2. ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS:
1. What
is
the
purpose
of
school?
2. Should
school
districts
provide
a
space
that
students
can
keep
and
access
their
work
from
anywhere
(a
virtual
por@olio
of
their
Ame
in
the
district)?
3. What
structures
need
to
change
to
support
students
in
the
quest
for
knowledge?
4. What
policies
need
to
evolve?
5. What
does
your
district/school's
strategic
plan
reflect?
6. Is
it
sustainable?
7. Can
we
do
a
bePer
job
evaluaAng
what
‘literate’
means
today?
8. What
moAvates
students?
9. How
can
we
help
students
get
the
skills
needed
to
idenAfy
and
pursue
the
things
they
love?
10. Do
you
have
a
system
that
allows
for
easy,
extensive,
and
rapid
replicaAon
of
pracAces
that
are
working?
11. What
model
of
support
is
in
place
to
make
it
scalable?
12. What
do
you
want
your
children
to
leave
school
knowing?
13. How
will
you
know
your
district
/
school
is
moving
in
the
right
direcAon?
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care,
and
here’s
why
…
Access
to
the
Achievement
Gap
InformaAon
Age
Equity
21st
Century
Skills
Library
Programs
as
Basic
EducaAon
I
♥
Workforce
Libraries
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Literacy
Readiness
Global
Democracy
Preparedness
20. ✓establish credibility
Washington
CoaliKon
for
School
Libraries
and
InformaKon
Technology
(WCS-‐Lit)
Full-‐Ame
cerAfied
teacher-‐ Fully-‐funded
librarian
in
every
school
library
materials
and
technology
resources
The
Washington
CoaliAon
for
School
Libraries
and
InformaAon
Technology
(WCSLit)
envisions
a
future
where
every
public
school
or
small
district
in
Washington
state
is
served
by
a
full-‐Ame,
cerAfied
teacher-‐librarian
who
manages
a
fully-‐funded
library
and
technology
resource
collecAon.
The
coaliAon
looks
to
a
future
where
students
from
across
the
state
have
the
same
access
to
technology,
the
same
chance
for
literacy,
and
the
same
opportunity
to
receive
a
world-‐class
educaAon.
It
is
our
hope
that
Washington
state
standards
for
library
and
informaAon
technology
educaAon
become
the
benchmark
for
library
and
informaAon
technology
instrucAon
across
the
naAon.
Equitable
access
to
WA
State
LIT
educaAon
technology,
literacy,
and
standards
become
a
opportunity
benchmark
22. ✓
Senate
vote
for
emergency
bridge
funding
49-‐0
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aliti on S
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request & data
2008
✓
MM
in
emergency
bridge
funding
$4
for
Washington’s
school
libraries
2009
✓
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for
teacher-‐librarians
within
a
landmark
educaKon
reform
bill
School
library
materials
and
teacher
librarians
become
part
of
WA
State’s
definiAon
of
'basic
educaAon'
for
prototype
schools.
24. ucc ess! ✓ stamina
aliti on S
Co ✓ provide concrete
request & data
2010
✓
• Successful
campaign
to
pass
package
of
educaKon
reform
bills
that
provides
iniKal
funding
and
Kmeline
for
implementaKon.
Includes
line-‐item
for
teacher-‐
librarians.
✓
•
WA’s
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in
technology
integraKon
for
ill
pilot
peer
c
professional
organizaKon
(WLMA)
w
teacher
librarians.
✓
•
WA
State
educaKon
tandards
with
new
educaKonal
informaKon
literacy
s
agency
will
crosswalk
technology
standards.
25. !
November 18, 2007 in Opinion
Fight for librarians on again.
Last week, Lisa Layera Brunkan watched the dawn rise in the same brown yoga pants
she’d been wearing for two days straight.
Night after night, she worked the mom’s “swing shift of advocacy” with her friend Susan
McBurney, as they prepared to influence members of a state education task force in
Olympia tomorrow about the importance of employing a full-time, certified teacher
librarian in every school in the state.
Brunkan and McBurney were two of the ringleaders of the group of young South Hill
powerhouse moms I wrote about last summer who campaigned against cutting school
library positions from the Spokane Schools annual budget.
Undaunted by the odds against them, these well-educated women relied on their
previous professional experience – as a headhunter, a Ph.D. linguist and a CPA
among others – to drum up at least 900 signatures on a petition and make
impassioned arguments in front of the school board.
