Month Day Year
Highly Effective School Library Programs
Creating a Recipe for Success
Outcomes
Elements of the revised and rebranded program
Key ingredients for success
Shifts in Practice for 21 st century
Great School Library Ingredients?
3
Highly Effective School Libraries (HESL)
3 Different Parts
• Use just to evaluate your program and raise awareness
• Professional Development Piece
• Award Piece
Evaluation of Program in collaboration with Principal
6
• Use the Evaluation Rubric to assess your program.
• Select two or three areas for improvement and formulate these into goals aligned with your school’s SIP.
• Use these goals to fill out the Action Plan and upload on the HESLP wiki
We do not ask your overall rating
I got 15 ineffectives!!
“School Library Professional Growth Community Cohort”
Welcomes anyone at any level
Provides access to HESL wiki to view others’ action plans, see web presence ideas, view applications of those who earned recognition
It ’s focus is personalized professional growth
Professional Development
More inclusive than Power Library Model
Cohort groups rather than “mentors” that we used to have in the Power Library Program.
Just let us know, and you’re in!!
School Library Professional Growth Community Cohort
• Final product that shows measurable evidence of how you met your goals
• We tell your principal what you are doing, ask for 8 hour time donation, and provide link to your action plan and final product.
• Personalized professional growth in 2-3 rubric areas with help of your peers
• Develop a school-UIP aligned Action Plan and upload to wiki
Action Plan Template
Recognition
• Your school-aligned “Action Plan”
• A link to your library website
• Multimedia Presentation (3 minutes)
• Two letters of recommendation (one has to be from principal or direct supervisor).
Recognition – Rigorous Process with Higher Rewards
Click flag to access HESL webpage/applicationCDE Commissioner Hammond
“Traditional libraries were viewed as the grocery store…”
....but, 21st century libraries are viewed as the kitchen.” Joyce Va l e n z a
Shift in Practice is Essential
Key Ingredients
Risk-Taking Leader Persistent Collaborator
Key Ingredients
Instructional/Digital Literacy Coach - Persistence and Patience needed!
Innovative (Risk-Taker)
Elements of the Revised/Rebranded Program
Key Ingredients for Success
Shifts in Practice for 21 st century
Evidence Outcomes of Today
Becky Russell, MLIS |Certified School Librarian/21st C. Skills Specialist | Colorado Department of Education | 303.866.6772 | [email protected] OR [email protected] |www.coloradostatelibrary.org
Judy Barnett| Highly Effective School Library Coordinator | Colorado Department of Education | 719.964.5352 | [email protected] |
http://highlyeffectiveschoollibraryprogram.wikispaces.com/
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