Tips for proving your school library program awesomeness

and earn CDE Recognition!

October 1, 2014

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Becky Russell,

CDE School Librarian/

Dig. Lit. Instructional Specialist

Russell_b@cde.state.co.us

Judy Barnett,

Highly Effective School Library

Program (HESLP) Coordinator

jbarnett@coloradostatelibrary.org

Deciding if you should apply

Submitting a High Quality Application – What do assessors look for?

How the application is scored

Additional tips

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How would you envision sharing evidence that you collaborate with your staff, students, etc.?

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How would you envision sharing evidence of your teaching pedagogy?

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Your School-Aligned Growth Plan

2 Letters of Recommendation

Your Library Web Page

Multimedia Presentation

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HESL web page

Application

Rubric

Growth Plan Template

Growth Plan Example

Principal letter hints

HESL wiki

Web page info link

Multimedia link

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Assessor groups

Each assessor:

individually scores at 3-5 applications using the HESL rubric

comes together with their group for discussion/recommendation.

Groups make final recommendations to board-at-large

Coaching visits offered before or after application scoring

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Principal knowledge and support – Does he or she understand what you are applying for?

Co-assess HESL rubric together

Ensure you know all the school’s goals and have discussed which ones you will align to in the growth plan

Can a teacher and/or library manager go over HESL rubric?

What other advice might any of you think of to include?

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Share one thing you learned today.

Share something you wish you learned to that you’d like to know more about.

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Judy Barnett, Highly Effective School Library Coordinator,

jbarnett@coloradostatelibrary.org |http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/highlyeffective

|Highlyeffectiveschoollibraryprogram.wikispaces.com

Becky Russell, MLIS, NBCT|School Library/Digital Literacy Instructional Specialist| Colorado Department of Education | 303.866.6772 |russell_b@cde.state.co.us | brussell@coloradostatelibrary.org |

| http://tinyurl.com/COSchoolLibraries | @beckyjorussell

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