It was in August, at a computer in a campground in Canada during her family’s
summer vacation, that Brunkan learned the heartbreaking truth.
A fellow library advocate wrote Brunkan an e-mail with these searing words: “We lost.”
The school board voted to reduce 10 library positions to part time for this year.
For a month or so, Brunkan decided to lay low.
But in September, she was walking her children home from school when a car pulled
26. !
Key to literacy, librarians now "highly
endangered"
By Lynn Thompson
Times Snohomish County Bureau
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
When Monroe High School librarian Lorraine Monprode took her first job, she was
checking out filmstrips and cassette tape players. She knew when a class report on
World War I was due because a clutch of students fought over the same volume of the
encyclopedia.
Flash forward about 25 years. Monprode guides students researching World War I
bunkers to online resources that include video tours of actual bunkers, audio
recollections of soldiers who fought in the war, and hyperlinks to other electronic
sources, all at the same time a classmate on another library computer searches the
same materials.
In the age of information overload, librarians say their skills at finding authoritative and
accurate sources and helping students think critically about what they read are more
important than ever. But some districts around the state, including Darrington and
Granite Falls, have cut librarian positions to balance their budgets.
"The reality is that some districts and principals try to get test scores up by spending
more time on test-taking and less time on open-ended projects, what we call discovery
learning," said Marianne Hunter, president of the Washington Library Media
Association and a high-school librarian in Lacey, Thurston County.
An American Library Association task force last year called school librarians "highly
endangered." The task force said laying all accountability for school success on
reading and math scores denies the instructional value of libraries and the teaching
role of librarians.
27. !
Grass-roots effort begins to save school libraries
By Lynn Thompson
Times Snohomish County Bureau
November 20, 2007
Supporters of school librarians and library programs have launched a statewide online petition
drive to try to save what they believe is an endangered school position.
Two parents from the Spokane School District, where budget cuts this year reduced 10
librarian positions to half-time, want librarians and library services included in the state's
definition of a basic education.
"We're really, really scared libraries will fall through the cracks," said Susan McBurney, who
together with Lisa Layera Brunkan is organizing the petition drive. The petition can be found
at http://gopetition.com/online/15285.html.
So far, more than 430 people have signed.
A task force meeting today in Olympia is considering revisions to the state education-funding
formula. The task force hopes to make recommendations to the Legislature in September
2008.
Rep. Skip Priest, R-Federal Way, said the librarian cuts are symbolic of the state education-
funding crisis. The Federal Way School District cut 20 library positions in 2006 in the face of a
$4 million budget shortfall.
"When we were forced to eliminate librarians, it sent a clear message that the state wasn't
funding basic education," said Priest, who serves on the Joint Task Force on Basic Education
Finance created by the 2007 Legislature.
The petition organizers note that school districts around the state have made a variety of
library-program cutbacks, including replacing teacher-librarians with aides, assigning
librarians to more than one school, reducing library hours and not replacing retiring librarians.
28. !
In parents' book, library cuts go too far
Families in Spokane launch what has grown into a statewide effort to
protect schools' guardians of the shelves.
December 23, 2007|Stuart Glascock, Times Staff Writer
SEATTLE — As has happened in other states, cash-strapped schools in Washington are
dropping librarians to save money: This year, Federal Way cut 20 librarian positions.
Spokane reduced 10 librarians to half-time. Darrington cut two librarians. A school in
Marysville eliminated its half-time librarian.
Libraries are open less, their programs minimized, jobs combined. In many cases, part-
timers with little formal library training are replacing skilled veterans. In rural
Pomeroy, a school now employs a combination custodian-librarian: She opens the
library after cleaning the locker rooms.
One school's parents said: Enough is enough.
Convinced that children and education suffers when librarians disappear, a loose-knit
band of Spokane families launched what has become a statewide campaign to bring
school librarians back from the brink.
The parents blasted e-mails about an online petition to everyone they knew. They
posted fliers at coffee shops, bookstores and public libraries. They began an e-mail
newsletter and advertised the campaign on social networking websites. They gave
presentations to education professionals and camped out at school board meetings.
As their expenses grew, they sold T-shirts to raise money to fund trips to the state
capital in Olympia, where they've become fixtures at hearings on school finances.
This month, they hand-delivered 2,500 signatures to a state government committee
examining Washington's arcane school-funding system. "We did it to find out if
29. !
Librarians essential to good schools!
