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Mary Alice AndersonLead Media Specialist, Winona Public Schools

Online Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Stout

Columnist, Multimedia & Internet @Schools

Sound familiar?

My friend Doris said the principal told her she couldn’t do any more fun stuff.

Online testing will tie up the media center labs for 12 full days in our district.

We need more books at the 2nd grade level for our 5th grade boys.

I have everything I need in my classroom.

Session topics

• Things to know

• Questions to ask

• Practical things you can do now

Ideas for turning negatives into positives

Things to know

The law

• Current definition places media specialists in non-classroom categories– Work within that realm– Stop whining– Carve out relevant tasks since the law doesn’t

spell them out

There are implicit rules you can read into the legislation

Some mention of media centers

Section 1202 and 1251• Subpart 1

– Resources for Literacy, Learning and Teaching, -- student reading skills Improvement grants (Reading First)

– Promoting reading and library programs that provide access to engaging reading materials

• Subpart 4– Improving literacy through school libraries grants

(Ed Tech, 21st Century Learning Centers

www.nochildleftbehind.gov/index.html

Standards

Media specialists need to know the content standards so that when we

collaborate with classroom teachers, two heads will be looking for ways to

create a learning environment to meet those standards

Standards

• National and state standards – Content – Information and technology literacy

• Local standards and curriculum– Recent and ongoing changes– Alignment with information and technology

literacy curriculum

Standards alignment http://www.memoweb.org

ICT Literacy Assessment

• Comprehensive test, 75 minute

• Audience: college students, appropriate for h.s. seniors

• Uses scenarios to test 7 proficiencies including critical thinking

• Short demo: http://www.ets.org

Resources

Check with your administrator!

Free PDF @ www.ala.org/ala/aaslbucket/aaslnclbbrochure.htm

Sent to 78,000 elementary & middle school principals

Purchase in packs of 25 for $8.00

Questions to ask

Questions

• What’s my role?• Are our students technology literate?• How can the media program survive?• What do teachers & administrators

expect?• How can we be effective & move

beyond the tunnel vision of teaching to the test?

More questions

• How can I make the media center materials more accessible & better aligned with curriculum and needs?

• What data should I be collecting?• How can I use data to make a difference?• Is our information & technology literacy

curriculum aligned with state/local content standards?

• Do kids who test more achieve more?

Things to do

Think Big Picture

• Step out of your normal role

• Observe from a different perspective– What are the stresses, situations

administrators and teachers face on a daily basis?

– What do parents & the community see?

Data

• Talk the language of educator leaders• Become proficient with Excel

– I wish I knew how to use Excel so I could filter data!

• Know how to access state & local data• Show others how to access, filter data• Become part of a data team• Research Source: Learning Point Assoc.

http://www.ncrel.org/tech/index.html

Data retreat

• District team, Summer 2005– Understanding, accessing data

• Hypothesis

Our district is not using data consistently to improve student achievement

Planning for our workshop

Planning, implementing

• Apply for grant -- after school sessions

• Develop staff development materials

• Access state data

• Build own spreadsheet

• Discuss, plan for improvement

Sample

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Space, shape, measurement 80.11 80.32 81.05 80.37 79.95 75.95 84.05Number sense, data categorize 80.39 79.12 86.06 78.12 82.58 77.27 81.64Problem solving 80.19 79.97 84.06 79.71 75.83 75.81 82.26Procedures and concets 80.13 78.95 84.48 77.76 81.26 78.24 82.95Number sense 82.17 80.3 87.83 80.83 82.14 78.65 83.96Data Categorization 76.3 76.3 82.00 71.80 82.35 74.10 76.40

Data @ Challenger Elementary

• Not meeting AYP• Studied NWEA test data• Scores jumped 10-18% in some levels• Increased collaboration

We went from a culture that didn’t really know what data was to having teachers anxious to look at their

test data & how best to group students. . .

(You’ve Got DATA. Multimedia & Internet @Schools, Nov/Dec 2005)

Fluency example: Rochester,MN

• Pair reading/observing• Individual recording• Graphs• Show them how to take it one step higher. . .

We looked at our data and we changed our teaching.

Measure what your program contributes to student learning

• Qualitative data– Media Specialist/Teacher Collaboration– Student activity in the media center– Correlation with content standards– Correlations with literacy standards– Assessments

– Impact measures collaborative planning, information literacy, & links to state standards

Collection Assessment Data

• If you want to convince me of something show me the numbers. . . .

• Use data to – Determine weaknesses– Plan for improvement

Make the online catalog a better tool

• Enhance catalog records– Reading levels

– Curricular connections

• More attention being paid to readability, reading levels

Aligning online catalog with test scores

• NWEA data example: Brush Colorado– State test reading scores

• Update collection with students scoresand Lexile scores

With the database I can direct students to the books at their levels---books no longer come back unused.

(Correlating Data to Materials, Multimedia & Internet @Schools,

May/June 2002)

Teach students & staff how to use everyday tools such as Word• Leveling books

– Teach kids

• Spell checkers - Word features– Correlation between spelling, reading and reading

• Keep dictionaries and encyclopedias in labs

Work within reality of classroom collections

• Maintain integrity of media collection while supporting teachers

• Set up as special type in online catalog– CRC– Best Practice collections– Carl Harvey’s “Leveled Library Branch”

– SYSTEMS PROVIDE DATA

Harvey, Carol A. “Leveling for Leverage,” Library Media Connection, January 2006 (pp. 42-42)

Promote reading

• Colorful, attractive, appealing displays• Book preview events• Events such as Family

Reading Nights• Promote books for guys

& series books• Appealing non-fiction

Power-up your media center’s web site

• Reading lists– Classics– Summer reading– Curriculum connections– New media center books– 2 essential links

Guys Read http://guysread.com/

Books in a Series http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/serieslist.html#contents

Web site

• Links to resources that help students and staff be successful

• Resources to help students prepare for state tests

• Information about the media program’s role in student success

Links to resources correlated with textbooks

To web resources

To media center resources

Hand-on sessions for parents

• Resource availability– Including state databases

• Have parents use the tools students use

• June’s story

Become an expert & advisor

• Research studies• Disseminate information• Get involved• Create a NCLB resource center• Develop your resource collection

– Journal articles– AASl and state advocacy materials– Impact studies

Help administrators make wise decisions

• Testing services• Online staff development

• Resources

Be prepared for elevator speeches

Help teachers become highly qualified

• Staff Development– Popular Winona Workshop

» Everyday Tech Tools and Reading

– Effective searching– Best practices– Integration, Constructivist teaching– Assessment tools

» HM. Media staff as peer coaches» TEALS

Make the media center a cool place for kids of all ages

More information

Handouts http://homepage.mac.com/maryalicea/Sites/Anderson/Anderson.html Select link to workshops, speaking

Emailmaryalicea@mac.com

Online courses http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/