I completed the Wiki, set up the schedule, emailed her, created the google doc, created the chart, and completed a 90% of the work, and Rosa failed to respond for days, showed up to our meeting late and unprepared, and then did no work today until late in the evening on Sunday, April 21, 2013, although our schedule requested that we reviewed all websites and information in advance so we could have a successful collaboration, and then she complained at the eleventh hour. Collaboration means being prepared, and compromising on meeting times. You cannot come to a collaborative meeting without reviewing the information. In real life, that would be rude and unprofessional. A group of professionals would come to a meeting and have to wait on you to peruse the information in order to start or collaborate on the topic. A working knowledge of the subject matter is necessary for a productive meeting. That's foundational/basic knowledge. Dr. S, your intervention is needed. I wish you had invited me to your meetings, as I offered to coach. SCHEDULE:
Library Web Presence Report Schedule:
Dates to Collaborate
Notes
Comments
4/15/2013-Monday Time 9:00 pm- 10:05 pm
Met to set up schedule and agree to means of collaboration.
Nikitra’s Comments-Pink Rosa’s Comments- Purple Salerno - Blue
4/18/2013-Thursday Time 9:00 to 10:00
Complete section 1 & 2 by reviewing rubric and website in advance so discussion can be productive on Sunday night.
I has a previous appointment, and changed meeting time to Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 9:00 p.m., we agreed to have reviewed the website to ensure that the collaboration time is used efficiently. I reviewed site and completed a large portion of rubric from 12:00-4:00 p.m. The remaining portion of the rubric will be completed by Rosa, and we will devise next meeting time for additional collaboration. ROSA PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT OR ADD ANY INFORMATION. I did post a revised table at the bottom of the document. Thanks!!!
4/21/2013-Sunday Time 9:00 to 10:00
All responses due, and collaborate on agreements/disagreements.
Rosa please complete blank entries in rubric, and think of collaboration time. After our meeting tonight, I am not available again until Friday, April 26, 2013, and 8:00 to 1:00 on Saturday April 27, 2013. Nikita, I think that the project is meant to work on collaboratively. I have been reviewing the website and I think we need to be discussing as we fill the matrix, not each cell individually, but collaboratively. This is from the email that Salerno sent, “Since this assignment is more about collaboration than right or wrong answers”
4-21-13 to 4-28-13 please indicate when you can meet.
I am available every evening this week. Please select at least 2 days that you can meet to collaborate. I can also meet anytime Friday 4-28-13. We specifically agreed to meet on the days that work for the both of us. You said you did not like working on weekends, and I stated that I have classes and a child and I had difficulty working during the week other than Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The timing has to work for the both of us.
Project Due Date 4/28/2013
Project is due by 12:00 Sunday afternoon. I would like to have it completed the Saturday prior, so we can make any revisions if necessary.
Finished alone!
REFERENCES FOR OUR PROJECT:
The Five Roles of the School Librarian: An empowered and empowering school librarian is 1. a school leader 2. a program administrator 3. an information navigator 4. a technology facilitator 5. a collaborative teacher and learner
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PART ONE: 1. Describe this library's program in terms of meeting the needs of these five school library stakeholders. Summarize your inferences in two or three sentences for each stakeholder. You must include at least one citation from the school library or education literature and one piece of evidence in the form of a URL to back up your inference for each stakeholder.
Principal
Nikitra’s Comments:
The website supported the needs of the principal in multiple ways. Information about the library hours, programs, scheduling, and methods of locating information outside of the school day is highly important to the principal. A library without walls has been the catch phrase I have heard repeatedly. The site had a link to help parents and students understand plagiarism, which teachers intellectual honesty and copyright. The clubs and organization links provides proof that the librarian is involved with the students on a more in-depth and personal level, which will cultivate relationships, thoughts, and just an overall better student-to-student and student-to-faculty relationships. Finally, one of the most important items that I believe a principal would seek when looking at the website is the teacher-librarian collaborations via the Great Internet Sites link. The principal can locate that the librarian has been consulting, planning, and collaborating with the librarian to ultimately, improve test scores. These are only a few of the items that is important to the needs of the principal as one of the five primary stakeholders.
