?

• Junior Campus – ILP – Activities and Resources that we used.

• Year 9 – 10

• Seniors

Student Skills Measurements

• AsTTle (Y8 focus for 08)– Identified focus for Y8 group from beginning

year Asttle tests. Key areas – F.I., Inference and Understanding.

• Research Skills ( keyword searching)

• NEMP testing 07

Asttle Overview 2008

• March 08 – Overall ARS score: 603 ave (4B ave)

(26 sat) Finding Info: 3A ave

<4B: 12 4B – 4A: 10 5B and above: 4

• October 08 - Overall ARS score: 655 (4A ave)

(27 sat) Finding Info: 4P ave

<4B: 7 4B – 4A: 15 5B and above: 5

Problems and Issues Faced

• Time issues

• Programme and timetable issues

• Split Campus

• Amount of other school wide PD

Barriers to Implementing I.L. in New Zealand

• Library funding in New Zealand M.O.E. (Staffing)

• Need for education for teachers and librarians – Student Teacher College of Education– Ongoing PD for teachers and librarians

Next Steps

• Continually building awareness amongst staff.

• Library programme for Y7 & 8

• Using AsTTle to identify specific areas to work on in a whole class setting.

• Pizza PD with staff

More Next steps

• Explore options for continuing the work already begun in our schools with a view to bringing other schools on board.– One possibility would be for Southland

schools to work together and invite another school to participate.

– Funding options would need to be explored to make this happen.

What is Information Literacy? And why should I care?

• School research is a training ground for real life.

• Information literacy skills are skills you will need through your life. We are always seeking information. What car or stereo should I buy? Which college should I choose? Which book should I read next? How can I sell this idea to my boss? How can I convince the school board to act on my proposal? Information helps us reach conclusions, make our choices, and communicate more effectively. But the good stuff is often buried in heaps of junk. We need to continue to improve our searching, evaluating and communication skills in a changing information environment.

• Remember computer literacy is not information literacy.

• www.sdst.org/shs/library/infolit.html