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21st Century School Librarian

and the

21st Century Learning Standards

Calhoun County Library Media Specialists Meeting September 29, 2008

ALA Meeting 2008 by Cassandra Barnett and Barbara Stripling

A librarian’s job description in the 20th Century:•Order and catalog books•Check books in and out•Re-shelve books•Run Accelerated Reader Program•Tend library and/or school computers•Chair the book fair


What has changed?


School Librarians are:

•School Leaders•Program administrators•Information navigators•Technology facilitator•Collaborative teacher and learner


A school librarian is a school leader

•Someone who has the education, training and credentials required to be a leader in the job

•Someone who regularly…▫meets with the principal, ▫attends faculty meetings, ▫serves on key committees, and ▫meets with other library staff

A school librarian is a program administrator•An effective manager of a school library program that is adequately staffed, stocked, and funded▫Requires planning, budgeting, reporting, and evaluation

•Someone who works with students and teachers on a flexible schedule▫Requires support staff

A school librarian is an information navigator•A selector of print, non-print, and electronic resources that support the school’s curriculum and the provincial standards

•Someone who teaches others how to be information literate—i.e., to recognize an information need and to locate, evaluate, and apply information in critical thinking to solve a problem

A school librarian is a technology facilitator•Someone who selects licensed databases and identifies authoritative free websites

•Someone who bridges gaps between students and teachers, online information, and curriculum and instruction

A school librarian is a collaborative teacher and learner•A teacher of students who

collaborates with classroom teachers in design and delivery of instruction

•A teacher of other teachers who creates more self-reliant users of information resources and technology

•A colleague who attends local library staff meetings and provincial and national conferences regularly

School Libraries of Today•Information rich in every format•Multiple technologies•Centralized and decentralized simultaneously

•Flexibly scheduled•Professional and technical staff•Busy, bustling learning laboratories

Common Questions Librarians ask about the new standards.

ALA Meeting 2008 by Cassandra Barnett and

Barbara Stripling

Question

Do Standards for the 21st Century Learner replace Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning?

•No, Information Power (1988) and Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning (1998) are the two latest iterations of guidelines for the development of school library media programs. Standards for the 21st Century Learner are learning standards.

Answer

Do Standards for the 21st Century Learner replace the Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning?

Question

•No, the 1998 publication, Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning, define nine key standards and the indicators of what makes an information literate student. Standards for the 21st Century Learner, while acknowledging the key role of information literacy in student learning, also acknowledges that school library media programs must address multiple literacies

Answer

The Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning were supported by indicators, scenarios and examples of assessments. Will AASL provide similar support for the new learning standards?

Question

•Yes, a task force is currently working on indicators and assessments for the new learning standards. These should be published by winter of 2009.

Answer

Will AASL be publishing new guidelines for school library media programs?

Question


Barbara Stripling

•Yes, there is currently a task force working on new program guidelines. These should be published sometime in 2008.

Answer

The learning standards begin by defining nine foundational common beliefs:1. Reading is a window to the world. 2. Inquiry provides a framework for learning. 3. Ethical behavior in the use of information must be taught. 4. Technology skills are crucial for future employment needs.

5. Equitable access is a key component for education. 6. The definition of information literacy has become more complex as resources and technologies have changed. 7. The continuing expansion of information demands that all individuals acquire the thinking skills that will enable them to learn on their own. 8. Learning has a social context. 9. School libraries are essential to the development of learning skills

The four new learning standards state that learners use skills, resources, and tools to (AASL, 2007, PDF):1.Inquire, think critically, and gain

knowledge. 2.Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. 3.Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society. 4.Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.

1.Skills - Key abilities needed for understanding, learning, thinking, and mastering subjects. 2.Dispositions in Action - Ongoing beliefs and attitudes that guide thinking and intellectual behavior that can be measured through actions taken.

The sub-standards are then organized into four categories:

3.Responsibilities - Common behaviors used by independent learners in researching, investigating, and problem solving. 4.Self-Assessment Strategies - Reflections on one's own learning to determine that the skills, dispositions, and responsibilities are effective.

The sub-standards are then organized into four categories:

1.Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.1.1 Skills1.1.1 Follow an inquiry-based process in seeking

knowledge in curricular subjects, and make the real-world connection for using this process in own life.

Each standard, category, and substandard is numbered.

Learning Standards vs. Guidelines

•Learning Standards define what we expect students to be able to do as learners

•Guidelines define what an exemplary school library media program looks like.


The Framework


Barbara Stripling

StandardsStandards

The StandardsLearners use information literacy skills,

resources and tools to:• Inquire, think critically, and gain

knowledge.•Draw conclusions, make informed

decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.

•Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.

•Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.ALA Meeting 2008 by

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The Framework


Barbara Stripling

StandardsStandards

StrandsStrands

StrandsFour parts of each standard

Skills Dispositions in ActionResponsibilitiesSelf-Assessment Strategies


Skills•Key abilities needed for

understanding, learning, thinking, and mastering subjects.▫Multiple literacies▫Critical thinking▫Social learning▫Inquiry-based▫Content context


Dispositions in Action•Ongoing beliefs and attitudes that

guide thinking and intellectual behavior that can be measured through actions taken.

Curious Resilient Flexible Imaginative Critical Reflective Self-evaluative


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Responsibilities•Common behaviors used by

independent learners in researching, investigating, and problem solving.▫Follow ethical & legal guidelines▫Respect principals of Intellectual

Freedom▫Pursue multiple perspectives &

balance of viewpoints▫Practice safe behaviors▫Contribute to the exchange of ideas▫Respect ideas & experiences of othersALA Meeting 2008 by Cassandra Barnett and Barbara Stripling

Self-Assessment Strategies•Reflections on one’s own learning to

determine that the skills, dispositions, and responsibilities are effective.▫Processes of learning▫Products of learning▫Three-directional

oSummativeoFormativeoPredictiveALA Meeting 2008 by Cassandra Barnett and Barbara Stripling

The Framework


StandardsStandards

StrandsStrands

IndicatorsIndicators

Indicators

•Sub-categories that describe what abilities students should demonstrate within each of the four strands of each standard.


Indicators

Standard 1: Inquire, think critically, and Standard 1: Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge. gain knowledge.

Strand 1.1: SkillsStrand 1.1: Skills

Indicator 1.1.1: Follow an inquiry-based Indicator 1.1.1: Follow an inquiry-based process in seeking knowledge in curricular process in seeking knowledge in curricular subjects, and make the real-world subjects, and make the real-world connection for using this process in own life.connection for using this process in own life.


The Framework


Barbara Stripling

StandardsStandards

StrandsStrands

IndicatorsIndicators

Benchmarks

Benchmarks

•Abilities students should demonstrate by the end of grades 2, 5, 8, 10 & 12+ for each indicator.


Benchmarks

Standard 1: Inquire, think critically, and Standard 1: Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge. gain knowledge.

Strand 1.1: SkillsStrand 1.1: Skills

Indicator 1.1.1: Follow an inquiry-based Indicator 1.1.1: Follow an inquiry-based process in seeking knowledge in curricular process in seeking knowledge in curricular subjects, and make the real-world subjects, and make the real-world connection for using this process in own life.connection for using this process in own life.

Grade 5 Benchmark: Follow a process Grade 5 Benchmark: Follow a process whenever pursuing new information through whenever pursuing new information through inquiry or research.inquiry or research.


Use technology to access, manage, integrate and evaluate information, construct knowledge, and communicate with others

Source: Partnership for 21st Century Skillshttp://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=254&Itemid=120

Core Subjects & 21st Century Themes

Learning &Innovation Skills

Life &Career Skills

Information, Media, &

Technology Skills

Standards &Assessments

Curriculum & Instruction

Professional Development

Learning Environments

• Information Literacy• Media Literacy• ICT (Information, Communications,

& Technology) Literacy

• Flexibility & Adaptability• Initiative & Self-Direction• Social & Cross-Cultural Skills• Productivity & Accountability• Leadership & Responsibility

• Creativity & Innovation• Critical Thinking & Problem

Solving• Communication & Collaboration

“Bridge to the 21st Century”

Slide provided by Nance Nassar Sherry Crow and Stevan Kalmon

Task Force Members• Katherine Lowe, Chair, Massachusetts School

Library Association • Cassandra Barnett, Fayetteville High School ,

AR• Colet Bartow, Montana Office of Public

Instruction• Fran Glick, Baltimore County Public Schools,

MD • Dr. Violet H. Harada, University of Hawaii • Melissa P. Johnston, Vickery Creek

Elementary, Cumming, GA • Barbara K. Stripling, New York City

Department of EducationALA Meeting 2008 by Cassandra Barnett and Barbara Stripling

Curriculum Integration

•Pick one unit currently being done in your school that would be a good opportunity for integration of a skill, disposition, a responsibility, and/or a self-assessment strategy. Break into two groups.

Elementary Schools Middle School and High School work

together. ALA Meeting 2008 by

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Thank you!Go forth and spread the word of the AASL National Standards for the 21st

Century Learner


Barbara Stripling

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