Inference and Example:
Role- School Leader
"Improving student achievement is a vital principal interest, but many principals overlook libraries and librarians as potentially powerful instruments in that work because they have not been educated to the library's value and library media research rarely appears in administrator publications (Wilson & Blake, 1993)..Librarians can draw on the Internet and subscription databases to supply principals with up-to-the-minute information on any given topic in planning sessions and prior to any board, faculty, parent, or business partner meeting. Consistent access to such information can only result in improved administrative decision-making. Librarians also can support targeted faculty and student groups, including counselors (White & Wilson, 1997), beginning teachers (Barron, 1998), and at-risk (Bluemel & Taylor, 1991), latchkey (Feldman, 1990), and special needs youngsters (Wesson & Keefe, 1995) (Hartzell, 2002)." The role of a school leader is utilized here because the librarian has created a program that supports the school goals via the principal as a major stakeholder. She has provided links for several teachers' classes via the website, information concerning plagiarism rules and guidelines, methods of locating resources and books after hours, and details about scheduling, hours, and contact information. ==== ====
The Blue Valley Librarian Website supported the needs of classroom and specialist teachers by the creation of her Great Internet Sites link. Here you can locate the classroom and specialist teachers. Mr. Baskett and Mrs. Carlberg are definitely the classroom and specialist teachers are located underneath the Social Studies link, where lesson plans and teacher strategies are created. Ms. Mattke is the teacher specialist for art, and she has several links to prominent artist. Under world languages, Mrs. Martinat has internet links, Spanish tutorials, list of countries, and extensive links to further information. As a whole, it is obvious that the librarian has failed to collaborate with all content areas. A chart with dates for collaborations along with links for the lessons planned in all content areas would provide a more comprehensive use of the librarian as a genuine collaborator. This would also provide added value to the library because it would assist administrators to see purpose of library and librarian. It would help teachers, novice and tenured with lesson planning. It would help parents who need help in assisting their children from home, and students because they would have access to these additional resources at all times.Going in the right direction.
Inference and Example
Role-A Collaborative Teacher and Learner
"Collaboration: A central finding of this study is the importance of a collaborative approach to information literacy. Test scores rise in both elementary and middle schools as library media specialists and teachers work together. In addition, scores also increase with the amount of time library media specialists spend as in-service trainers of other teachers, acquainting them with the rapidly changing world of information. How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards: Test scores increase as library media specialists spend more time: planning cooperatively with teachers, identifying materials for teachers, teaching information literacy skills to students, providing in-service training to teachers, and managing a computer network through which the library media program reaches beyond its own walls to classrooms, labs, and offices (Lance, 2000). Librarians as a whole need to collaborate with teachers on a consistent basis. As a result of this collaboration, studies have proven that students, no matter the demographics, improve on standardized testing when the librarian is effective and involved. The example provided by the Blue Valley Librarian Website is located underneath the Great Internet Sites link. In this portion of her website, she has direct links related to certain subject areas. It is easy to identify that the librarian was aware of what lesson the teacher was teaching, and helped by linking resources to support that particular assignment. As I stated earlier, this area is limited. She only has proof of five teachers she has collaborated with, and only four disciplines. The link should have a more better name, and the librarian needs to expand her collaborations to more teachers in the building by attending department meetings, and listing all teachers name within that department.
The Blue Valley Library website supported the needs of the students in multiple way. To be honest, the website is all about the students. Majority of the links are created specifically for students to utilize, but the link that promotes student activities, clubs, & organizations resource pages. Underneath this link, they are several clubs listed from art club, baking Club, cheer leading, diversity club, dungeons and dragons, gay-straight alliance, journalism, national french honor society, and a Spanish club. There are also links for students to utilize to locate books outside of the school day. The links created for Web 2.0 tools was comprehensive. I actually saw some Web 2.0 tools that I was not aware existed. The collaboration with the teachers in Social Studies, Art, World Languages, and Communications Art provided the students with links to support the lessons that were being taught in those classes. The college link also impressed me, students need these types of resources because some students may be the first generation college graduates. The Plagirism, Easy Bib, MLA, APA, and Research Consulting links are definitely something that I have not seen on most high school websites, and is essential for students who are headed to college, and even the one's who are not. Simply learning about intellectual property laws, and copyright is an essential need in today's, "uploading, copying and pasting society"! Going in the right direction.
