L4L - Learning 4 Life with the AASL Standards Texas L4L Implementation Team Sharon Amastae Suzanne Lyons Judi Moreillon Texas Library Association Annual Conference April 2010 Warm up context exercise – debrief – shared visions New York L4L Coordinator Sara Kelly Johns

Standards for the 21st Century Learner When we talk about standards the words we use describe our expectations for learning … what I don’t se… 20 bks/stu, 3000 sq ft… etc.

2007: Standards for the 21st-Century Learner 1988: Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs 1998: Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning 2007: Standards for the 21st-Century Learner L4L uses a three-pronged approach to assist schools to reconsider learning standards and help position personnel and programs to create flexible learning environments and provide appropriate resources, and instructional strategies that are research and evidence-based. Standards for the 21st Century Learner, Standards in Action and Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs, provide the framework that enables schools to assess where they are and where they need to go to best serve the needs of their students and ensure that they learn how to learn in order to make formal education relevant as they acquire skills and competencies that serve them for a lifetime. 3

Standards for the 21st Century Learner Released in October 2007 - An “evolution” of the nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning (ch. 2 of Information Power) Connections to ISTE-NETS and Partnership for 21st Century ICT Skills

What is L4L? introduce the learning standards and guidelines to internal and external audiences build awareness create a shared vision of our purpose (in 21st-century education); and what school library media programs are expected to deliver 5

Who are we?

Think THINK - about your role as: Leader, Instructional Partner, Information Specialist, Teacher, Program Administrator Self assess using job description; give yourself +, -

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Grow as an Instructional Partner Standards Integration Puzzle

Standards Integration Puzzle Sit in groups of four or five. Shuffle and deal the puzzle parts. Take turns reading the 6th-grade ELAR TEKS puzzle pieces. Determine keyword or keywords in the TEKS. Discuss as a group which TEKS is compatible with an L4L standard Place the piece on the board under that L4L standard indicator

K-12 ELAR TEKS: AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner Alignment Wiki http://teksalign.pbworks.com/

6th Grade TEKS Alignment

Current Contributors

Create CREATE – elevator speech Leader, instructional partner, information specialist Align librarian contributions to audience needs

Elevator Speech Prompt Audience: Teacher Mrs. Robin, a 5th grade teacher, is bringing her class in to do research on the states. Each student has been assigned a different state to research. She has provided a worksheet for each student to fill in basic facts about the state. This is an assignment she has used for many years. She assigns the students states in alphabetical order: Alabama, Arkansas, etc. Sadly, no one has studied Wyoming in a number of years.

Share Share speeches Wear ribbons and buttons Share message of standards; use the vocabulary of common beliefs

Resources Job description: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=47724982&site=ehost-live "SAMPLE JOB DESCRIPTION: School Library Media Specialist." Knowledge Quest 38.2 (2009): 80-82. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 10 Apr. 2010. TEKS Alignment wiki: http://teksalign.pbworks.com/ Texas L4L Coordinators: Sharon Amastae: samastae@yisd.net Suzanne Lyons: slyons1@houstonisd.org Judi Moreillon: jmoreillon@twu.edu