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Making a BIG Impact on Student Achievement*
*School Libraries Work. Scholastic Publishing Company, 2008.
Strong library media programs increase test scores 10-20%. -School Libraries Work 2008
The highest achieving students come from schools with good libraries.-Lance 1994
The size of the library staff & collection is the best predictor of academic achievement.–Colorado Public Schools Study
Today’s school libraries offer digital information resources including:
BOOKS (print, audio and electronic)
DATABASES (periodical and primary source collections)
MEDIA (including Video, DVD and Podcasts)
SELECTED Internet sites
Expert information NOT available on Google or Yahoo!
◦ Current and historical newspaper and magazine articles from around the world
◦ Up-to-date health information
◦ Reference books
◦ Primary Documents
Instruct students in the skills and behaviors they need to become digitally literate:
ethical use of media and digital resources website evaluation netiquette and internet safety
Create curriculum with our teaching partners, by designing activities that directly impact state content standards and student achievement.
Develop critical thinkers and discerning consumers of information.
Promote a lifelong love of learning and reading.
◦ “Research seems to be far more difficult to conduct in the digital age than it did in previous times.”*
* A. Head and M. Eisenberg. (2009) Finding Context: What Today’s College Students Say about Conducting Research in the Digital Age.
◦Locating◦Evaluating◦Analyzing
◦UsingINFORMATION EFFECTIVELY
Students are responsible for their own learning.
Library Portals Blogs Wikis Podcasts Online catalogs Webcasts Google Docs
“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education.”
- Harold Howe, Former U.S. Commissioner of Education
Judy Linhares, Teacher Librarian
Collaborating with teachers
to support curriculum
Dolores Fabel, Teacher Librarian
Supporting a life longhabit of reading.
Nona Mikkelson, Teacher Librarian
Supporting curriculum
through teacher
collaboration
Geri Petersen, Teacher Librarian
Providing a safe- haven to nurture
and develop individual
interests, a sense of
curiosity, inquiry and life long learning.
Marilyn Nicholson, Teacher Librarian
Supporting a life longlove of
learning.
Shannon Paladini, Teacher Librarian
Collaborating with teachers
to support the
curriculum
Providing a safe-haven to develop and
nurture other interests
Terrylynne Turner, Teacher Librarian
San Ramon Valley Unified
School District’s
10th California
Distinguished School
Katie Williams, Teacher Librarian
Students learn to
search the internet and use online databases
Karen Mile, Teacher Librarian
Promoting a lifelong love of reading
Susan Tu, Teacher Librarian
◦ Creating critical thinkers
and discerning consumers
of information
Donnine Davis, Teacher Librarian
Providing a safe-haven to develop and
nurture other interests
Your world is our world.
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