Letters to the Editor
December 29, 2007
!
HAVING READ "Parents' group tries to stop demise of the school librarian"
(Page A17, Dec. 25), I can't help but ask, Where does Massachusetts stand?
Truth be told, almost half of the schools in Massachusetts don't even have a
librarian, let alone a fully funded library program. Our educationally elite state,
which boasts Harvard, MIT, and countless other renowned institutions of higher
learning, is near or at the bottom for support of our public school libraries. Think
about it.
Educational research and common sense tell us that a strong school library
program positively impacts student achievement. It is in the school library where
children learn how to access, evaluate, and synthesize information, to learn how
to learn. It is there where they can catch the enthusiasm for reading they will
carry with them throughout their lives and pass on to their children. At the heart
of the best library programs are credentialed school librarians, and a library
program should be at the heart of our children's education.
Do the parents of Washington state love their children more or know something
we don't about the value of library programs?
It is way past due for parents, lawmakers, and a governor here in Massachusetts
to show the country that we value education just as much as the fine folks of
South Carolina and Arkansas. HELEN GARRETT, Wenham
30. Three Spokane Moms Save Their School Libraries
How three women from Spokane saved their school libraries
and created an advocacy model for the rest of us
By Debra Lau Whelan -- School Library Journal, 9/1/2008
One of the most successful campaigns in the history of libraries actually
happened by chance, over an order of tofu pad thai. In May 2007, Lisa Layera
Brunkan stopped by a Thai restaurant for lunch on her way back from teaching a
yoga class at a nearby Air Force base in Spokane, WA. It was there that she
picked up a copy of the weekly Inlander and saw a photograph of Ginny Pounds,
the school librarian at Roosevelt Elementary, where Brunkan’s daughter Isabel
was a second grader. The accompanying story reported that Pounds, a 17-year
teaching veteran, was about to have her hours slashed by the cash-strapped
school district.
The news hit Brunkan hard. As a volunteer in the media center, she saw firsthand
the difference Pounds made in students’ lives. “The library is one place in the
school that’s dedicated to providing the skills that are so central to the modern
age,” says Brunkan. And without certified librarians heading them “our children
were going to be riding an apple cart on the information highway.”
Ten days later, Brunkan found herself testifying to the board of directors of the
Spokane Public Schools. “I am here representing concerned citizens of Spokane
who oppose any further cuts to librarians,” she told them. “We cannot afford to
cut our information specialist.” But her words had no impact.
From that day on, Brunkan went from a concerned citizen to a grassroots activist.
“It was a cause I couldn’t ethically turn away from,” explains Brunkan. But she
had to act fast. In three months, the board would decide whether or not to halve
the hours of 10 elementary school librarians to offset a $10.8 million budget
shortfall. While the savings amounted to a measly $350,000, a drop in the bucket
compared to the district’s $293 million budget, it would be the third significant
cut to Spokane’s hard-pressed media centers over the span of four years.
31. EDUCATION WEEK
Campaigns Spreading to Reverse Downturn
in Library Financing
By Kathleen Kennedy Manzo
February 13, 2008
Some school libraries in Spokane, Wash., are as likely to be dark and empty
these days as they are filled with children. Like many of their counterparts
in school districts around the state and the country, Spokane officials have
scaled back school library services and staffing in response to budget
deficits, a problem highlighted in a new survey by the American Association
of School Librarians.
A grassroots campaign to salvage those programs in Washington state is
taking hold and spreading to other states, however. After collecting more
than 5,000 signatures in an online petition, a group of mothers from the
28,000-student Spokane district made some headway in the state capital,
Olympia, this month in convincing lawmakers that school libraries need new
funding.
“It made me sick that [the library] was being relegated to a kind of
supermarket” where students just check out books, said Lisa Layera
Brunkan, who founded Fund Our Future Washington with two other
mothers, Susan McBurney and Denette Hill, to champion...
32. THE FUTURE OF READING
In Web Age, Library Job Gets Update
By MOTOKO RICH
Published: February 15, 2009
It was the “aha!” moment that Stephanie Rosalia was hoping for.
A group of fifth graders huddled around laptop computers in the school
library overseen by Ms. Rosalia and scanned allaboutexplorers.com, a
Web site that, unbeknownst to the children, was intentionally peppered
with false facts.
Ms. Rosalia, the school librarian at Public School 225, a combined
elementary and middle school in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, urged
caution. “Don’t answer your questions with the first piece of information
that you find,” she warned.
