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SLJ Summit Presentation

SLJ Summit Presentation. Score High With Data Driven Decisions Nancy Teger - Florida Department of Education Lou Greco - St. Johns County School District. Impetus. 2003-Making the Grade Florida Study Challenge at FAME conference to make the data work for our profession.

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SLJ Summit Presentation

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  1. SLJ Summit Presentation Score High With Data Driven Decisions Nancy Teger - Florida Department of Education Lou Greco - St. Johns County School District

  2. Impetus • 2003-Making the Grade Florida Study • Challenge at FAME conference to make the data work for our profession

  3. Revolutionize Your School Library Media Program • Don’t just talk about Best Practices • Accomplish Best Practices • Be indispensable • Solve administration’s challenges • Solve teacher’s challenges • Improve student learning • Provide clear goals for improvement

  4. Create a process for data sharing • Tri-fold brochure developed in Broward County shared with FASM group (Cohesive statewide school library community) • Pull district wide data twice a year & disaggregate by school and level • Publicly publish data • Share w/ media specialists, aides, and principals • Brochures posted on district website • Library Media Specialist share with SAC

  5. Data as conversation starters • Data not meant to be punitive • Data identifies program weaknesses • Data builds professional learning communities to come to shared solutions for common or unique problems • Data changes policies and procedures at the district and school level

  6. Anecdotal Impacts • Engaged school administrators • Schools, principals, & media specialists develop healthy competition • More effective school library media specialists appraisals • 6 of 28 media specialist were chosen as school level Teachers of the Year the 2nd year of data collection • 7 have become school level leaders by passing NBCT • Media specialist PLC group develops solutions to challenges

  7. SLMS change their way of work • The media center becomes a solution for the principal’s biggest issues - school grade, lowest quartile of struggling readers, leadership for reading improvement • School Librarians Reading Endorsement • School Librarians are part of the school level reading leadership team • Develop new strategies to pursue & target Level 1 & 2 students • Collaborations w/ teachers for classroom library statistics

  8. Data - Changes Obstacles to Solutions • Structured vs. flexible access • Limited budget to appropriate budget • Fines & obstacles to checking out to Honor shelves and work detail • Structured hours to flexible before and after school hours • Isolated program to world wide web exposure • Principals approached me about increasing the amount of technology in their school library media centers

  9. Making the Grade Brochure • Note page numbers from Florida Study - All media specialists and principals are given copies of the study to refer to. • Gives administrators validity to data • All circulation statistics based on school FTE and district averages by level (ES, MS, HS)

  10. Sharing the data • First, with school library media specialists and library media aides • Share with all school level principals • Share with School Improvement Teams • Share publicly on district web pages • www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/media/

  11. Staffing - School & District Impacts • District continues to fund schools for full time media specialists & aides • Media Specialists recognized for improvement • Staffing equity for all schools • Accountability for professional development participation

  12. Budget - School & District Impacts • Principals Accountable for leaving money in library budget • School level multi year budget plans now can focus on print & online resources & technology hardware needs • Equity of funding - no more extremes in budgets across the district

  13. Computers - School & District ImpactsVideo Clip - Leslie Bendt PMHS • Reluctant media specialists increased hardware & personal technology training • Principals used capital & technology funds to increase equipment in media centers • Print funds were not disturbed

  14. Personalized Service - School & DistrictVideo Clip-Lynn Johnson PBMS • All FCAT levels tracked (low and high scoring students) • No Activity Reports run frequently • District averages assist schools with setting realistic goals based on level • Building close relationships with students previously not interested in the library

  15. Collections become student-centric More graphic novels & audio books purchased Web 2.0 features such as book blogs and podcasts developed Anime & Manga Clubs Before & After school hours Increased interlibrary loan More frequent surveys of student desires Personalized Service - School & District

  16. Circulation Data - School & District ImpactsVideo Clip-Kristen Badger TCES • Increased interest in ES flexible access • Calendar-Opening library first day of school - Alternate locations for exams • Changes in what & how circulation occurs • Classroom libraries • Honor shelves • Boys Only collections • District sets realistic goals

  17. Age of Collection - School & District Impact • Age of collection from Sunlink - Florida School Library Union Catalog • Data from August of each year, a little dated but a good global data • Pie chart seems easier for administrators to understand

  18. Balancing Collection • Follett Titlewise data included due to real time • Data used more by school library media specialists & district leadership

  19. www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/depts/media

  20. www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/depts/media/mtgb.html

  21. Contact Information Mr. Louis Greco Director for Instructional Technology & Media Services St. Johns County School District 10 Hildreth Drive St. Augustine, Florida 32084 (904) 819-3947 FAX: (904) 819-3950 grecol@stjohns.k12.fl.us

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