1. Using the AASL Planning Guide with
“School Libraries Count!”:
Personalized Results to Advocate
for your School Library Program
Sabrina Carnesi
Crittenden Middle School
Newport News, Virginia 23606
2. • Draw connections between
Planning Guide module’s data results
Personalized reports from “School
Libraries Count!” survey
Discuss Sharing Information
from Program Assessment with
Stakeholders
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners
3. • Drawing connections between
Planning Guide module’s data
results
Personalized reports from “School
Libraries Count!” survey
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners
4. Aligned with the national guidelines presented in
Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners
5. • Aligned with the national guidelines presented in
Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs
• Assesses the program using 16 sets of criteria
• 1. Developing Visions for 9. The Learning Space
Learning 10. Budgeting
2. Teaching for Learning 11. Policies
3. Reading 12. Collection and Information
4. Multiple Literacies Access
5. Inquiries 13. Outreach
6. Assessment for Learning 14. Professional Development
7. Building the Learning 15. Empowering Learning
Environment 16. Leadership
8. Staffing
6.
7.
8. A Closer Look:
Staffing Raw Data and the
Assessment Rubric
Hours per Week meeting Hours per Week Delivering Instruction
w/Teachers to Plan Instructional
Units
9. Teaching for Learning Section
pages 2&3
The raw data from “School Libraries Count” as well as additional
personalized data from Hines MS is used to develop a profile for the
school’s library program.
10. Teaching for Learning Section
pages 2&3
The raw data
shows that Hines
MS spends an
average of 3 hours
per week planning
instruction with
teachers in
comparison to the
rest of the state’s
3.5 hours and
nation’s 3.01
hours.
Exemplary - Proficient - Basic
13. A Closer Look:
Library Expenditures
and the Assessment Rubric
Average Spend on Information Resources:
print, nonprint, licensed databases, and
other electronic access to information
14. Building the Learning Environment:
Budget-pages 10 & 11
Library budget for Hines MS is
slightly higher than the national
and state averages.
15. Building the Learning Environment:
Budget-pages 10 & 11
The raw data
shows that Hines
MS spends $15,000
on information
resources in
comparison to the
average for rest of
the state at $8,000
and the nation’s
$14,000.
Exemplary - Proficient - Basic
16. Snapshot of library program as it now exists.
Bold and Clear Areas
Fuzzy Areas
Clarifying the picture
Move from what is to what should be
Identify activities or steps needed to develop
picture
Brainstorm suggestions
Responsibilities carried out by various stakeholders
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners
17. Basic 8
Exemplary
50
Proficient 42
A Planning -Guide for - Basic
Exemplary Proficient
Empowering Learners
18. School Libraries Count! 2010 Report
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/researchands
tatistics/slcsurvey/slcsurvey.cfm
2011 School Libraries Count survey
will be available in January 2011.
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners
19. Objective 2:
Use Your Data to Advocate for Your Program!
Share Your Plan
with the
Stakeholders in
Your School
Community!
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners
20.
21. Common Beliefs
Lay a strong foundation
Give us language to reach out and
connect to colleagues
Start the conversation on common
ground
22. Reading is a window to the world.
Inquiry provides a framework for learning.
Ethical behavior in the use of information must be
taught.
Technology skills are crucial for future employment
needs.
Equitable access is a key component for education.
The definition of information literacy has become more
complex as resources and technologies have changed.
The continuing expansion of information demands that
all individuals acquire the thinking skills to learn on their
own.
Learning has a social context.
School libraries are essential to the development of
learning skills.
23. Who can we Dance with?
Our Stakeholders
Classroom Teachers
Parents
Other School Librarians
Administrators
24. What are Elevator Speeches?
Definition
•30 to 40 second speech created by
advertisement executives to promote a
promote a particular product.
•50 – 100 words in length
25. What to Consider …
…when creating an elevator speech
•Who you’re addressing
•What library event you’re promoting
•An invitation to attend event or visit
library media center
26. Sample
STANDARD 4 ~ AUDIENCE: PARENTS
Based on Common Belief #1
– Reading is a window to the world.
I know you want your child to have a
successful life. And so do I. We both believe
that reading is the key to learning for life and
developing new understandings. I invite your
support for our afterschool book club by
allowing your child to participate. (46 words)
N. Silcox – Arlington City Schools
November 2009
27. As (school) librarians, it is important for us to
collaborate with the classroom teacher in teaching
our students the ethical use of information. It is our
job to show students how to seek diverse
perspectives gather and use information ethically
and to safely and responsibly use social tools. Will
you allow me to schedule your classes in our computer
lab to go over proper Internet safety skills? After the
session, I can register them on my Internet Safety blog
and they will be able to ask me to help them with any
questions that may arise when they start their research
project. (47 changed to 101 words)
An. McLean – Roanoke City Schools
K. Harris – Petersburg School District
28. Sample
STANDARD 2 ~ AUDIENCE: CLASSROOM TEACHERS
Based on Common Belief #3
– Ethical behavior in the use of information must be
taught. know we both want our students to be
I
independent learners and to take responsibility
to generate and answer their own questions. I
would love to work with you in your next unit to
engage students in their own learning
experience by sharing skills to help them gain
critical thinking knowledge using the library’s
many resources. I can also teach them several
tools of self-assessment to ensure that they can
thrive in a complex information environment. (76
words)
H. Overstreet – Brunswick County Schools
K. Lively – Brunswick County Schools
29. 1. Please generate your own personal elevator
speech to advocate an activity or program in
your library that you think would need
broader support.
2. Write a rough draft on the loose-leaf paper at
your table with your name and email address
to turn in.
3. Recopy your elevator speech on poster paper
and display on wall in elementary, middle, or
high school section.
30. Please feel free to walk around and view
various elevator speeches when time
allows
33. Sabrina Carnesi
Virginia Learning4Life State Coordinator
Crittenden Middle School
6158 Jefferson Avenue
Newport News, VA 23606
sabrina.carnesi@nn.k12.va.us