Most of the students ignored her, as she knew they would. But Nozimakon
Omonullaeva, 11, noticed something odd on a page about Christopher
Columbus.
“It says the Indians enjoyed the cellphones and computers brought by
Columbus!” Nozimakon exclaimed, pointing at the screen. “That’s
wrong.”
It was an essential discovery in a lesson about the reliability — or lack
thereof — of information on the Internet, one of many Ms. Rosalia teaches
in her role as a new kind of school librarian.
33. The
Mom’s
Choice
Awards®
Magazine
E010_revA.pdf 5/25/09 12:29:09 PM
S p e c i a l F e a t u r e
ree Moms Make History
Susan, “I was watching the vote take place, and
just broke into tears.”
That’s understandable; this success had come at
They’ve been championed in newspapers from New York to Los Angeles and by great cost. The moms had acquired consider-
able credit card debt, turned a blind eye to dirty
the American Library Association. Féted in the Washington State capital of Olympia, they have
turned school librarians into valuable, visible members of the public school system. dishes and laundry, and seen how stressful their
long working hours and separations were on
their marriages and children.
These hardworking advocates are Lisa Layera posting fliers and writing letters to the editor.
Brunkan, Susan McBurney, and Denette Hill, They created an online petition and gathered Although the Senate bill failed in the House, a
three Spokane moms. signatures at bookstores and supermarkets. compromise was soon worked out, and the
final budget included a $4 million line item for
Because of their efforts, the Washington state Word spread fast; more than 900 Spokane library programs for the next school year.
legislature recently passed an education reform residents signed the women’s petition. Letters
bill that includes a permanent line item for from prominent business leaders appeared in The women aren’t resting on their laurels,
school library funding—an achievement School the local papers. Parents, teachers and however; they want to see a solution at the
Library Journal calls “one of the most successful librarians supported the trio before the federal level. And they are delighted that their
campaigns in the history of libraries.” Spokane school board. work has inspired grassroots campaigns in
other states; Oregon currently has legislation
The enterprise began with Lisa, who was Yet, despite these efforts, the school board regarding school libraries in the pipeline.
devastated to learn that, due to district budget voted in favor of the cuts. The trio was
shortfalls, librarian hours would be cut in half devastated, but Lisa called losing the local fight Thanks to their efforts, future generations of
at many Spokane elementary schools, including “the best thing that ever happened—they told children will be able to walk into public school
her children’s neighborhood school. She us to ‘swim upstream’ to Olympia.” libraries, because the doors are still open and
quickly teamed up with Susan and Denette, and the lights are still on.
the three worked to raise community awareness Having learned in the process that library
and engage the school board. funding was a statewide problem, the moms
formed a coalition, partnering with the
Washington Library Media Association and
other groups. They launched a statewide
petition and developed a comprehensive Web Lisa Layera Brunkan was born in Chile,
site, FundOurFutureWashington.org, complete raised in the U.S., and did graduate work in Costa Rica
with a blog, research, testimonials and
resources for taking action. as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. She is married to
Rick Brunkan and worked as an executive recruiter
The women traveled back and forth to Olympia
to meet with legislators, and galvanized hundreds before staying home with her three children. With Susan
of educators, parents and librarians. The petition McBurney and Denette Hill, Lisa co-founded the
they took to Olympia had 1400 signatures.
Washington Coalition for School Libraries and
Lisa Layera Brunkan, Susan McBurney and Denette Hill They were blessed by perfect timing at the state Information Technology (WCS-Lit) to advocate for school
capital: a recently created task force was
The moms knew their own children would be working to redefine basic education and
library funding in Washington State. Lisa, her husband
fine in the long run, but were concerned that develop a new funding structure for K-12 Rick, and their daughter Isabel are judges for the Mom’s
less-privileged children would be left behind — education. Looking for a long-term solution to
Choice Awards®.
children without home access to computers and the problem, the women reached out to
other skills they’d need in the 21st century. members of the task force, hoping to have
Quite simply, these moms wanted to level the
playing field.
school library programs included in basic
education. Addressing the short-term crisis,
Susan McBurney received a Ph.D. in
they drafted and submitted a supplemental Linguistics from the University of Washington and has
As a volunteer in the media center at her budget request for $54 million. worked as a teacher of the deaf, a sign language
daughter’s school, Lisa knew what a difference a
teacher-librarian makes in students’ lives. “A The trio connected with three key members of interpreter, and a university instructor and researcher.
