Overview of our buckets

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Overview of our buckets

• Equity
• Empowering independent lifelong learning
• Learning outcomes rigorous and measurable and
  motivating
• Looking at learning from the vantage of the
  content areas (commonalities across disciplines)
• Models of excellence
• National Clearinghouse for Models of Practice /
  National networkexamples of state efforts,
  districts
• Assessmentbridging the gap, being part of
  picture
• 21st century learning environmentstools,
  experiences
• Embracing emerging technologies as a learning
  tools
• Practice, dude!
• Engaging stakeholders (?) Administrators, boards
  of ed., political folks, vendors, parents,
  learners
• Social responsibility in access and creation
• Educating administrators in training programs,
  preservice teachers, schools of ed. Presenting at
  other-than-library-places
• Explore new models of staff develoment
• Empowering ourselves as leaders
• Leadership role in training others in buildings,
  relating to instruction, info and communication
  technologies
• Evidence-based practice as a critical opportunity
  for way of achieving learning goals in school

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Information Rich World
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Librarians should be partners in the ongoing
assessment of student learning

• Development of authentic projects performance
  assessments for 21st century world
• Analysis of standardized test resultscorrelation
  with library instruction
• Assessment of process and technology
  skillsdiagnostic, formative, summative

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Taking a leadership role in the educational
application of emerging technologies

• Talk and listen to students about emerging
  technologies
• Pioneer use of emerging technologies and model
  them for information gathering and dissemination
• Professional development offer/introduce new
  tools to colleagues, students, community at large

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• Demonstrate via use of data and evidence (to our
  communities, that school librarians and library
  programs pay learning dividends and improve
  student achievement

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• Address learning outcomes and ensure that
  students are independent thinkers

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• Enable and foster socially responsible and
  ethical uses of information

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Develop and embrace new models for interacting
with learners using 21st century technology

• Expanding library service beyond the physical
  space
• Expanding service 24/7
• Blackboard/virtual learning communities/cms
• Wiki, Blog, Podcast, Online game environments

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Mesh library added value into educator learning
environments

• National level-influence national standards for
  preservice teacher education programs and
  administrator education programs
• Present at non-library national conference for
  educators, conferences for educators,
  demonstrating the impact of library media
  programs
• State level
• Influence state standards for all educator
  preparation programs
• Require internship experiences that reflect a
  library media/collaborative components
• Provide administrative summit on impact of
  library media programs
• District level
• Staff development opportunities, both unique and
  traditional
• Develop library leadership training programs to
  facilitate effective staff development

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Equity

• How are we going to level the learning playing
  field? Target the have-nots
• Universal access to resources and technology
• 24/7 learning environment (start with extended
  hours with transportation)
• Provide means of opportunity and access
• Wireless communities (critical to economic
  prosperity development to communities)
• Find the funds through partnerships and
  supporters
• Build equitable learning and instructional
  opportunities
• Build integrated learning communities
• Partnerships with teachers, universities,
  businesses, experts in the field, life
  experiences

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Models of excellence

• Provide stakeholders with instructional
  materials, information and model school libraries
  to demonstrate excellence
• Identify models and funding source
• Develop Clearinghouse of resources and find a
  host and partners and funding source
• Market to stakeholders (one example minigrants
  to send teamsLMS, principal, teacherto visit
  sites

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Educating the stakeholdersinvolving them, not
telling them

• Administrators, legislators at all levels,
  parents, teachers,students
• Advocacy
• Pushing in
• Leadership role in emerging technology

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Big dotted items

• Meeting learners in the electronic
  environmentdevelop new ways to interact with
  learners
• Listen to students / talk to students about
  emerging technology
• Take a leadership role in educational application
  of technology

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Big dotted items

• Communicate effectively with parentsinvite them
  to participate in the 21st century learning
  environment
• Telecommunications providerslobby for universal
  access in the name of LEARNING
• Collectionnot just physical, constantly changing
• More to come!!!