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Milton Elementary School Library Media Program

Milton Elementary School Library Media Program. January 26, 2009. The Elementary Library Media Specialists Are Unified Arts Teachers. Weekly 45-minute classes, one per classroom, total 48 (24 each) this year

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Milton Elementary School Library Media Program

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  1. Milton Elementary SchoolLibrary Media Program January 26, 2009

  2. The Elementary Library Media Specialists Are Unified Arts Teachers • Weekly 45-minute classes, one per classroom, total 48 (24 each) this year • Story time, reading guidance, library skills, information literacy, classroom curricular projects, iSafe, media literacy, more

  3. Library/Media class is important for all students “The more often students receive library/ information literacy instruction from library media specialists, the higher the test scores.” –Information Empowered: The School Librarian as an Agent of Academic Achievement in Alaska Schools

  4. Next year’s plan? With 1.6 library media specialists at the elementary school, as proposed for next year, there will be 40 class slots. Some students will not have a library/ media class every week.

  5. Elementary Library Media Specialists Also “Run the Library” • Working with the library assistant, this is much like a high school librarian’s role • Enables the school library media center to be available for students, staff, and teachers on an ‘as-needed basis’ throughout the day.

  6. We Run the Library … • Circulate materials • Maintain collection to meet curricular and general reading and information needs • Maintain the room and its resources as an efficient, pleasing learning space • Support individual users – students, staff, faculty – in using library resources • Provide assistance with technology within the library media center • Assist classes visiting with their teacher

  7. At MES, this means: • Circulation – 21,013 this year, as of 1/26 • daily average Sept. to Dec. – 231 • today: 385 • Student visits – individuals on passes, throughout the school day, as needed • 1,315 in December, daily average of 82 • Extra class visits, with teacher, over 100 per month • Daily average in December 6.6

  8. Extra Classes and Passes? • In many schools, this does not happen if the library media specialist is busy with a full schedule of classes • We’ve chosen to provide flexible scheduling inaddition to weekly class visits because it is so important for student learning • In an ideal situation, a librarian would be available to work with the extra classes.

  9. Why do we do both scheduled classes and flexible access? “Flexible scheduling is one of the hallmarks of a fully realized school library. For schools to benefit as much as possible from strong libraries, access to them needs to be as flexible as possible, enabling teachers and students to work with the library media specialist and other staff and use the library as a classroom or study space as needed.” – Powerful Libraries Make Powerful Learners: The Illinois Study

  10. More Evidence From More States • “At elementary schools with the highest Michigan Educational Assessment Program reading scores, teachers and students are 4 times as likely to be able to visit the library on a flexibly scheduled basis, compared to their counterparts at the lowest scoring schools.” – The Impact of Michigan School Libraries on Academic Achievement: Kids Who Have Libraries Succeed • “The relationship between school library program development and test scores is not explained away by other school or community conditions at the elementary or middle school levels or by other school conditions at the high school level.” – Good Schools Have School Librarians: Oregon School Librarians Collaborate to Improve Academic Achievement

  11. “The mere presence of a large collection of books, magazines, and newspapers in the school library is not enough to generate high levels of academic achievement by students. Such collections only make a positive difference when they are part of school-wide initiatives to integrate information literacy into the school’s approach to standards and literacy.” –Measuring Up to Standards: The Impact of School Library Programs & Information Literacy in Pennsylvania Schools • “Certified library media specialists and aides emerged as the most critical component of the library media program at all school levels. Well-staffed programs, especially those with full-time professional and support staff, exerted a greater impact on student academic performance. … Students valued most the library media specialist’s help in teaching unique skills not covered in the classroom – especially information, communication, and technology skills essential for students in the 21st century.”– Student Learning through Wisconsin Library Media Centers: Case Study Report

  12. Research studies excerpts have been taken from: School Libraries Work! Updated 2008, 3rd editionAvailable at: http://www2.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/s/slw3_2008.pdf Questions? E-mail me: pmegivern@mtsd-vt.org Thanks for your attention!

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