Inference and Example:
Role-An information navigator
"Whether it's learning proper research skills, locating quality Web sites, or getting better test scores, an overwhelming number of kids think media specialists are essential to learning, according to a new study by professors Ross Todd and Carol Kuhlthau of Rutgers University's Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries. Student Learning Through Ohio School Libraries reveals that 99.4 percent of students in grades 3 to 12 believe school libraries and their services help them become better learners. To what extent do kids value the media center? Some 88.5 percent of the 13,123 Ohio students surveyed say the school library helps them get better grades on projects and assignments, 74.7 percent say it helps with homework, and 92.4 percent say computers in the media center help improve their overall academic work (Whelan, 2004).
The role of the librarian here is information navigator. I believe that these students are being served because the librarian has provided all necessary links to questions that the students may present prior to the students posing questions. I spoke of this in relationship to the links for Plagiarism, Easy Bib, MLA, APA, and Research Consulting. The librarian even has a link to contact her, set up an appointment, and receive consultation. This is proof of service.
A parents primary desire is for the cognitive progress of his or her child, access to books, internet, and information while simultaneously keeping their child safe from inappropriate content. The Blue Valley Librarian Website supported the needs of the parents and families because there are several links that support this need. The first is the list of teachers with collaborative resources, although, it is limited. The ability for a child to check out a book from on line and after hours. The reference desk link helps to assist families in locating information like online dictionaries, location of public libraries, and the yellow pages on line. The clubs and organization link provides some extra curricular activities for their children, and of course a posted schedule, and a link provided to contact the librarian directly. Unfortunately, the limited information concerning library events is not positive, along with the fact that there are no links to how a parent can help assist their child in learning to use the library and helping him/her remain safe from inappropriate or age appropriate content.
Inference and Example:
Role-A program administrator "By the end of the 20th century society had shifted from the Industrial Age, which centered around jobs in manufacturing, to the Information Age, in which jobs require innovative thinking and problem-solving skills, effective communication skills, teamwork, and the ability to manage information effectively (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2008). As a result, the aptitudes learners need to be successful in work and in life have evolved to include high-level thinking skills, innovation skills, and collaborative teamwork. In 2009, AASL revised the mission of the school library program (SLP) to reflect the expanding responsibilities of the school librarian (SL) in helping learners develop the skills needed to be successful in work and in life in the twenty-first century the revised mission statement states, "The mission of the school library program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. The school librarian (SL) empowers students to be:
critical thinkers,
enthusiastic readers,
skillful researchers,
and ethical users of information." ( Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs) (AASL, 2013)."
The librarian is the program administrator who is responsible for ensuring that parents and families have access to organized content within and outside of the school day that is relevant to their child's education. As I previously stated a parent's main concern is their child's academic success. Tools that the librarian can provide is a website so parents have access to necessary information while at home. These should include the capability to retrieve resources related to specific lessons per teacher, access to previewed websites, links to Web 2.0 tools, information literacy regarding the ethical use of information, and how parents can protect their child from inappropriate content.
A grandparent or business owner could definitely utilize the Blue Valley Website for The Blue Valley Library website for information located underneath the reference link. In this area, business owners and community members can locate the school address, other businesses in the community, yellow pages, travel, hotels, links to public library. This was about the most information I could find that would assist community and business stakeholders. Unfortunately, I clicked on the link that stated library events, and was able to locate a page dedicated to parents and students finding sources while from home. On this page, a link at the top specifically stated, “community”. This link provided a mission concerning the district’s dedication to the community. I have utilized it as a reference example.
Inference and Example:
Role-A technology facilitator
"The people who live and work in our communities have many information needs:
Product evaluations. Before making a major purchase, it helps to know the quality and features of products.
Health. People need information on how to stay healthy and how to understand medical conditions they or their families have.
Government. People need to understand their own communities and the country, and know who their elected and appointed representatives are and how to contact them, so they can participate fully in making decisions.
