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Your school’s secret weapon

Your school’s secret weapon. Debbie Dees, Principal Brenda Neisler , Media Specialist Jan Wilson, Media Specialist. From Library to LEARNING COMMONS. Why? 2 1 st Century Teachers 21 st Century Students 21 st Century Skills A Learning Commons is a full-service

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Your school’s secret weapon

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  1. Your school’ssecret weapon Debbie Dees, Principal Brenda Neisler, Media Specialist Jan Wilson, Media Specialist

  2. From Library to LEARNING COMMONS Why? 21st Century Teachers 21st Century Students 21st Century Skills A Learning Commons is a full-service learning, research, and project space that encourages patrons to EXPLORE, EVALUATE, CREATE, & SHARE.

  3. From Library to LEARNING COMMONS HOW? Staff Space Tools • A Learning Commons supports a • VARIETY OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES

  4. …then along came COMMON CORE Everyone freaked out! But not media specialists!

  5. COMMON CORE is what we do! Crosswalk of the Common Core INFORMATION LITERACY, READING & CRITICAL THINKING are at the CORE of the CCS. Media Specialists are trained to teach these skills. We are text and inquiry experts! Media Specialists are the SECRET WEAPON!

  6. Collaborative Culture Supporting the Common Core • Collection Development • Instruction • Staff Development

  7. Collection development • Goals for collection • Ongoing evaluation • Common Core changes

  8. Book Study for Gwinnett Media Specialists • New levels of literacy are required • Important to amass a collection • of challenging texts • Add well-crafted texts of • varying views and perspectives

  9. Book Study for Gwinnett Media Specialists • Students need access to “lots of • high interest , accessible books” • Build text sets that offer multiple • perspectives on one topic

  10. New Title and Cover ? New title and cover for the book?

  11. Impact on Collection Development • Rethink & reflect • BITs • Curriculum ~ Instructional Calendar

  12. Impact on Collection Development • Print collection (books & periodicals) • # of volumes - no longer per pupil requirement • fiction • nonfiction vs. informational text • Databa$e$

  13. Additional funding • Language Arts nonfiction and informational texts • Weed blank books  limited points of view • New resources  provide background, overview and multiple perspectives

  14. Supporting Instruction 5 Shifts in Instruction • Lead High-Level, Text-Based Discussions • Focus on Process, Not Just Content • Create Assignments for Real Audiences & Purpose • Teach Argument, Not Persuasion • Increase Text Complexity In order to determine a pathway for implementing the Common Core, it helps to know the standards inside and out, but it is even more important to know the resources you can draw upon.” Pathways to the Common Core

  15. Shift 1High-Level, Text Based Discussion • Careful understanding of the text • Questions and responses grounded in evidence • Attention to specific details • Speaking and listening skills

  16. WORLD WAR II : HOMEFRONT

  17. High Level, Text Based Discussion

  18. Shift 2Focus on process, not just content • Student discovery • Gathering info = learning • Get students familiar with research process Short, focused projects • Variety of resources & media • Final product is not always the focus Intermediate grading

  19. Process

  20. Short & Focused Research 10th grade Flood Myths

  21. Shift 3create assignments for real audiences • Prepare students for college and career readiness • Authentic experiences • Death to the Poster Board

  22. Real audience & purpose Contemporary Issues Health Contemporary Issues Health • Grading checkpoints for • Storyboard facts • Script for audio • Works cited Intended audience toolbox

  23. INFOGRAPHICS

  24. Shift 4teach argument not persuasion • Argument • Logic and reason • Thesis/claim, evidence, counterargument • Persuasion • Emotion, values and beliefs • Bandwagoning, plain-folks appeal, glittering generalities • “…the standards put particular emphasis on students’ ability to write sound arguments on substantive topics and issues, as this ability is critical to college and career readiness.” • -Common Core State Standards, Appendix A

  25. Argument Writing • Locate relevant information • Multiple print and digital sources • Evaluate credibility and accuracy of sources

  26. Shift 5increase text complexity Current text levels  significantly below Don’t rely solely on Lexiles or other formulas Balance in material Text sets multiple sources of information

  27. Literature in Context Series Chose book series which includes study questions and project ideas for bringing the past and present into focus as it relates to the novel. Text sets !

  28. To Kill a Mockingbird • Issues of race, heroism, stereotypes • Scottsboro Trial documents and testimony • News stories from 1950s Alabama • Child rearing • superstition • censorship • literacy

  29. Staff Development SWAT team Bit meetings Lunch ‘n learn Brown bag lunch

  30. SWAT team

  31. Staff Development • SWAT team • Bit meetings • Lunch ‘n learn • Brown bag lunch

  32. Media by the numbers • 150+ students/day before school • 1,629 students/week extended lunch • 18,837 student passes • 657 classes direct instruction • 46 SAT review sessions per year • 737 website hits per week

  33. Making the Connection • Space is important ! • Staff is key! • Shifts happen! When the going gets tough, the tough call on a media specialist.

  34. Questions & Comments QUESTIONS & COMMENTS

  35. We hope you enjoyed this GaETC session. Please give your feedback at www.gaetc.org/evaluate

  36. Works Cited Calkins, Lucy, Mary Ehrenworth, and Christopher Lehman. Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2012. Print. Common Core State Standards Initiative: Preparing America's Students for College & Career. Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2012. Web. 31 May 2013. “Critical Skills Needs and Resources for the Changing Workforce: Keeping Skills Competitive.” Society for Human Resource Management. 2008 Web. 15 Feb 2012. <www.shrm.org/research>. Davis, Lauren. "5 Things Every Teacher Should Be Doing to Meet the Common Core State Standards." Eye on Education. N.p., 13 Feb. 2012. Web. 01 Mar. 2013. Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs. Chicago, IL: American Association of School Librarians, 2009. Print. Hill, Rebecca. "All Aboard!: Implementing Common Core Offers School Librarians An Opportunity To Take The Lead." School Library Journal (2012): Print. Marzano, Robert J., Debra J. Peckerling and Jane E. Pollock. Classroom Instruction that Works: Research Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2011.

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