NCCE Teacher Librarian SummitWednesday, 3 March 2010

Seattle, Washington

Lisa Layera Brunkan & Susan McBurney

Developing an Agenda for Action

Fund Our Future Wash ington

http://schoollibrarytapestry.ning.com/video/dorothy-on-digital-citizenship

What’s the problem?

“School library programs are not highly valued, they’re not seen as essential … they are dying on the vine.”

-Mike Eisenberg

What makes a survivor?

Survivor Theorist Laurence Gonzales

A message for librarians

What constitutes a modern library practice?-Joyce Valenza

Periodic Table of 21st Century Resources

Digital contentproduction

Global learning

Foreign languagelearning Financial literacy

Global citizenship

organizational

tools

Reading

Information SpaceCreation

Website /Digital Portal

Community SpaceResearch ToolsCollaboration Labs

CommunicationTools (2.0)

Digital citizenshipCompositionAvatar Studio Analytics

A Place of Their Own

Storytelling Games Corner

DATA

Are kids getting what they really need in order to flourish in the world they inhabit?

What actions can you take to deliver what people need and share it with

the people who matter most?

STUDENTS

TEACHERS

ADMINISTRATORS

LEGISLATORS

PARENTS

M A X I M SBuild a mandateCultivate relationshipsDo it with style•graciousness•service•make an impression

You can have the best practice in the world, but if nobody outside the library knows it’s happening, the program is at risk.

Step out of the preacher and choir circle.

“Effective advocacy is about relationships. Knowing your issue and the policy surrounding it is just the first step. Understanding the political terrain and building relationships and support within that framework is the key to success. . . If you stay on course over a period of time you will start to see real sustained progress.” WA State Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown

Building relationships is an all-season endeavor.

“I receive roughly 20-30 emails a week outside of the legislative session. During the session I receive hundreds, if not thousands. During session, if I can read any email at all, I read email from people I already have a relationship with.”

-WA State Rep. Ross Hunter

“When legislators don’t hear from you, the assumption is that everything is OK.”

WA State Legislative Aide

Thingsare

notOK.

What to do?

deflationist!

Whatever you do…

Don’t be a

ParamountNon-negotiableeffective

Do be . . .

L I B R A R IA N

THE MOMS’ PERSPECTIVE

WEBSITE CHALLENGE – DESIGN A COMPASS

“How do I build a culture of innovation? Not just by changing practices but by changing beliefs and attitudes as well.”

-Bruce Dixon

PHYSICAL SPACE CHALLENGE

DESIGN THE RIGHT VESSEL

The Unquiet Librarian’s Space

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE

PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFE BOATS

BETTER YET …

TEACH THEM TO SURF!

“I would be puerile to argue that the world has ever been static, but it's reasonable to argue that the world has never been as uncertain as it is today.”

Eamonn Kelly, CEO Global Business

Network (which practices a

futurist sub-specialty known as scenario

planning)

“Look to collaborate with those who can do

what you can't.”

-Paul Bennett

PORTAL CHALLENGE – PROVIDE AQUA LUNGS FOR ALL

LOOKOUT CHALLENGE KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE HORIZON

The people in charge of leading school organizations into the 21st century …

often are theleast knowledgeable

about the 21st century.

dangerouslyirrelevant.org Scott McLeod

“The librarians who survive will be those who make themselves the social media experts of their school. Students and teachers now have endless options beyond the covers of a book to find the information that they need.”

-Patrick Larkin, Principal

Burlington High School, MA

CONNECTEDNESS CHALLENGE

http://www.connectedthebook.com/pages/links.html

“It’s not what you work on, but whom you work with

that makes all the difference.” David Kelley, founder and chairman, IDEO

SURVIVAL ESSENTIALS

1. kid-centric2. showcase showcase showcase!3. recruit at least 10 parent

volunteers

4. annual library visits, at least1 legislator1 school board member1 superintendent

5. always invite the press, blogabout it, leave a virtual trail of excellence

Librarian Survivor Challenge ChecklistEmerging Technologies

__ showcase student work

Physical SpaceWebsite

__ virtual poll (what do they want)

stude

nts

teach

ers

__ train Student IT Fellows

parents

Admin.

legisl

ators

__ solicit content feedback__ start a web design club

__ launch ‘Teacherbook’

__ create robust ‘Parents Tab’__ survey parent needs__ launch Parents’ Wiki

__ feature on district homepage__ facilitate principal’s blog

__ facilitate supdt’s blog

__ create ‘Local Civics’ section__ create ‘Ask your Legislator’ feature w/ librarian as intermediary

__ hip, comfortable furniture__ facilitate new clubs / meet-ups

__ Harkness tables for seminar-style teaching.

__ cultivate hygge-coziness, tranquility

__ facilitate parents contributing to hygge__ PTA-sponsored foreign language station w/ Rosetta Stone software

__ invite to any ‘presenting’ of resources; facilitate their taking ownership and celebrating

__ invite every fall during offsession__ invite to dedicate new equip., upgrades

__ create hashtag for favorite new technology or tool; solicit student submissions

__ become peer coach of technology__ offer emerg. Tech. training

__ parent tech. training night__ create tech. wish list__ ask PTA to fund Student IT Fellows’ travel to tech. conference; librarian as chaperone

__ offer emerg. tech. training__ send out Horizon Report__ get them started on Twitter

__ send ‘Emerging Technology Tips’ to legislators and their LAs__ offer to set them up on Twitter

__ make it a destination

Librarian Survivor Challenge ChecklistConnectivity

__ champion virtual portfolios

LookoutPortal

__ Horizon Report w/ trends and opportunities

stude

nts

teach

ers

__ facilitate global connectivity with Skype, FlatClassroom etc.

parents

Admin.

legisl

ators

__ showcase student art__ leverage flip cams

__ create blogs, class wikis, & pathfinders for every teacher

__ create hashtag and deliver daily nuggets on what students/classes are doing; catalyst for dinnertime conversation

__ invite admin. to student shows__ invite admin. to legislator visits__ invite school board to student shows

__ digital postcards from kids__ facilitate mid-session briefing for interested students

__ spearhead assessing keyboarding mastery

__ start in-service days with New Tools Roundup (preferably free ones)

__ Horizon Report w/ emerging tech. trends, top 10 sites for kids, summary of what kids are learning and producing that quarter

__ ongoing: send resources for Strategic Plan update

__ create annual Legislators’ Report; frame as thanks; kid-centric showcasing student work and $$ investment.

__ offer to set up on Twitter to help grow their PLN

__ send Holiday Horizon Report w/ gift recs., hottest trends

__ set up Google Reader for principal, Supdt., Sch. Board__ keep administration informed of 21st C. leadership opportunities

__ host a session wrap-up

__ be their reference go-to person

__ showcase one project with every teacher over year

__ form committee on social media policy

__ invite to be on Technology Leadership Team

__ track their work and send notes of appreciation

__ spearhead 1:1 initiative w/ city, district and community

__ annual student-designed LIT program theme

Wall Wisher Brainstorm

The storm is the best time to fish.

Inuit saying