• Full-time library media teacher in each elementary school, teaching information literacy

• Realistic library materials purchase budget for each school

• Support from the Technology Department for our library software

• Program committee to help integrate new library media teachers

Where We Were:Goals from November 2007...

ALA Presidential Committee on Information Literacy, Final Report, Chicago: American Library Assoc., 1989

To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.

-- Develop a clear sense of purpose

-- Manage change: Elementary level LMSs are new

-- Ensure K-5 library instruction & curriculum are consistent & equitable system-wide -- Provide a framework for budget

-- Articulate a framework for evaluation

-- Build awareness throughout community

-- Prerequisite for federal grants

Karen Miller, Winchester High School Librarian, ChairJane Henchey, McCall Middle School LibrarianLeeAnne Toner, Elementary LibrarianJanice Bernardi, Elementary LibrarianJuliana Jarvis, Elementary LibrarianEvander French, Principal, McCall Middle School Guido Sabelli, Principal, Vinson–Owen ElementaryMarc Kerble, Assistant SuperintendentAnnamaria Schrimpf, Director of Education TechnologyAlison Matthews, Vinson–Owen ParentSusan Verdicchio, McCall ParentJenna Anglin, WHS StudentSarah Girotti, Winchester School CommitteeYvonne Coleman, Children’s Librarian, Winchester Public Library

Demonstrate the ability to use technology for research, critical thinking,...communication, collaboration....

English Language Arts History & Social StudiesReading & Literature Strand

•Standard 10, Genre: Imaginative Literature (e.g., Folklore, Poetry, Fiction, Fantasy, etc.) or Expository Writing (e.g., Essay, Memoir, etc.)

•Standard 13, Nonfiction•Standard 17, Drama

Composition Strand•Standard 24, Research

Media Strand•Standard 26, Analysis of Media

“The study of history and social studies is closely connected to reading, writing, and research....

Many schools make it a practice to use common standards for research and writing in all subjects and have students investigate topics of interest, write research papers, and make presentations...beginning in the primary grades.”

Appendix F, Connections to ELA

Technology LiteracyStandard 3

- Reviewed Plan Requirements - Following MBLC School Planning Template and MSLA Rubric

- Meetings with School Councils at all schools

- Surveys of students, faculty and parents

- Met with Sara Sogigian, Metrowest Regional Library System

- Descriptions of all schools and school libraries as they are

- Mission & Vision Statements

- Needs Statements for all schools

- 5-Year Goals & Objectives & Year 1 Action Plans

- Complete Year 1 Action Plans in Chart Form - Submit final LRPs to School Committee

- Seek School Committee approval: Early September

- File Final LRPS with MBLC by October 1, 2009

- Identify grant opportunities

- Submit Letter(s) of Intent by December 1, 2009 (federalgrants)

The mission of the Winchester Public Schools library media program is to provide resources and services for our school community that promote life-long reading and the development of research skills for pleasure and for information in an inviting and dynamic environment. The Library Media Specialist collaborates with the learning community of students, teachers, administrators, support staff, and families to provide physical and intellectual access to high quality materials in all formats in order to foster information literacy and support the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks. As the information center of the school, the library media center reflects principles of diversity and intellectual freedom and connects to the wider learning community beyond its walls.

Articulates why the school library exists; the needs it exists to address and the principles that guide its work....” ---MBLC

“Articulates...how the library media program will be different in 5 years as a result of implementing this plan...” --MBLC

We envision:

--- a library media center ("LMC") in each elementary, middle, and high school equipped with up-to-date technology and materials, in a variety of print and non-print formats, supporting all curriculum subject areas.

--- full-time professional staff in each elementary, middle, and high school managing the LMC and actively collaborating with teachers to design and co-teach projects that foster information literacy and technology skills while addressing curriculum topics.

--- every LMC providing equal access for all members of its school community and resources for its diverse population.

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--- students in the LMC engrossed in reading and resource-based learning, evaluating and ethically using information from a variety of print and digital sources, and writing or producing projects that synthesize and communicate the results of their research.

--- that through the challenging and positive learning experiences they have in the LMC, students will develop a life-long love of reading and motivation to seek out information they need to realize personal goals.

--- a library media program that helps students learn to read, read to learn, and ultimately learn to learn.

-- Extension of the classroom:

-- available on flexible, as-needed basis

(vs. fixed schedule)

-- LMS co-planning and co-teaching, as partner of

classroom teachers

-- Information Literacy skills embedded in

subject curriculum

-- Model of a collaborative community of learners

-- 21st Century Information Center for the school

learning community

-- Students & Teachers using a variety of

technology formats to learn and teach

-- Self-directed reading for fluency & enjoyment

-- Inquiry–based learning experiences with range of print and digital materials

-- Project–based learning, culminating in written reports, multi–media projects, or creative projects (e.g., dramatic or visual arts)

-- Open-ended learning experiences

-- Wide variety of materials, to challenge students at all levels, including English Language Learners

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