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Brenda N
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Jan W
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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
FROM LIBRARY TO LEARNING COMMONS HOW?
Staff Space Tools
A Learning Commons supports a VARIETY OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES
…THEN ALONG CAME COMMON COREEveryone freaked out!
But not media specialists!
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
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Supporting th
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Core
•Colle
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•Ins
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•Sta
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• Goa
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• Ongoin
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• Com
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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
• 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
IMPACT ON COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
• Print collection (books & periodicals)
• # of volumes - no longer per pupil requirement
• fiction• nonfiction vs. informational text• Databa$e$
ADDITIONAL
FUNDING
•Lan
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nonfictio
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•Weed
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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
SHIFT 1HIGH-LEVEL, TEXT BASED DISCUSSIONCareful understanding of the text
Questions and responses grounded in evidence
Attention to specific details
Speaking and listening skills
WORLD WAR II : HOMEFRONT
High Level, Text Based Discussion
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
PROCESS
SHORT & FOCUSED RESEARCH
10th gradeFlood Myths
SHIFT 3CREATE ASSIGNMENTS FOR REAL AUDIENCES
Prepare students for college and career readiness
Authentic experiences
Death to the Poster Board
Contemporary Issues
Health
Grading checkpoints for• Storyboard
facts• Script for audio• Works cited
REAL AUDIENCE & PURPOSEContemporary Issues Heal
th
Intended audience toolbox
INFOGRAPHICS
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
ARGUMENT WRITINGLocate relevant information
Multiple print and digital sourcesEvaluate credibility and accuracy of
sources
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
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 !
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRDIssues of race, heroism, stereotypes
• Scottsboro Trial documents and testimony
• News stories from 1950s Alabama
• Child rearing• superstition• censorship• literacy
STAFF
DEVELOPM
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•SWAT TEAM
•BIT MEET IN
GS
•LUNCH ‘N LEARN
•BROWN BAG LUNCH
SWAT team
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•SWAT TEAM
•BIT MEET IN
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•LUNCH ‘N
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•BROWN BAG LU
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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
MAKING THE CONNECTION
Space is important !
Staff is key !
Shifts happen !
When the going gets tough, the tough call on a media
specialist.
QUESTIONS & COMMENTS QUESTIONS & COMMENTS
We hope you enjoyed this GaETC session.
Please give your feedback at
www.gaetc.org/evaluate
WORKS CITEDCalkins, Lucy, Mary Ehrenworth, and Christopher Lehman. Pathways to the Common
Core: Accelerating Achievement. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2012. Print. Common Core State Standards Initiative: Preparing America's Students for College &
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
Development, 2011.
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