How-to-do-it. It takes knowledge to repair cars, build swings, bake cakes.
Personal enrichment. People want to know words to poems or songs, locate travel guides, play games online, know the best Web sites for kids, or enjoy the paintings of a favorite artist.
Work. Business people need statistics, addresses, legal information; children (school work is their work) need help with assignments; individuals need advice on changing careers and obtaining better jobs.
School. School work requires information resources available in the library or guidance in locating the best Web homework sites.
Readers' advisory. Sometimes patrons want a good book to read. The readers’ advisory interview uses many of the same behaviors as the reference interview, approachability is the key (Ohio Library Council, 2008)."
“The Blue Valley School District is dedicated to fostering positive relationships and partnerships with the community. In the Blue Valley area, education is highly valued. The district is filled with highly educated patrons whose support allows students to experience an Education Beyond Expectations. The district is about more than just helping students attain proficiency; it's about going beyond proficiency to excellence and the community helps support those efforts (“Blue Valley”, 2013).”
Both of the following inferences inform a librarian of what the community needs are in regards to information. A librarian must be a technology and information facilitator. Product information, health, community news, governmental information, how- to books, personal enrichment, information on how local business work with the school and community. Where and how to find this information is also important. In short, the librarian should be an information navigator, and stay abreast on informational needs and news. The Blue Valley Librarian website references link proves that the librarian has some connection to the community, but it is obviously limited.
2. Describe this library's program in terms of the five roles of the school librarian as outlined in Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Centers. Summarize inferences in two or three sentences for each role. You must include at least one citation from the school library or education literature and one piece of evidence in the form of a URL to back up your inference for each role.
Leader
Nikitra’s Comments:
The Blue Valley Librarian displays her leadership by showing that she meets with the teachers for collaborative lessons. One can tell that at some point she has attended faculty meetings because of the needs that are addressed on the website like APA, MLA, Plagiarism, and open access to locating resources. This is also proof that she has had some education and training via a library program. There is no evidence of meeting with the principal, no evidence of meeting with parents, no evidence of community meetings with businesses or neighborhood leaders.
Inference and Example:
“A school librarian is a school leader. Someone who has the education, training and credentials required to be a leader in the job. Someone who regularly..meets with the principal, attends faculty meetings, serves on key committees, and meets with other library staff (Lance, n.d.).” In most librarianship programs, librarians are taught information regarding the ethical use of information, hence her plagiarism link. She is also meeting for collaborative lessons because she has links of information with five teachers.
The Blue Valley librarian is definitely an instructional partner. She meets collaboratively with teachers via the Internet Sites link, she also provides lists of Web 2.0 tools, she provides information under her path finders link, which has links to information directly related to what information teachers are teaching. Finally, she also offers individualized assistance to students who have research needs.
Inference and Example:
As an instructional partner, the library media specialist joins with teachers and others to identify links with curricular content, learning outcomes, student information needs, and information resources. Working with the entire school community, the library media specialist takes a leadership role in developing policies, practices, and curricula that guide students to develop the full range of information literacy skills. The library media specialist works closely with individual teachers in the critical area of designing authentic learning tasks and assessments and integrating the information and communication abilities required to meet subject matter standards (American Library Association, 1998).” The examples from the site include teacher-librarian collaboration, the path finders link, and the methods students have to access information, books, and resources outside of the school day via the library website.
The librarian proves that she is an information specialist because she knows more than the average person via her links to Web 2.0 tools, her information regarding plagiarism, her reference links to hotels, the public library, and yellow pages. She also supports her information literacy because she provides several resources for students to utilize to create correct bibliographies. She also includes links to colleges and career choices. She does lack information regarding testing, like state standards, ACT, SAT testing guidelines and information.
Inference and Example:
A school librarian is an information navigator. A selector of print, non-print, and electronic resources that support the
school’s curriculum and the state’s standards. Someone who teaches others how to be information literate—i.e., to recognize an information need and to locate, evaluate,and apply information in critical thinking to solve a problem (Lance, n.d.).” “As an information specialist, the library media specialist provides expertise in acquiring and evaluating information resources in all formats; in bringing an awareness of information issues to teachers, administrators, students, and others; and modeling for students and others strategies for locating, access, and evaluating information within and beyond the library media center. Working in an environment that has been profoundly affected by technology, the library media specialist both masters sophisticated electronic resources and maintains a constant focus on the nature, quality, and ethical uses of information available in these and in more traditional tools (American Library Association, 1998).”
