12-13 Transition: Collaborations for Student Success Ann Marie Smeraldi, M.L.I.S. First Year Experience Librarian Cleveland State University

Do you think the majority of high school seniors are prepared for college? 1.Yes 2.No

12-13 Transition Preparing students to be college ready, (not just college eligible) and work ready AASL/ACRL Blueprint for Collaboration INFOhio’s Task Force Kent State’s ILILE High School to College Transition Initiative BGSU, First Year Experience Librarian First Year Colleges/Universities Others?

Preparing students for the transition should begin in: 1.Preschool and kindergarten 2.Primary grades (1-4) 3.Middle school (5-6) 4.Junior High (7-8) 5.High School

Who are our students? A Vision of K-12 Students Today A Vision of Students Today

Will our students be ready for college? ACT College Readiness In 2008, 65% of Ohio high school graduates took the ACT % of Students Ready for.... College English Composition72% College Algebra47% College Social Science57% College Biology33% All Four26% Selected State Data 2008: Ohio ODE Report Card: Cuyahoga County

First Year Students... “Don’t know what they don’t know!” Sound familiar? Megan Oakleaf & Patricia Owen OELMA and ALAO Conferences

Do your students... Think Google is the best or only source? Fail to evaluate their sources? Satisfice? Cut and paste? Think the library is irrelevant? Believe that information on the Internet is free for the taking? Tell you they have searched everywhere but can’t find anything? Believe that they are good at finding information? Forget to ask for help? Ever read?

Research Confirms What Librarians Already Know! “School Libraries are a powerful force in the lives of America’s children. The school library is one of the few factors whose contribution to academic achievement has been documented empirically... ” What Research Tells Us About the Importance of School Libraries Keith Curry Lance “The higher a student’s grades the more likely it was that the student visited the library within the past month.” The Survey of American College Students: Who Goes to the College Library and Why? Primary Research Group

AASL StandardsACRL Standards S1. Access information efficiently & effectively Indicator 1. Defines & articulates the need for information S2. Access needed information effectively & efficiently S1. Determines the nature & extent of the information needed S2. Evaluate information critically & competentlyS3. Evaluate information & its sources critically S3. Use Information accurately & creativelyS4. Indicator 1. Applies new and prior information to the planning & creation of a particular product or performance S4. Pursues information related to personal interests S5. Appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information S6. Independent learner is information literate & strives for excellence in information seeking & knowledge generation S2. Indicator 1. selects the most appropriate investigative methods or information retrieval systems for accessing the needed information S2. Indicator 2. constructs and implements effectively-designed search strategies S.7 Recognizes the importance of information to a democratic society S3. Indicator 5. Determines whether new knowledge has an impact on the individual’s value system & takes steps to reconcile differences S8. Practice ethical behaviors in regard to information & information technology. S5. Understand many of he economic, legal & social issues surrounding the use of information & accesses, uses information ethically and legally S9 Participates effectively in groups to pursue & generate information. S4. Individually or as a member of a group, uses information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose.

How will we reach our students?

Have you experimented with technology? 1.Yes, I use it frequently 2.A little 3.No way

Technology in the Academic Library Chat, instant messaging, Meebo Clickers (audience response systems) Blogs Wikis Podcasting LibGuides Social Networking (Face Book, My Space)

Free Tools Meebo – PBWorks - WetPaint - Blogger - Audacity - Wink - To learn more about how these tools are being used:

Information CSU First Year Students – Intro to University Life – Library Orientation – College Writing II (sometimes College Writing I) Undergrads & Grads – Subject Specialist Librarians – As requested by faculty All Students – Workshops High School Students – Introduction to the Academic Library – Borrowing privileges

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What will we do together to better prepare our students for college and/or work? Action List: