Month Day Year

Clearing the Bar for School Librarian Best Practice

Highly Effective School Library Programs

Evidence Outcomes

Components/concepts of the revised program

Essentialness of leadership

Evaluate/begin school-aligned growth plan

Leadership Is a Key Focus

What is one thing you do that helps youto be recognized as aleader in your school?

Shift to Leadership is Essential

Highly Effective School Libraries (HESL)

Multiple Possibilities

• Evaluating you and your program

• Professional Development

• Award – CDE Recognition

• Raise awareness and change perceptions

I. Evaluation of You/Your Program

Assess collaboratively with your principal

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• Use the Evaluation Rubric to assess your program.

• Select 2 or 3 areas for improvement and formulate these into school-aligned goals.

• Use these goals to fill out the Growth Plan and upload on the HESLP wiki

II. Professional Development

• Final product that shows measurable evidence of how you met your goals

• Principal commits to 8 hour release time, and gets wiki link of outcomes

• Personalized professional growth in 2-3 rubric areas with help of your peers

• Develop a school-UIP aligned Growth Plan and upload to wiki

III. Recognition

Rigorous Process with Higher Rewards

CDE Commissioner

• Your school-aligned “Growth Plan”

• A link to your library website

• Multimedia Presentation (3 minutes)

• Two letters of recommendation (one from principal or direct supervisor)

Ensure Today’s Students Thrive in 21st-century Workforce

Key Ingredients

Risk-Taking Leader Persistent Collaborator

Shift in perception among TL’s/Non-TL’s

Instructional/Digital Literacy Coach

Components/concepts of the revised program

Essentialness of leadership

Evaluate/begin school-aligned growth plan

Evidence Outcomes of Today

Becky Russell, MLIS |School Library/Digital Literacy Content Specialist | Colorado Department of Education | 303.866.6772 | russell_b@cde.state.co.us | brussell@coloradostatelibrary.org |http://tinyurl.com/COSchoolLibraries | @beckyjorussell

 Judy Barnett| Highly Eff ective School Library

Coordinator | Colorado Department of Education | 719.964.5352 | jbarnett@coloradostatelibrary.org |highlyeff ectiveschoollibraryprogram.wikispaces.com

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