One can tell the Blue Valley librarian is a teacher because she is obviously working with the teachers to meet the informational needs of the students from the collaboration with the five teachers. Although, I continue to state that this is minimal, how do I know if these were the areas of need? Researching proves that there is a need for critical thinking, and open access to web 2.0 tools also proves that she is utilizing her teaching skills.
Inference and Example:
“As a teacher, the library media specialists works with students and other members of the learning community to analyze learning and information needs, to locate and use resources that will meet those needs, and to understand and communicate the information the resource provides. The library media specialist is knowledgeable about current research on teaching and learning and skilled in applying its findings to a variety of situations - particularly those that call upon students to access, evaluate, and use information from multiple sources in order to learn, to think, and to create and to apply knowledge. In short, the library media specialist teaches students to use information for critical thinking and problem solving using the Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning set forth in Information Power, the national standards for school library media programs (ALA, 1998).” The collaboration page with the students, the research consulting, and the path finders link provides support to prove that the librarian is connected with the needs of the students, and is willing to teach them directly.
The Blue Valley Library website provided a link to a virtual walk-through, which proves that the librarian is running an organized facility. Under the about us link, one can see that she has enough staff. There are two certified librarians, and three paraprofessionals. She specifically states her hours and exactly what supplies and information is available. From the website, the Blue Valley Library is well organized.
Inference and Example:
“A school librarian is a program administrator. An effective manager of a school library program that is adequately staffed,
stocked, and funded. Requires planning, budgeting, reporting, and evaluation. Someone who works with students and
teachers on a flexible schedule requires support staff (Lance, n.d.).” Again, I witnessed a fully employed staff, hours, amount of resources in her collection. Unfortunately, I did not notice a flexible schedule.
PART THREE: In your opinion, informed by evidence on the Web site and supported by the guidelines in Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Centers, identify one area of strength AND one area for development and provide a rationale from readings.
Area Of Strength
Nikitra’s Comments:
The area of strength of the Blue Valley librarian’s website is easily identified as instructional specialist. I selected this area because, the librarian has numerous links to Web 2.0 tools, databases, several links to specific teachers and individualized curriculum, links to school clubs and activities. This plethora of print, non-print, and electronic resources that obviously supports the school’s curriculum defines this role.
Inference and Example:
“A school librarian is an information navigator. A selector of print, non-print, and electronic resources that support the school’s curriculum and the state’s standards. Someone who teaches others how to be information literate—i.e., to recognize an information need and to locate, evaluate, and apply information in critical thinking to solve a problem (Lance, n.d.),”
The area of the Blue Valley librarian’s website that needs to be developed is the librarian as a school leader. I saw no evidence of meetings with administration, teachers, students, parents, nor community members. I also saw activities and clubs for the students, but no proof of the librarian serving on key committees.
Inference and Example:
“A school librarian is a school leader. Someone who has the education, training and credentials required to be a leader in
the job. Someone who regularly…meets with the principal,attends faculty meetings, serves on key committees, and
meets with other library staff (Lance, n.d.).”
PART FOUR: Each member for the group will separately complete a rubric and also an evaluation of other members of the group. The Peer Evaluation Form is found in Assignments. (10 points)
PART FIVE: This Peer Assessment form, the rubric, and wiki URL will be posted to Assignments..
Dr. Salerno,
I completed the Wiki, set up the schedule, emailed her, created the google doc, created the chart, and completed a 90% of the work, and Rosa failed to respond for days, showed up to our meeting late and unprepared, and then did no work today until late in the evening on Sunday, April 21, 2013, although our schedule requested that we reviewed all websites and information in advance so we could have a successful collaboration, and then she complained at the eleventh hour. Collaboration means being prepared, and compromising on meeting times. You cannot come to a collaborative meeting without reviewing the information. In real life, that would be rude and unprofessional. A group of professionals would come to a meeting and have to wait on you to peruse the information in order to start or collaborate on the topic. A working knowledge of the subject matter is necessary for a productive meeting. That's foundational/basic knowledge. Dr. S, your intervention is needed. I wish you had invited me to your meetings, as I offered to coach.
