School Libraries and the Common Core

Peggy Milam Creighton

• Empowering Learners (2009) and

• Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action (2009)

• Describe the information literacy standards for 21st century students and the dispositions that further define them

American Association of School Librarians’ ground-breaking publications:

AASL Common Beliefs

• “Reading is a window…

• Inquiry provides a framework…

• Ethical behavior….must be taught

• Technology skills are crucial…

• Equitable access…

• …thinking skills… enable… learn on their own.

• Learning…social context

• School libraries are essential...”

What CC is………… and is notCommon Core IS:

• Rigorous, H.O.T.• Inquiry-based• Universal Design for

Learning formatted• Evidence-based• Frequent assessment• Formative and

summative assessments

• Theme-based• Instructing within the

framework

Common Core is Not:

• Teaching in isolation• Teaching to the test• Teaching from a

textbook• Doing “your own

thing”• “Mile-wide and inch

deep”

Framework for TeachingCharlotte Danielson• High

Expectations• Peer

coaching• Professional

learning• Inquiry

approach• Self-

evaluation• Professional

community• Model

classrooms

• Goal-setting• Action-planning• Reflection on

progress• Sharing with

colleagues

Universal Design for Learning

• Multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement

• Multiple methods of acquiring information

• Alternatives for demonstrating learning

• Removing barriers through technology

• Plan for meeting all needs

• Multiple learning styles

• BEING FLEXIBLE AND DIGITAL!

UDL Prezi

• http://prezi.com/zvehbf95tho8/universal-design-for-learning/

Reading + Critical Thinking=Enduring Understanding

• Critical thinking is a researcher’s skill

• Wondering, investigating, gathering information, building knowledge, seeking additional sources, developing comprehension, sharing information

No more teaching to the test!

• It is ALL on the test!

No New Textbooks!

Textbooks become reference materials

Instructional materials are books and videos, magazines, websites—

Library resources!!

Books and media are THE instructional materialsBooks at or ABOVE grade levelVideos at or ABOVE grade levelMagazines and newspapersSubscription resources*GalileoCobb Virtual Library has

ebooks, magazines, newspapers, primary sources, and MUCH more

What does this mean?

Students construct knowledge• Build knowledge from sources rich, deep,

wide• Teachers scaffold understanding with a

variety of theme-based materials until students become “experts” on subject

• Must gather information: who, what, when, where, why about a subject

• Students create a product using social technology for documentation and peer assessment

• Students cite evidence of their comprehension on assessment

Teachers scaffold instruction

ResearchingGraphic organizersNote-takingKWL chartsModelingQuestioningComparing/contrastingReflectionSummarizingFrequent feedbackExplicit instructionCreating products

Collaborative teamworkAll technology-based!

All Teachers Implement Research-based Best Practices

Large group mini lesson

Small group and individual conferencing

Scaffolding strategies

Differentiation4 domains:

Planning/prepar

ation, environment, instruction, prof. responsibilities

Community of learners

Community of professionals

Reading strategy vocabulary from CCGPS:

“orally, expression, accuracy, repeated reading, reader’s theater, echo reading, radio reading, choral reading, tape-assisted, reading partner, reading purpose and understanding, self correct, word recognition”

Assessments are informational writing

• May take several days to complete

• Students are given materials and follow same task as in classroom but without scaffolding from teacher

• Emphasis is on evidence from text

School libraries will be CRUCIAL for providing many of the instructional materials!!

“As students strive to meet the rigor of the standards, certified school librarians will play an essential part in ensuring that 21st-century information literacy skills, dispositions, responsibilities and assessments are integrated throughout all curriculum areas.” American Association of School Librarians

I put on my “researcher” hat to find some resources for you

IntroductionSchool Libraries21st Century StandardsCC MathElementary CCResourcesGeorgia CCGA Race to the Top

Find a Book GAElementary Curriculum MapSample 1st

grade lessonSample 5th grade

ReferencesAmerican Association of School Librarians. Standards for the 21

st Century Learner. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/standards

American Association of School Librarians Position Statement on Common Core College and Career Readiness Standards. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslissues/positionstatements/collegecareerstandards

 CAST (2008) Universal design for learning guidelines 1.0. Wakefield, MA: CAST. Retrieved from http://www.cast.org/publications/UDLguidelines/version1.html

Common Core Georgia Performance Standards. Retrieved from https://www.georgiastandards.org/Common-Core/Pages/default.aspx

Danielson, C. (2007). Enhancing professional practice: A framework for teaching (2nd edition). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and ...

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