Library Alignment and Correlation to the Academic Content Standards

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Library Alignment and Correlation to the Academic
Content Standards

• Gayle Geitgey
• Urbana City Schools
• Geitgg_at_urbana.k12.oh.us

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Library Alignment Committee

• Ohio School librarians
• All committee members were certified in an
  academic content area
• Geographic representation
• Unique opportunity
• Met from January-June,2003

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Guidelines for Effective School Library Media
Programs
GUIDELINES
TOOLKIT
ALIGNMENT

• 4 Program Guidelines
• 3 Instructional Guidelines
• Benchmarks Grade-level Indicators

• Explanation of Guideline
• Research
• Best Practices

• Alignment of Library Guidelines to Academic
  Standards
• Standards-based Activities Lesson Starters

3 COMPONENTS
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Library Alignment Tools

• Align the Guidelines for Effective School Library
  Programs with the Academic Content Standards
• Identify library services/resources that may help
  implement the ACS
• Identify activities that school librarians
  provide (in collaboration with classroom
  teachers) which reinforce the ACS.
• Web based publication in May 2004

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Library and ACS Alignments
Guideline 5--Information Literacy

• EnglishResearch Standard
• MathData Analysis Standard
• ScienceScientific Inquiry Standard
• Social StudiesSocial Studies Skills and Methods
  Standard

• ArtsHistorical, Cultural, and Social Contexts
  Standard
• Foreign Language Connections Connect with other
  disciplines and acquire information standard
• TechnologyTechnology and Information Literacy
  Standard

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Correlations and Coordination

• Committee took Library Instructional Guidelines
  5,6,7 and correlated the library benchmarks to
  the specific benchmarks in the various Academic
  Content Standards.
• Committee also listed Library Connection
  activities

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Guideline 5 Effective school library media
programs provide information literacy skills
instruction
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Guideline 5 Effective school library media
programs provide information literacy skills
instruction
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Alignments, Correlations and Collaboration

• How can these alignments and correlations be
  used?
• All Ohio teachers are learning how to teach with
  standards, benchmarks, and indicators.
• Collaborate with staff to increase student
  achievement
• No longer pulling at straws for collaboration
  ideas, the Library Alignments and Correlations
  will give you quality suggestions.

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Questions???

• Thank you!!!!