SCHEDULE:
Library Web Presence Report Schedule:
Time 9:00 pm- 10:05 pm
Rosa’s Comments- Purple
Salerno - Blue
Time 9:00 to 10:00
I did post a revised table at the bottom of the document. Thanks!!!
Time 9:00 to 10:00
Nikita, I think that the project is meant to work on collaboratively. I have been reviewing the website and I think we need to be discussing as we fill the matrix, not each cell individually, but collaboratively. This is from the email that Salerno sent, “Since this assignment is more about collaboration than right or wrong answers”
please indicate when you can meet.
We specifically agreed to meet on the days that work for the both of us. You said you did not like working on weekends, and I stated that I have classes and a child and I had difficulty working during the week other than Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The timing has to work for the both of us.
4/28/2013
REFERENCES FOR OUR PROJECT:
The Five Roles of the School Librarian:
An empowered and empowering
school librarian is
1. a school leader
2. a program administrator
3. an information navigator
4. a technology facilitator
5. a collaborative teacher and learner
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PART ONE:
1. Describe this library's program in terms of meeting the needs of these five school library stakeholders. Summarize your inferences in two or three sentences for each stakeholder. You must include at least one citation from the school library or education literature and one piece of evidence in the form of a URL to back up your inference for each stakeholder.
Principal
"Improving student achievement is a vital principal interest, but many principals overlook libraries and librarians as potentially powerful instruments in that work because they have not been educated to the library's value and library media research rarely appears in administrator publications (Wilson & Blake, 1993)..Librarians can draw on the Internet and subscription databases to supply principals with up-to-the-minute information on any given topic in planning sessions and prior to any board, faculty, parent, or business partner meeting. Consistent access to such information can only result in improved administrative decision-making. Librarians also can support targeted faculty and student groups, including counselors (White & Wilson, 1997), beginning teachers (Barron, 1998), and at-risk (Bluemel & Taylor, 1991), latchkey (Feldman, 1990), and special needs youngsters (Wesson & Keefe, 1995) (Hartzell, 2002)." The role of a school leader is utilized here because the librarian has created a program that supports the school goals via the principal as a major stakeholder. She has provided links for several teachers' classes via the website, information concerning plagiarism rules and guidelines, methods of locating resources and books after hours, and details about scheduling, hours, and contact information. ==== ====
Link to Blue Valley Librarian Website: http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=29408&
Classroom and Specialist Teachers
The Blue Valley Librarian Website supported the needs of classroom and specialist teachers by the creation of her Great Internet Sites link. Here you can locate the classroom and specialist teachers. Mr. Baskett and Mrs. Carlberg are definitely the classroom and specialist teachers are located underneath the Social Studies link, where lesson plans and teacher strategies are created. Ms. Mattke is the teacher specialist for art, and she has several links to prominent artist. Under world languages, Mrs. Martinat has internet links, Spanish tutorials, list of countries, and extensive links to further information. As a whole, it is obvious that the librarian has failed to collaborate with all content areas. A chart with dates for collaborations along with links for the lessons planned in all content areas would provide a more comprehensive use of the librarian as a genuine collaborator. This would also provide added value to the library because it would assist administrators to see purpose of library and librarian. It would help teachers, novice and tenured with lesson planning. It would help parents who need help in assisting their children from home, and students because they would have access to these additional resources at all times. Going in the right direction.
"Collaboration: A central finding of this study is the importance of a collaborative approach to information literacy. Test scores rise in both elementary and middle schools as library media specialists and teachers work together. In addition, scores also increase with the amount of time library media specialists spend as in-service trainers of other teachers, acquainting them with the rapidly changing world of information.
