SCHOOL LIBRARIANS AND ACHIEVE NJ

1. SCHOOL LIBRARIANS AND ACHIEVE NJ PRESENTED BY LINDA ERNST

2. AGENDA • Welcome • State Law • Our District • Student Growth Objectives for Librarians • Evaluations for School Librarians • Non Tenured School Librarian Evaluations • TEACHNJ • What’s Next ?

3. State Law GOOD NEWS! • The New Jersey Department of Education does not mandate that school librarians develop SGO’s.

4. Our District GUESS WHAT ? • Library/media specialist along with directors, supervisors, school nurses, guidance counselor’s and others specialist will develop SGO’s.

5. Student Growth Objectives for Librarians WHAT IS REQUIRED ? • Two SGO’s per librarian, per year not per class • Select a class from two different grade levels • The measurement will be the district research rubric • Maintain a portfolio

6. Evaluations for School Librarians • New Jersey requires that multiple measures are used for teachers, principals, and vice principals. • This is not required for school librarians. • In our district tenured school librarians will be evaluated using the existing evaluation.

7. Non Tenured School Librarian Evaluations 1. Must be observed three times 2. Observations must include: • Observing a lesson • Evaluating the library services and management • Walkthroughs • Analyzing a collaborative project involving teachers and students • Analyzing library data with the school librarian

8. TEACHNJ • What elements from TEACHNJ are required for school librarians? • Four years for tenure • A rubric with four rating categories • Individual PD plan • Corrective action plans • Streamlined arbitration process

9. What’s Next ? • We will focus on the following topics during our future work sessions. • Session One – What goes into an SGO ( selecting a group, assessments, baseline data, and academic goals). • Session Two – Advice for writing library SGO’s and practice creating a manageable SGO for the library. • Session Three and Four – Keeping current (creating a new evaluation for librarians, updating our job description, revising the research rubric and developing other rubrics to be used for baseline data).

10. Library Power • Our libraries are diverse • Our students vary in ages • Our circumstances may not be the best But everyday we instill a love of reading in the students, staff, and community, while providing students with the 21st century skills neeed to be lifelong learners in our complex world.