teacher-librarian is the only person in the the Senate—Majority Leader Lisa Brown, She is married to Michael Gadd and has two young
schoolhouse dedicated to imparting the crucial Senator Rosemary McAuliffe and Senator
21st-century skill of information literacy,” she Tracey Eide—all moms. Bills were introduced children. She continues her work as a sign language
explained. “As the digital divide grows wider, in both houses, and in February 2008, the linguist, researching and publishing.
the school library remains the one place that Senate voted 49-0 in favor of emergency bridge
provides equal access to technology.” Thus, the funding for school libraries—an event that
trio went straight to work, blasting emails, filled the Spokane advocates with joy. Recalled Denette Hill is a CPA.
“As the digital divide grows wider, the school library remains the one place
that provides equal access to technology.”
10 Entro | 2009
36. The
cuts
conKnue
…
WA School Libraries: The Hemorrhaging of Our Knowledge Capital
2008-2009
2003: Only 56.9% of school libraries are staffed by a full-time certified Washington State Legislature
teacher-librarian. funded one-time per student
2008: Funding crisis: Title V funds have been eliminated and library media emergency bridge funding at $4
programs remain outside basic ed. funding. per student while the average
2009: Cuts to school library programs continue (some listed below). price of a hard cover book was $21.
Darrington and Bellevue removed all certified teacher librarians from
Sedro-Wooely 50% cut in elementary Bellingham dissolved Dept. of
Granite Falls have cut secondary schools and reassigned them to classrooms.
librarians so two cover seven schools. Instructional Tech & Libraries. East Wenatchee proposed cut to all
or do not have any Snoqualmie eliminated secondary librarians.
Lynden – High school librarian cut. certified librarians except at 1 high school.
certified librarians.
Edmonds ! time librarians at Pt. Angeles SD has Colville reduced certified librarians by 25%.
4 elementary schools and a no certified librarians
Ephrata has eliminated all K – 8 certified
alternative high school (50% in elementary or
Northshore librarians.
cut) District Library and middle schools. Spokane reduces 15 elem.. schools to.5 certified librarian,
Information Services eliminated
with a one year solution to restore most programs to .80 with
Coordinator was eliminated. Director of
$4 allocation fund.
Technology. Spokane returned to .5 staffing at half the 34 elementary
school with libraries closed half the week.
Wishkah Valley – no library services.
Bremerton has no elementary librarians. Medical Lake reduced certified library staff by 60%.
“Multi-media specialists” teach ! time at Cheney reduced TL time at high school and elementary
two schools with no library duties. level.
Tahoma cut all elementary librarians and reduced middle
Federal Way SD cut 20 certified librarians. All school library program.
middle school and high schools reduced to Kent replaced ! of elementary librarians with
services of a certified library to one day a week. aides.
Shelton replaced middle and jr high librarians Soap Lake and Mattawa have no certified librarians.
with Instructional Assistants as library techs.
High School librarian cut to .8. Enumclaw middle school and five elementary schools
staffed only half time.
Gig Harbor has para-professionals running
the middle and elementary school libraries.
Puyallup 1 Teacher Librarian to serve three Mount Vernon and Ferndale SD has reduced
Longview and Kelso – No K – high schools, 1 Teacher Librarian for seven library programs by 50%.
8th librarians. Wahkiakum re- middle schools and eleven Teacher Librarians
Centralia middle school places TL with paraprofessional. for 22 elementaries. Goldendale and Mabron have no teacher librarians in
librarian replaced with aide. Finley cut para any of their schools 2009 -2010. Walla Walla cut
support and elementary libraries by 50% and high school aide cut.
Centralia SD has 2 certified librarians Ocean Beach SD has reduced Elma SD has a .5 certified librarian reduced library
serving all 3,500 students. certified librarians by 75%. serving all 1,800 students. staffing at
elementaries &
middle school.
References: For specific information about these statistics and program cuts contact www.fundourfuturewashington.org Washington Coalition for School Libraries and Information Technology (WCS-Lit)
and Washington Library Media Association Advocacy Task Force http://www.wlma.org/libraryadvocacy Original Version September 2009
Updated May 2009 http://www.fundourfuturewashington.org/resources/Map+of+cuts+to+libraries+5-20-09.pdf Current Version October 2009
38. InformaKon
Monarchy
InformaKon
Democracy
INFORMATION ANARCHY!
