Joint meeting with public librarians, 12/12/12

We were pleased to host the public librarians for our annual joint meeting. We covered a lot of ground, including:

1. ebooks and ebook devices in the public library. They're going to be rolling out Nooks in January. The high school librarians shared they most likely will be going the same route after they encountered roadblocks in ordering from Amazon for the Kindles the library owns.

2. Technology Academy--the public library is hosting courses for middle and high school students in January, some of which will be taught by district teachers and administrators. Students who take these courses will receive extra credit from their science teachers.

3. VMWare in the library--Firewall issues on the public library's end have been resolved; they're awaiting technical assistance from the district. I will contact techservices.

4. Winter book club incentives: Reading programs are in place for breaks in December and February. Elementary librarians received incentive "monster" miniature trucks to raffle to participants.

5. Summer reading program: Librarians provided feedback concerning last year's district summer reading program, and school and public librarians volunteered to serve on a commmittee to make modifications.

6. Empowerment Academy: the public library once again will have an Empowerment Academy this summer; details will follow.

7. Library cards for all: in support of the district's commitment to ensure that every child has a library card, the public library put into place procedures to facilitate applications and distribution. Any child who receives a form from the school and returns it to his or her building will not need to provide the usual documentation because it will be assumed that the child indeed is a district resident. Once applications are processed, cards will be distributed through the school. Public librarians have already set up information tables at some parent-teacher evening events.

8. Community Reading Night will be held at Uniondale High School on April 10. Public librarians were asked to participate.

  9. A discussion about common core standards and the library's role took place, with both school and public librarians indicating their commitment to supporting the curriculum through resources, particularly informational texts, while at the same time not sacrificing the value the reading of literature has in children's lives.

Library of Congress and Common Core

Library of Congress has come to the rescue with resources to support Common Core standards.  Check it out!

Teacher Resources | Library of Congress via kwout

Department Meeting, November 14, 2012

1.    Budget—Status and Preparations

 

2.  APPR--questions, discussion

3.  SLOs

4.    Department Meeting with Public Librarians—12/12/12

5,  Resources:
Depth of Knowledge Chart: http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/522E69CC-02E3-4871-BC48-BB575AA49E27/0/WebbsDOK.pdf
DOK Question Stems: http://w4.nkcsd.k12.mo.us/~tscott/DOK%20Question%20Stems.pdf
Depth of Knowledge Levels: http://rpdp.net/DOK_pdfs/DOK_ALL_LEVELS_Presentation.pdf
Depth of Knowledge Poster: http://rpdp.net/DOK_pdfs/Colorful_DOK_Poster.pdf
Common Core and the Library--Protocols http://www.nassauboces.org/Page/1985
Refer to District Files for various strategies and resources (listed in ELA section).


 

Common Core Standards and Libraries

LISMA

iPads for Educators

iPads in Education

Department Meeting, October 10, 2012

APPR issues
1.  Composite Effectiveness Score out of 60 points:
1/3 from artifacts (20%)
2/3 from observations (40%)

2.  State growth score will come in the form of a SLO (student learning objective) for elementary librarians; secondary librarians will be evaluated using past practice measures

3.  State growth score will be based on growth in a librarian's 3rd grade classes from pre-test (October) to post-test (June); target is 5 percentage points.  Record scores electronically on previously e-mailed roster sheet with a separate sheet for each class.  The target column will automatically populate.

4.  Local measures for elementary librarians will be achievement (percentage passing) on post-test for the same population as the SLO

5.  Observations will earn a point score out of 4 with each category earning a rating on the 1-4 scale. An average will be created and those averages will be used for the end-of-year.  Only two highest observation scores will be used for tenured teachers (4 for non-tenured).

6.  Danielson Rubric
a.  Donains 1, 2, and 3 will be the focus for observations.
b.  Teachers will submit artifacts for the 20% (remember 1/3 of your points out of the 60 will come from artifacts)
Artifacts selection is determined by the teacher and self-assessed in collaboration with and input from supervisor

7.  Review of observation form

8.  Review of Student Learning Objective Template
a.  librarian's responsibility: complete Population section and roster template; save both!
b.  editing suggestions?

