K-16 Info Literacy Collaboration in GA Proposal for a joint GLA/GLMA committee

The current state of K-16 IL collaboration in GA: Scattered local efforts by librarians: Athens, Rome, Carrollton:  K-16 librarians meetings/workshops to assess the state of IL instruction in our localities.  Separate but complementary ACRL/AASL standards  Vision, goals, teaching methods and challenges virtually identical

Overall Vision:  IL as a lifelong learning skill that is acquired gradually, grade-by-grade and can’t be taught in scattershot fashion.  Need for an articulated, assessable program of across-the-curriculum K-16 info literacy instruction.

Goals:  Embedded Information Literacy: in school and college curricula in teacher education programs In continuing education programs for teachers  Design easily read, practical IL standards that speak to teachers and parents as well as librarians  Create effective methods of assessing IL learning

Teaching methods  Sessions are integrated into class projects  Hands on, active learning  Collaborative learning

Challenges  Students IL skills vary widely  Overcrowded lesson plans & syllabi  Not embedded in curriculum  Administrative well-wishing but no practical support  Inadequate ways of assessing IL learning

Moving beyond local efforts:  Getting involved with USG’s “Office of P16 Initiatives” program  Finding a fit within our state and national support organizations and institutions  Examining K-16 collaborations in other states

Bd of Regents P-16 Initiatives Programs: GSTEP: “Georgia Systemic Teacher Education Program” GOAL: Collaboration between teachers, administrators and college faculty to improve teacher prep programs FOCUS: Shaping the teacher education curriculum: 9 subject-based curriculum committees Supporting Induction Develop strategies to support teachers during their first 2 years of teaching

Bd of Regents P-16 Initiatives Programs: PRISM: Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics 4 regions = university + surrounding counties: East Central/ Georgia Southern Metro Atlanta: Georgia State Northeast: University of GA: Southeast: Armstrong Atlantic Opportunities: Monthly meetings Join ‘Learning Communities’, which team teachers from schools and universities on specific projects or problems

Bd of Regents P-16 Initiatives Programs: ”Early College” Outreach to non-traditional high schools: Gateway to College Academy at GA Perimeter College High school + first two years of college for at risk students Classic City High School (Athens) Alternative high school for at risk students

Potential partners in GA: GALILEO GALILEO is the tool that binds us together Strong support from GALILEO administration GALILEO Planet newsletter Potential voice in GALILEO Reference or Electronic Collection Development subcomittees? Potential voice in K12 Advisory Committee? Potential role in GALILEO training workshops?

Potential Partners in GA: Colleges of Education Pilot projects get attention Work with TA’s - often the most flexible instructors UGA: Certificate in University Teaching Create K-16 teaching tools for assignments :  Example: IL K-16 lesson plan checklistIL K-16 lesson plan checklist (This is a first, rough draft which borrows heavily from Ryan and Capra’s Information Literacy Toolkit Chicago: American Library Association, 2001.)

Potential Partners in GA: GA Dept.of Education K12 Library Media Services Articles in their monthly “Media Matters” online newsletter Presentations at their conferences Infusing a K-16 awareness in K12 administrations

National Guidance AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy Charge: The joint AASL/ACRL Joint Committee on Information Literacy will focus on how to prepare K-20 students to be information literate and will provide a channel of communication to the respective divisions. In general, this joint committee will be a forum for sharing ideas on information literacy in K-20 environments and a source of professional development opportunities in this area.

Examples of Current K-16 Collaboration: New York  Rochester Regional Library Council “Information Literacy Contiuum Committee”  Core Library and Research Skills Grade 9-14+

Examples of Current K-16 Collaboration: Pennsylvania  Central Pennsylvania K-16 Information Literacy Network  16collaboration/index.html 16collaboration/index.html Media Specialist Tool Kit for Implementing IL in schools

Examples of Current K-16 Collaboration: Ohio  Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education at Kent State  Grant funding Academic Content Standards Checklists TRAILS (IL assessment tool) Parent Toolkit for IL advocacy

Examples of K-16 Collaboration: California  LILI: LifeLong Information Literacy  Fall 2006 Survey: “IL Instruction in California Libraries” Snapshot of instruction in K-16, public and special libraries.

K-16 IL in GA: Where do we go from here?  Propose a GLA/GLMA joint committee?  Outline committee membership and possible goals?  ???????????