How School Librarians Help Kids Achieve Standards: Test scores increase as library media specialists spend more time: planning cooperatively with teachers, identifying materials for teachers, teaching information literacy skills to students, providing in-service training to teachers, and managing a computer network through which the library media program reaches beyond its own walls to classrooms, labs, and offices (Lance, 2000). Librarians as a whole need to collaborate with teachers on a consistent basis. As a result of this collaboration, studies have proven that students, no matter the demographics, improve on standardized testing when the librarian is effective and involved. The example provided by the Blue Valley Librarian Website is located underneath the Great Internet Sites link. In this portion of her website, she has direct links related to certain subject areas. It is easy to identify that the librarian was aware of what lesson the teacher was teaching, and helped by linking resources to support that particular assignment. As I stated earlier, this area is limited. She only has proof of five teachers she has collaborated with, and only four disciplines. The link should have a more better name, and the librarian needs to expand her collaborations to more teachers in the building by attending department meetings, and listing all teachers name within that department.
Link to Blue Valley Librarian Website:__http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=29416&cms_mode=view__
Link to 2.0 tools: __http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=28543&__
Link to pathfinders:__http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=51384&__
Link to new arrivals:__http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=28555&__
Students
Going in the right direction.
"Whether it's learning proper research skills, locating quality Web sites, or getting better test scores, an overwhelming number of kids think media specialists are essential to learning, according to a new study by professors Ross Todd and Carol Kuhlthau of Rutgers University's Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries. Student Learning Through Ohio School Libraries reveals that 99.4 percent of students in grades 3 to 12 believe school libraries and their services help them become better learners. To what extent do kids value the media center? Some 88.5 percent of the 13,123 Ohio students surveyed say the school library helps them get better grades on projects and assignments, 74.7 percent say it helps with homework, and 92.4 percent say computers in the media center help improve their overall academic work (Whelan, 2004).
The role of the librarian here is information navigator. I believe that these students are being served because the librarian has provided all necessary links to questions that the students may present prior to the students posing questions. I spoke of this in relationship to the links for Plagiarism, Easy Bib, MLA, APA, and Research Consulting. The librarian even has a link to contact her, set up an appointment, and receive consultation. This is proof of service.
Link to main page: __http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=62517&__
Link to main page: __http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/dept/deptinfo.php?sectiondetailid=29389&__
Whelan, D. (2004, February). 13,000 kids can't be wrong. Retrieved from http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA377858.html.
Parents/Families
"By the end of the 20th century society had shifted from the Industrial Age, which centered around jobs in manufacturing, to the Information Age, in which jobs require innovative thinking and problem-solving skills, effective communication skills, teamwork, and the ability to manage information effectively (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2008). As a result, the aptitudes learners need to be successful in work and in life have evolved to include high-level thinking skills, innovation skills, and collaborative teamwork. In 2009, AASL revised the mission of the school library program (SLP) to reflect the expanding responsibilities of the school librarian (SL) in helping learners develop the skills needed to be successful in work and in life in the twenty-first century the revised mission statement states, "The mission of the school library program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.
The school librarian (SL) empowers students to be:
- critical thinkers,
- enthusiastic readers,
- skillful researchers,
- and ethical users of information." ( Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs) (AASL, 2013)."
The librarian is the program administrator who is responsible for ensuring that parents and families have access to organized content within and outside of the school day that is relevant to their child's education. As I previously stated a parent's main concern is their child's academic success. Tools that the librarian can provide is a website so parents have access to necessary information while at home. These should include the capability to retrieve resources related to specific lessons per teacher, access to previewed websites, links to Web 2.0 tools, information literacy regarding the ethical use of information, and how parents can protect their child from inappropriate content.Link to Blue Valley Librarian Website: __http://education.bluevalleyk12.org/BVLMC/__
Link to Blue Valley Librarian Website:__http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=63871&__
Link to Blue Valley Librarian Virtual Tour: __http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/components/album/default.php?sectiondetailid=28519&__
Community
Role-A technology facilitator
"The people who live and work in our communities have many information needs:
“The Blue Valley School District is dedicated to fostering positive relationships and partnerships with the community. In the Blue Valley area, education is highly valued. The district is filled with highly educated patrons whose support allows students to experience an Education Beyond Expectations. The district is about more than just helping students attain proficiency; it's about going beyond proficiency to excellence and the community helps support those efforts (“Blue Valley”, 2013).”