"I
think
we're
all
walking
around
in
a
big
Saharan
data
sandstorm."
A.J.
Jacobs,
author
of
The
Know-‐It-‐All
52. • effecKve
use
of
technology
• increase
resource
equity
• accelerated
learning
• high-‐needs
schools
• evidence
of
stake-‐holder
involvement
• tackling
achievement
gaps
• designs
that
promote
schools
as
the
center
of
their
communiKes
53. • effecKve
family
engagement
strategies
• fostering
equity
• measuring
and
tackling
resource
dispariKes
• improving
teaching
and
learning
in
all
content
areas
• improving
access
to
well-‐rounded
educaKon,
providing:
counseling,
mentoring,
and
programs
to
develop
study
skills
54. • grants
for
the
creaKon
of
high-‐quality
educaKonal
digital
content
• supporKng
programs
that:
redesign
and
expand
the
school
schedule
provide
high
quality
amer
school
programs
provide
comprehensive
support
to
students
• acKviKes
that
improve:
mental
and
physical
health
opportuniAes
for
experienAal
learning
greater
opportuniAes
for
families
to
acAvely
and
meaningfully
engage
in
their
children’s
educaAon
63. ?
The
world
is
changing.
What
would
the
school
library
look
like
if
it
were
invented
today?
64. Library
+
Laboratory
=
Libratory
“A
place
to
make
stuff,
do
stuff,
share
stuff,
not
just
get
stuff.”
Joyce
Valenza
65.
66. Periodic
Table
of
21st
Century
Resources
Website
/
Global
learning
Digital
Portal
Research
Tools
Community
Space
Global
ciAzenship
A
Place
of
Their
Own
CollaboraAon
Labs
Reading
InformaAon
Space
CommunicaAon
Digital
content
Foreign
language
CreaAon
Tools
(2.0)
producAon
learning
Financial
literacy
DATA
Avatar
Studio
ComposiAon
AnalyAcs
Storytelling
Digital
ciAzenship
Games
Corner
72. Mike
Eisenberg
University
of
Washington
“Our
mission
is
to
ensure
that
students
are
effecAve
users
and
producers
of
ideas
and
informaAon.”
73. [shuh-‐ret]
-‐noun
a
gathering
of
people
for
an
intense
period
of
brainstorming
and
design.
Faced
with
a
problem
or
a
challenge,
the
parAcipants
pool
their
talents
to
produce
plans
to
achieve
a
goal.
The
word
"charrePe"
means
cart
or
chariot
in
French,
and
was
used
to
describe
the
cart
that
was
wheeled
through
Paris
to
pick
up
the
senior
projects
of
students
at
the
`Ecole
des
Beau
Arts’.
It
came
to
mean
“hecAc
work
required
to
meet
a
deadline”.
o
SoluKon-‐oriented
o
CollaboraKve
o
Involves
a
cross-‐secKon
of
community
stakeholders
o
Evokes
a
sense
of
urgency
76. Today’s
objecKves:
• Create
a
blueprint
for
launching
a
21st
Century
Library
InformaAon
and
Technology
(LIT)
program
in
your
schoolhouse
and
in
your
district.
• Ensure
equitable
and
innovaAve
21st
century
teaching
and
learning
for
all
students.
• What
else?
77. 6 Foundations
ships
elation
5 r
✔
WEBSITE
✔
physical space
✔
emerging
technologies
✔
portals
✔
lookout
✔
connectedness
12 Elements of Effective Practice
79. 5 relationships
parents
administrators
teachers
legislators
students
80. 5 partners workboard
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!! What are the 3 most pressing issues
relating to these partnerships?
Students
S
t
u
Classroom ! d
Teachers
e Parents
n
LIT t
Teachers s
Administrators Legislators
st
!
Partnering to Shape 21 Century Learners – 2010 Idaho Workshop
!
82. 6 foundations
✔
WEBSITE
• Reinvent
the
library
website
• Make
it
a
desKnaKon
for
students,
teachers,
parents,
administrators
and
legislators
• Put
it
on
the
school/district
home
page
83. 6 foundations
✔
physical space
Reinvent
your
space
21st
Century
Learning
Commons
The
Unquiet
Librarian’s
Space
84. 6 foundations
✔
EMERging technologies
• Become
the
‘go-‐to’
person
for
emerging
technology.
• Become
cerKfied
as
a
peer
coach
of
technology
integraKon.