9.  Clarification about SLOs and school librarians:
http://www.wswheboces.org/SSS.cfm?subpage=600

10.  Common Core and the School Library
LISMA links

Information Fluency from NYC

Literacy Design Collaborative

Department Meeting, 9/12/12

1. Welcome back!
2. Student Learning Objectives
Nassau BOCES SLO Page
Pre-assessment: what do students know right now?
Post-assessment: after a year of instruction, what have they learned?
Learning Content Activity: Five Learnings
What are the five key learnings you want your students to achieve by the end of each grade?
What are our department's essential questions?
Ingredients of SLOs:

• Population: students assigned to course
• Learning Content: what is being taught over the instructional period?  What standards (Common Core, National, State)?
• Interval of Instructional Time: instructional period covered
• Evidence: what assessments, aligned to learning content of course, will be used to measure goal?
• Baseline: starting level of students' knowledge of learning content; should help teacher understand who students are. 
• Target: what is expected outcome of students' level of knowledge of learning content at end of instructional period?
• HEDI Scoring
• Rationale: description of reasoning behind choices regarding eaerning content, evidence, and target and how they will be used together to prepare students for future growth and development

3. Summer Reading Program
4. Books, Reference Books, and Supplies
5. Online Databases
6.  eChalk/Google Integration
7.  Websites of note:

Of interest: Are School Librarians Important?
http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3757441

- Google Apps for Education Overview -

http://www.appsusergroup.org/presentations/gafe-overview

- The Paperless Classroom with Google Docs -

http://www.appsusergroup.org/presentations/paperless-classroom

- Google Forms for Everything! -

http://www.appsusergroup.org/presentations/google-forms-for-everything

- Creating Comic Strips with Google Presentations -

http://www.appsusergroup.org/presentations/comic-strips-with-google-presentations

- Creating Interactive Google Presentations -

http://www.appsusergroup.org/presentations/interactive-pres

School Librarians and the Common Core Standards: Live Binder of Resources

School Librarians and the Common Core Standards: Resources - LiveBinder via kwout

Pay particular attention to the AASL CCSS Crosswalk.

Department Meeting, May 16, 2012

1.  Summer Reading--Dream Big Read and Own the Night
LITE Bytes articles

2.  Online Databases posted on NBSLS website

2.  Follett APPs: Catalist Follett e-reader

3.  Common core linking to library
http://www.esboces.org/sls/docs/CC%20ES%20SLS%202.ppt

LISMA Common Core Links

4.  Inquiry learning

Eastern Suffolk BOCES Links:
Inquiry Learning Bootcamp
Inquiry One
Inquiry Learning Roadmap

International Center for Scholarship in School Libraries

5.  Danielson Domains and the Library

Step one of preparing for new evaluations.  Divide into groups and identify areas for Danielson domains.

6.  Resources:

WISE poster courtesy of WSWHE BOCES http://www.wswheboces.org/files/419/wise%20curriculum%20(revised%201%2031%2011)%20(2).pdf

Online Responsibility Curriculum and Resources:

Our Space: Being a Responsible Citizen of the Digital World | The GoodWork Project via kwout

New York State Board of Regents--2020 Vision and Plan for Library Services (available http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/adviscns/rac/2020final/index.html) 

More than Words Can Say: Infographics

Using Readers Theater to Reach Older Readers 

Department Meeting, March 21, 2012

1. Purchase orders due by April 5.
2. 2012-13 budget update
3. NSLS Liaison meeting--focus on Teaching Books

Revamped website. Sign in with your e-mail address. You can "share this page" on bottom and it will indicate you as the sender. Search by books, authors, subjects or booklists. Will show you the type of content. There's a great deal of original content. Book guides and lesson plans are included. Under Common Core Standards, you can find additional resources related to books listed as exemplars.
4. LITE Bytes article--showcase an aspect of this year's library program connected to our support of the Common Core Standards.
https://librarymindsactii.wikispaces.com/Common+Core+and+grade+level
5. SLOs--student learning objectives for non-tested subjects
http://engageny.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/slo-roadmap.pdf
6. Common Core and the Library http://www.esboces.org/sls/docs/wiseposter.pdf.htm
Igniting the Common Core with Inquiry
7. Summer reading
8. Celebration of Learning
9. Accomplishments form

10. Bound to Stay Bound http://www.btsb.com

Go to library corner, author's showcase, browse by name, featured author, click on author's name. You'll see "About the Author" and find information to close read.

Staff Development Day, January 30, 2012

1. Presentation by Carl Vitevitch
2. Common Core--Links to Library Learning
3. Resources:
Library Curriculum Mapping
Crosswalk of the Common Core Standards and AASL
Standards for the 21st Century Learner Lesson Plan Database
Standards-Based Vision
School Librarians and the Common Core
Information Fluency Continuum
Information Fluency and the Common Core Standards
LISMA's Common Core Standards links

Department Meeting, January 18, 2012

1. Staff Development Day, January 30, 2012
--Visit by C. Vitevitch to share info about Follett Destiny changes
--Common Core lesson planning
Bring two lessons that you want to re-work in support of Common Core standards
2. Budget update
3. Global Village at Uniondale Public Library, Sunday, January 24, 2 pm
4. Websites of Note
NYC's Information Fluency Continuum and Integration with Common Core Standards
NYLA Calls Upon SED to include Information Literacy in Curriculum for Common Core Standards
Helpful Common Core Sites for the Librarian
School Librarians and the Common Core Standards