Your school’s secret weapon

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YOUR SCHOOL’S SECRET WEA PON Debbie Dees, Principa l Brenda Neisler, Media Specialist Jan Wilson, Media Spe cialist

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Your school’s secret weapon. Debbie Dees, Principal Brenda Neisler , Media Specialist Jan Wilson, Media Specialist. From Library to LEARNING COMMONS. Why? 2 1 st Century Teachers 21 st Century Students 21 st Century Skills A Learning Commons is a full-service - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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YOUR SC

HOOL’S

SECRET

WEAPO

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Debbie

Dees,

Princip

al

Brenda N

eisler

, Med

ia Spec

ialist

Jan W

ilson

, Med

ia Spec

ialist

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Why?21st Century Teachers21st Century Students21st Century Skills

A Learning Commons is a full-service learning, research, and project space

that encourages patrons to EXPLORE, EVALUATE, CREATE, & SHARE.

From Library to LEARNING COMMONS

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FROM LIBRARY TO LEARNING COMMONS HOW?

Staff Space Tools

A Learning Commons supports a VARIETY OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES

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…THEN ALONG CAME COMMON COREEveryone freaked out!

But not media specialists!

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COMMON CORE IS WHAT WE DO!

Crosswalk of the Common Core

INFORMATION LITERACY, READING & CRITICAL THINKING are at the CORE of the CCS.

Media Specialists are trained to teach these skills.

We are text and inquiry experts!

Media Specialists are the SECRET WEAPON!

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COLLABORATI

VE CULTURE

Supporting th

e Common

Core

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• New levels of literacy are required

• Important to amass a collection of challenging texts

• Add well-crafted texts of varying views and perspectives

BOOK STUDY FOR GWINNETT MEDIA SPECIALISTS

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• Students need access to “lots of high interest , accessible books”

• Build text sets that offer multiple perspectives on one topic

BOOK STUDY FOR GWINNETT MEDIA SPECIALISTS

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IMPACT ON COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

• Rethink & reflect• BITs • Curriculum ~ Instructional

Calendar

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IMPACT ON COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

• Print collection (books & periodicals)

• # of volumes - no longer per pupil requirement

• fiction• nonfiction vs. informational text• Databa$e$

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ADDITIONAL

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SUPPORTING INSTRUCTION5 Shifts in Instruction

• Lead High-Level, Text-Based Discussions• Focus on Process, Not Just Content• Create Assignments for Real Audiences & Purpose • Teach Argument, Not Persuasion• Increase Text Complexity

In order to determine a pathway for implementing the Common Core, it helps to know the standards inside and out, but it is even more important to know the resources you can draw upon.”

Pathways to the Common Core

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SHIFT 1HIGH-LEVEL, TEXT BASED DISCUSSIONCareful understanding of the text

Questions and responses grounded in evidence

Attention to specific details

Speaking and listening skills

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WORLD WAR II : HOMEFRONT

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High Level, Text Based Discussion

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SHIFT 2FOCUS ON PROCESS, NOT JUST CONTENT• Student discovery Gathering info = learning• Get students familiar with research

process Short, focused projects

Variety of resources & media• Final product is not always the focus Intermediate grading

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PROCESS

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SHORT & FOCUSED RESEARCH

10th gradeFlood Myths

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SHIFT 3CREATE ASSIGNMENTS FOR REAL AUDIENCES

Prepare students for college and career readiness

Authentic experiences

Death to the Poster Board

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Contemporary Issues

Health

Grading checkpoints for• Storyboard

facts• Script for audio• Works cited

REAL AUDIENCE & PURPOSEContemporary Issues Heal

th

Intended audience toolbox

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INFOGRAPHICS

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SHIFT 4TEACH ARGUMENT NOT PERSUASION

ArgumentLogic and reasonThesis/claim, evidence, counterargument

PersuasionEmotion, values and beliefsBandwagoning, plain-folks appeal, glittering generalities

“…the standards put particular emphasis on students’ ability to write sound arguments on substantive topics and issues, as this ability is critical to college and career readiness.”-Common Core State Standards, Appendix A

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ARGUMENT WRITINGLocate relevant information

Multiple print and digital sourcesEvaluate credibility and accuracy of

sources

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SHIFT 5INCREASE TEXT COMPLEXITYCurrent text levels significantly below

Don’t rely solely on Lexiles or other formulas

Balance in material

Text sets multiple sources of information

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LITERATURE IN CONTEXT SERIESChose book series which includes study questions and project ideas for bringing the past and present into focus as it relates to the novel.

Text sets !

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRDIssues of race, heroism, stereotypes

• Scottsboro Trial documents and testimony

• News stories from 1950s Alabama

• Child rearing• superstition• censorship• literacy

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STAFF

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•SWAT TEAM

•BIT MEET IN

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•LUNCH ‘N LEARN

•BROWN BAG LUNCH

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SWAT team

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MEDIA BY THE NUMBERS

• 150+ students/day before school • 1,629 students/week extended lunch• 18,837 student passes• 657 classes direct instruction• 46 SAT review sessions per year• 737 website hits per week

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MAKING THE CONNECTION

Space is important !

Staff is key !

Shifts happen !

When the going gets tough, the tough call on a media

specialist.

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QUESTIONS & COMMENTS QUESTIONS & COMMENTS

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Career. Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2012. Web. 31 May 2013.“Critical Skills Needs and Resources for the Changing Workforce: Keeping Skills

Competitive.” Society for Human Resource Management. 2008 Web. 15

Feb 2012. <www.shrm.org/research>.Davis, Lauren. "5 Things Every Teacher Should Be Doing to Meet the Common Core

State Standards." Eye on Education. N.p., 13 Feb. 2012. Web. 01 Mar. 2013. Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs. Chicago, IL: American

Association of School Librarians, 2009. Print. Hill, Rebecca. "All Aboard!: Implementing Common Core Offers School Librarians An

Opportunity To Take The Lead." School Library Journal (2012): Print.Marzano, Robert J., Debra J. Peckerling and Jane E. Pollock. Classroom Instruction

that Works: Research Based Strategies for Increasing Student

Achievement. Alexandria: Association for Supervision and Curriculum

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