K12 Professional Development Curriculum

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K-12 Professional Development Curriculum
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K-12 Professional Development Curriculum
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• Vision
• The Library is retooling its primary
  source-based professional development (PD)
  curriculum for K-12 practioners. The information
  and activities assembled will become the
  centerpiece to what Education Outreach delivers
  at the Library, in the community through its
  partners, and online.
• Objectives
• Participants of our professional development
  will
• Become familiar with the breadth and organization
  of the Library of Congress digitized primary
  sources
• Understand the value of using primary sources in
  instruction
• Create basic inquiry-based learning experiences

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K-12 Professional Development Curriculum Standards
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• The PD content will be aligned to
• The PD standards of the National Staff
  Development Council (NSDC)
• The 21st Century Learner Standards of the
  American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
• The National Education Technology Standards
  (NETS) for Students and Teachers set forth by the
  International Society for Technology in Education
  (ISTE).

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K-12 Professional Development Products
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1.1 Know what primary sources are and understand
their value in teaching 1.1.1 What is a Primary
Source? 1.1.2 The Educational Value of Primary
Sources 1.1.3. Defining the Authentic Use of
Primary Sources 1.1.4 Analyzing Primary Sources
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K-12 Professional Development Products
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1.2 Locate and navigate the Library of Congress
Web site 1.2.1 Introduction to American
Memory 1.2.2. Introduction to Other Areas of
Interest to Educators on the Librarys Web
Site 1.2.3 Participants will become aware of the
resources available to them on the Teachers Page
and will develop a foundational understanding of
best instructional practices for using
inquiry-based teaching materials. 1.2.4.
Participants will learn strategies and techniques
for finding primary sources content from the
Library of Congress Web site.
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K-12 Professional Development Products
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1.3 Access, save and present primary sources from
the Library of Congress Web site 1.4 Gain a
foundational understanding of best instructional
practices for teaching with primary sources 1.5
Create instructionally sound learning experiences
that integrate primary sources from the Library
of Congress 1.5.1. The Authentic Use of Primary
Sources. 1.5.2. Creating Primary Source
Inquiry-Based Activities.
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K-12 Professional Development Products
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The LIBRARY of CONGRESS

• Library of Congress PD Participant Manual
• Library of Congress PD Trainer Manual
• Online, on-demand publishing tool for PD manuals
• 8-9 self paced online modules to support PD
  curriculum objectives
• Work with online PD vendors to deliver
  facilitated online learning experiences