85. “I
would
be
puerile
to
argue
that
the
world
has
ever
been
sta?c,
but
it's
reasonable
to
argue
that
the
world
has
never
been
as
uncertain
as
it
is
today.”
Eamonn
Kelly,
CEO
Global
Business
Network
(which
pracAces
a
futurist
sub-‐specialty
known
as
scenario
planning)
86. 6 foundations
✔
portals
Concentrate
on
creaKng
‘portals’
to
showcase
your
program
and
your
students'
work.
87. 6 foundations
✔
lookout
• Become
a
recognized
‘lookout’.
• Lead
policy/strategic
planning
in
your
district/community
for
literacy
&
emerging
technologies.
• Think
of
this
as
INTELLECTUAL
FREEDOM
88. The people in charge
of leading school
organizations into the
21st century …
often are the
least knowledgeable
about the 21st century.
dangerouslyirrelevant.org
ScoP
McLeod
89. The
librarians
who
survive
will
be
those
who
make
themselves
the
social
media
experts
of
their
school.
Students
and
teachers
now
have
endless
opKons
beyond
the
covers
of
a
book
to
find
the
informaKon
that
they
need.
-‐Patrick
Larkin,
Principal
Burlington
High
School,
MA
90. 6 foundations
✔
connectedness
Make
meaningful
connecKons
with
all
five
partners.
This
will
change
‘survival’
into
flourishing.
COLLABORATION
91. CONNECTEDNESS
olo gy
se
of
techn
e
u
effecKv
ity
foste ring
equ
uity
resource
eq
increase
hPp://www.connectedthebook.com/pages/links.html
92. “It’s
not
what
you
work
on,
but
whom
you
work
with
that
makes
all
the
difference.”
David
Kelley,
founder
and
chairman,
IDEO
93. 12 Elements of Effective Practice
Web
Space/
CollaboraAon
/
Student
Growth
Virtual
Space
Mentoring
Resources
InformaAon
Literacy
Skills
&
Management
Physical
Space
Technology
Tools
Equity
&
Access
Student
Digital
&
Global
Assessment
&
CreaAvity
&
CiAzenship
IntegraAon
ProducAon
Community
Reading
/
Literacy
The Boise Sketch
94. HOW TO BEGIN
• policies
• practices
• procedures
• systems
• structures
• strategies
95. 12 Elements of Effective PRactice
Designing your space and program
Designing Your Space and Program
for for 21 st Century teaching and Learning
21st century Teaching and Learning
!
WEBSPACE / ! Physical ! Technology ! Collaboration ! ! Reading ! Student
VIRTUAL SPACE! Space Tools ! & Literacy ! Resources !
! !
! !
! !
! !
! !
! !
! ! !
!
!
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Community ! ! Creativity & ! Information ! Digital & Global ! Equity ! Assessment
! Communication ! literacy Citizenship ! & Access ! & Integration !
! Sk ills & m g m t.! !
! ! !
! ! !
! ! !
! !
!
! !
! !
!
st
!
Partnering to Shape 21 Century Learners – 2010 Idaho Workshop
Lisa Layera & Susan McBurney
102. 12 Elements of Effective PRactice
Designing your space and program
Designing Your Space and Program
for for 21 st Century teaching and Learning
21st century Teaching and Learning
!
WEBSPACE / ! Physical ! Technology ! Collaboration ! ! Reading ! Student
VIRTUAL SPACE! Space Tools ! & Literacy ! Resources !
! !
! !
! !
! !
! !
! !
! ! !
!
!
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Community ! ! Creativity & ! Information ! Digital & Global ! Equity ! Assessment
! Communication ! literacy Citizenship ! & Access ! & Integration !
! Sk ills & m g m t.! !
! ! !
! ! !
! ! !
! !
!
! !
! !
!
st
!
Partnering to Shape 21 Century Learners – 2010 Idaho Workshop
Lisa Layera & Susan McBurney
104. 6
FoundaKons
Checklist
Website
Physical
Space
Emerging
Technologies
__
make
it
a
desAnaAon
__
virtual
poll
(what
do
they
want)
__
train
Student
IT
Fellows
__
showcase
student
work
__
hip,
comfortable
furniture
__
create
hashtag
for
favorite
__
solicit
content
feedback
new
technology
or
tool;
solicit
__
facilitate
new
clubs
/
meet-‐ups
student
submissions
__
start
a
web
design
club
__
culAvate
hygge-‐coziness,
tranquility
__
Harkness
tables
for
seminar-‐ __
become
peer
coach
of
__
launch
‘ Teacherbook’
technology
style
teaching.
