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Libraries Partnering For Academic Achievement
SpecialSpecial
SchoolsSchools PublicPublic
AcademicAcademic
PA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SECRETARY OF EDUCATION
GERALD L. ZAHORCHAK
EXECUTIVE DEPUTY SECRETARY
THOMAS E. GLUCK
OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY EDUCATION
DIANE CASTELBUONO
OFFICE OF COMMONWEALTH LIBRARIES
M. CALRE ZALES
BUREAU OF TEACHING & LEARNING SUPPORT
ED VOLLBRECHT
BUREAU OF LIBRARY DEVELPOMENT
BARBARA COLE
SCHOOL LIBRARY SERVICES
JOHN EMERICK
SCHOOL LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORS
CRYSTAL PATTERSON & LYNN MOSES
DIVISION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNING & CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENTSHERILL ROWE
BUREAU OF LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT
JIM HOLLINGER
STANDARDS ALIGNED SYSTEM
STANDARDS ALIGNED SYSTEM
STANDARDS ALIGNED SYSTEM
STANDARDS ALIGNED SYSTEM
STANDARDS ALIGNED SYSTEM
STANDARDS ALIGNED SYSTEM
STANDARDS ALIGNED SYSTEM
STANDARDS ALIGNED SYSTEM
Keith Curry Lance Found:
• When school librarians and public librarians truly collaborate, students’ reading scores increase by 10 – 15 points.
» Colorado Study, 1998
Is Lance The Only One Who Believes This?
• Barbara Heyns found that most children make similar gains in reading during the school year.
• Children of poverty fall behind during the summer.
– Summer Learning and the Effect of School, 1975
Shin, Fay H. and Stephen D. Krashen. Summer Reading, 2008. p. 3
What Did Entwisle, Alexander, and Olson Discover?
• Children of high income families consistently made better gains over the summer. At the end of 5 years, they were ahead of low and middle income students. The difference was cumulative. Free voluntary reading made the difference.
– Children, Schools, and Inequality, 1997
Shin, Fay H. and Stephen D. Krashen. Summer Reading, 2008. p. 4
What Makes The Difference?
• Humans demonstrate different behaviors in different settings. Print-rich environments support reading skill development more than graffitied environments. It’s not about the ability; it’s about environment and the opportunities therein.
• Reading is one of the primary means by which we gain knowledge.
– Susan Neuman, “The Knowledge Gap,” PA Library Association, Harrisburg, 2008.
Free Reading
• Free reading promotes higher test scores than other directed reading activities.
– Warwick Elley and Francis Mangubhai, “The Impact of Reading on Second Language Learning,” The Reading Research Quarterly, 1983.
Shin, Fay H. and Stephen D. Krashen. Summer Reading, 2008. p. 18
Are School Librarians Effective?
YES!!!• In Dauphin County Library System,
summer reading registrations increased from 4,039 to 8,672 from 2004 to 2007!
• In the spring of 2005 DCLS began to focus on working with the school librarians to promote summer reading.
PartneringChallenges
Animosity
Barriers
Developing Partnerships
Elements of a true partnership
Examples
Benefits
What kinds of partnership activities will you implement when this conference is over?
Good Partners
• Communicate regularly – dept meetings, district library meetings
• Collaborate – link websites, professional development, assignment alerts, promoting library resources (SRP, POWER Library, Ask Here PA, etc)
• Distribute and share materials & information
Pennsylvania Libraries
357 academic and special libraries
643 public libraries
6,000 school libraries
We are stronger together!
For Further Information:
http://www.pde.state.pa.us
Shin, Fay H. and Stephen D. Krashen. Summer Reading: Program and Evidence, 2008.
Krashen, Stephen D. The Power of Reading, 2004.
Ziarnik, Natalie Reif. School and Public Libraries: Developing the Natural Alliance, 2003.
Johnston, Carol. [email protected]
Moses, Lynn M. [email protected]