Both of the following inferences inform a librarian of what the community needs are in regards to information. A librarian must be a technology and information facilitator. Product information, health, community news, governmental information, how- to books, personal enrichment, information on how local business work with the school and community. Where and how to find this information is also important. In short, the librarian should be an information navigator, and stay abreast on informational needs and news. The Blue Valley Librarian website references link proves that the librarian has some connection to the community, but it is obviously limited.
http://www.olc.org/ore/1community.htm
Link to Blue Valley Librarian Website regarding the Community:
__http://www.bluevalleyk12.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=547__
PART TWO:
2. Describe this library's program in terms of the five roles of the school librarian as outlined in Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Centers. Summarize inferences in two or three sentences for each role. You must include at least one citation from the school library or education literature and one piece of evidence in the form of a URL to back up your inference for each role.
Leader
http://www.lrs.org/documents/lmcstudies/5Roles.pdf.
SLS as Instructional Partner
American Library Association. (1998). School library media specialist roles and responsibilities. Retrieved from http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/office/admin/roles.html.
SLS as Information Specialist
The librarian proves that she is an information specialist because she knows more than the average person via her links to Web 2.0 tools, her information regarding plagiarism, her reference links to hotels, the public library, and yellow pages. She also supports her information literacy because she provides several resources for students to utilize to create correct bibliographies. She also includes links to colleges and career choices. She does lack information regarding testing, like state standards, ACT, SAT testing guidelines and information.
school’s curriculum and the state’s standards. Someone who teaches others how to be information literate—i.e., to recognize an information need and to locate, evaluate,and apply information in critical thinking to solve a problem (Lance, n.d.).” “As an information specialist, the library media specialist provides expertise in acquiring and evaluating information resources in all formats; in bringing an awareness of information issues to teachers, administrators, students, and others; and modeling for students and others strategies for locating, access, and evaluating information within and beyond the library media center. Working in an environment that has been profoundly affected by technology, the library media specialist both masters sophisticated electronic resources and maintains a constant focus on the nature, quality, and ethical uses of information available in these and in more traditional tools (American Library Association, 1998).”
Link to Blue Valley Website: __http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/office/admin/roles.html__
__http://www.lrs.org/documents/lmcstudies/5Roles.pdf__.
American Library Association. (1998). School library media specialist roles and responsibilities. Retrieved from http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/office/admin/roles.html.
Teacher
One can tell the Blue Valley librarian is a teacher because she is obviously working with the teachers to meet the informational needs of the students from the collaboration with the five teachers. Although, I continue to state that this is minimal, how do I know if these were the areas of need? Researching proves that there is a need for critical thinking, and open access to web 2.0 tools also proves that she is utilizing her teaching skills.
Program Administrator
The Blue Valley Library website provided a link to a virtual walk-through, which proves that the librarian is running an organized facility. Under the about us link, one can see that she has enough staff. There are two certified librarians, and three paraprofessionals. She specifically states her hours and exactly what supplies and information is available. From the website, the Blue Valley Library is well organized.
stocked, and funded. Requires planning, budgeting, reporting, and evaluation. Someone who works with students and
teachers on a flexible schedule requires support staff (Lance, n.d.).” Again, I witnessed a fully employed staff, hours, amount of resources in her collection. Unfortunately, I did not notice a flexible schedule.
http://www.lrs.org/documents/lmcstudies/5Roles.pdf.
PART THREE:
In your opinion, informed by evidence on the Web site and supported by the guidelines in Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Centers, identify one area of strength AND one area for development and provide a rationale from readings.
Area Of Strength
Area to Develop
the job. Someone who regularly…meets with the principal,attends faculty meetings, serves on key committees, and
meets with other library staff (Lance, n.d.).”
http://www.lrs.org/documents/lmcstudies/5Roles.pdf.
PART FOUR:
Each member for the group will separately complete a rubric and also an evaluation of other members of the group. The Peer Evaluation Form is found in Assignments. (10 points)
PART FIVE:
This Peer Assessment form, the rubric, and wiki URL will be posted to Assignments..