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Florida Power-Library Schools Program!

Florida Power-Library Schools Program!. Welcome!. Welcome and Introductions Ms. Miriam Needham FAME President. Program Rationale. Ms. Janeen Pelser. Collaboration with Colorado. Strong library media programs have a positive impact on student achievement in. Alaska Colorado Delaware

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Florida Power-Library Schools Program!

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  1. Florida Power-Library Schools Program!

  2. Welcome! • Welcome and Introductions • Ms. Miriam Needham • FAME President

  3. Program Rationale • Ms. Janeen Pelser

  4. Collaboration with Colorado

  5. Strong library media programs have a positive impact on student achievement in • Alaska • Colorado • Delaware • Florida • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Missouri • New Jersey • New Mexico • North Carolina • Ohio • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Texas • Wisconsin

  6. Library Media Program Studies • Student Achievement Impact • Improved standardized test scores related to: • Higher circulation statistics of books and materials • Increased facility usage • Collaborative/integrated information skills program

  7. Program Rationale • Statewide program • Recognition for role of school library media programs and staff • Banner and pins • Highlighted on website • Mentoring school • Improved student achievement

  8. Program Awardees • Schools that • Support quality school library programs • Place focus on collaboration and student achievement • Agree to serve as visitation sites for teams of educators desiring to increase their own collaborative practices

  9. Program Awardees • Schools that • Meet the Outstanding criteria in the ExC3EL Evaluation Rubric • Promote high degree of administration/teacher/librarian collaboration • Provide flexible scheduling for students to utilize the library individually as needed

  10. Program Awardees • Schools that • Have library media specialist included in school administrative and staff functions • Provide computer networks that extend the library media program’s reach into classrooms and labs

  11. ExC3EL Evaluation Rubric

  12. EXC3EL – Evaluation Rubric • Why evaluate program? • Fulfill recommendations from Florida Study • To check your library media program against standards

  13. EXC3EL – Evaluation Rubric • Why evaluate program? • To measure your school’s program with other school library media programs • To plan for program improvement • To better meet the needs of your students in the goal to higher achievement

  14. EXC3EL – Evaluation Rubric • Based on continuum Outstanding Advancing Developing Entering

  15. EXC3EL – Evaluation Rubric • Development process • Rubric – Drafts (sent via email) • Focus Groups • District, school, university representatives • Supervisors and university educators suggestions • DOE Standards Commission recommendations

  16. EXC3EL – Evaluation Rubric • Rubric’s purpose • Program evaluation tool • Define statewide program standards • Instrument for sparking dialogue on library media program standards • Administrators • Teachers • Parents • Other Library Media Specialists • University educators

  17. Collaboration Strand Mr. Albert Pimienta

  18. Team Planning and Sharing Ms. Sharon Reynolds Ms. Jacqueline Rose

  19. Good School Libraries Boost Readers • Well-staffed, well-stocked libraries improve reading scores • Elementary reading scores by 9 percent • Middle school scores by 3 percent • High school scores by 22 percent • Orlando Sentinel, October 13, 2003

  20. Florida Power-Library Schools • Quality Indicators • Provides inviting and accessible facility • Provides a wide variety of print and electronic resources • Supports all facets of instructional program • Promotes critical thinking and active learning

  21. Florida Power-Library Schools Quality Indicators • Is well-staffed and well-funded • Provides a collaboratively planned instructional program • Is promoted throughout learning community

  22. Becoming a Florida Power-Library SchoolWhat YOU can do • As an administrator • Provide financial support • Promote flexible or open scheduling • Insist on continuous professional development • Actively promote library/classroom collaboration • Work with your library media specialist and faculty to reach Outstanding level of ExC3EL

  23. Becoming a Florida Power-Library SchoolWhat YOU can do • As a teacher • Communicate your curriculum resource needs to your library media specialist • Collaborate regularly with library media specialist to meet curriculum standards • Work with your library media specialist and faculty to reach Outstanding level of ExC3EL

  24. Becoming a Florida Power-Library SchoolWhat YOU can do • As a library media specialist • Communicate your curriculum resources to your faculty and take purchasing input from them • Collaborate regularly with the teachers in all subject areas • Work with stakeholders to reach Outstanding level of ExC3EL

  25. Think, Pair, Share • Based on what you have seen this afternoon, think about what specific things you will do next. • Share your plan with the others from your school. • Work together to write out the next steps of your action plan.

  26. “What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education.” ~ Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education

  27. Application Overview • Application Elements and Timeline • Statement of Intent • October 15, 2008 – to District LM Supervisor • November 1, 2008 – to FASM president • Application Packet • April 30, 2008 – to FASM president • Regional Observer Visitations • November 2008 – May 2009

  28. Application Overview • Application Packet • Element 2 • Application Coversheet • Element 3 • Copy of Teaching Certificate • Element 4 • Narrative Statement • Element 5 • ExC3EL Rubric Scoring Sheet

  29. Application Overview • Application Packet • Element 6 • Survey Results • 70% School-base faculty • 10 Parents • 25 Students • 1 Administrator • Element 7 • DVD Documenting Outstanding library media components (5 minutes)

  30. Questions and Answers Ms. Nancy Case

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