__
offer
emerg.
Tech.
training
__
parent
tech.
training
night
__
create
robust
‘Parents
Tab’
__
facilitate
parents
contribuAng
to
__
create
tech.
wish
list
__
survey
parent
needs
hygge
__
ask
PTA
to
fund
Student
IT
__
launch
Parents’
Wiki
__
PTA-‐sponsored
foreign
language
Fellows’
travel
to
tech.
conference;
staAon
w/
RosePa
Stone
somware
librarian
as
chaperone
__
feature
on
district
homepage
__
invite
to
any
‘presenAng’
of
__
offer
emerg.
tech.
training
__
facilitate
principal’s
blog
resources;
facilitate
their
taking
__
send
out
Horizon
Report
__
facilitate
supdt’s
blog
ownership
and
celebraAng
__
get
them
started
on
TwiPer
__
invite
every
fall
during
offsession
__
send
‘Emerging
Technology
Tips’
__
create
‘Local
Civics’
secAon
__
invite
to
dedicate
new
equip.,
to
legislators
and
their
LAs
__
create
‘Ask
your
Legislator’
__
offer
to
set
them
up
on
TwiPer
feature
w/
librarian
as
upgrades,
etc.
intermediary
105. 6
FoundaKons
Checklist
Portal
Lookout
ConnecKvity
__
Horizon
Report
w/
trends
and
__
champion
virtual
por@olios
opportuniAes
__
facilitate
global
connecAvity
__
showcase
student
art
__
spearhead
assessing
with
Skype,
FlatClassroom
etc.
__
leverage
flip
cams
keyboarding
mastery
__
annual
student-‐designed
LIT
__
spearhead
1:1
iniAaAve
w/
program
theme
city,
district
and
community
__
create
blogs,
class
wikis,
&
__
offer
to
set
up
on
TwiPer
to
__
start
in-‐service
days
with
New
help
grow
their
PLN
pathfinders
for
every
teacher
Tools
Roundup
(preferably
free
ones)
__
showcase
one
project
with
every
teacher
over
year
__
create
hashtag
and
deliver
__
Horizon
Report
w/
emerging
__
send
Holiday
Horizon
Report
w/
daily
nuggets
on
what
tech.
trends,
top
10
sites
for
kids,
gim
recs.,
hoPest
trends
students/classes
are
doing;
summary
of
what
kids
are
learning
catalyst
for
dinnerAme
__
invite
to
be
on
Technology
and
producing
that
quarter
conversaAon
Leadership
Team
__
invite
admin.
to
student
shows
__
ongoing:
send
resources
for
__
set
up
Google
Reader
for
__
invite
admin.
to
legislator
visits
Strategic
Plan
update
principal,
Supdt.,
Sch.
Board
__
invite
school
board
to
student
__
form
commiPee
on
social
media
__
keep
administraAon
informed
shows
policy
of
21st
C.
leadership
opportuniAes
__
create
annual
Legislators’
Report;
__
be
their
reference
go-‐to
person
__
digital
postcards
from
kids
frame
as
thanks;
kid-‐centric
__
track
their
work
and
send
notes
__
facilitate
mid-‐session
briefing
showcasing
student
work
and
$$
of
appreciaAon
for
interested
students
investment.
__
host
a
session
wrap-‐up
108. AcKon
Plan:
Delivering
What
Students
Need
1
week
by
June
October
ILA
mtg.
109. Risk
Assessment:
How
InnovaKve
is
your
LIT
Program?
Risk Assessment: How Innovative is Your LIT Program?
Stages in the development of an innovative LIT program*
Underdeveloped Traditional Emerging Innovative
Striving to succeed by Program is effective by Effective by standard Goes beyond standard
standard measure of standard measures; measures, working to measure of success;
success; unable to re- innovates to improve go beyond; innovating highly innovative, has
st
tool for the 21 C. within traditional model within and beyond transformed by creating
information landscape. of LIT program. traditional model of LIT a new archetype for LIT
program. programs.
Rubric for
Traditional
Innovative
developed
Emerging
Under-
Library and Information Technology (LIT) Program
1 2 3 4
AREAS of EFFECTIVE PRACTICE
Information Literacy / Skills & Management
