11/15/2015 Improving Student Achievement in SSD Peter G. Mohn Glacier Peak High School Snohomish, WA

11/15/2015 Question?  If you could significantly improve student achievement in our district would you?

11/15/2015 Library Research Results  Colorado Studies, 1993; 1999  Alaska Study, 1999  Pennsylvania Study, 1999  Oregon, New Mexico & Texas, 2000 & 2001  The total is now 20 state-wide studies

11/15/2015 Library Research - Colorado  The size of a library media center’s staff and collection is the best school predictor of ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, whether their schools & communities are rich or poor and whether adults in the community are well or poorly educated.

11/15/2015 Library Research - Colorado  Five sets of predictors of academic achievement were yielded by the second Colorado study.  Library media program development  Leadership of the LMS  Collaboration of LMS and staff  Technology Integration of LMC materials  Flexible Scheduling

11/15/2015 Library Research - Alaska  Five major predictors of academic achievement  Level of LMS staffing  Time spent by LMSs  Delivering information literacy to students  Planning with teachers  Providing staff in-service training  Collection Development Policy  Potential Internet connectivity  Relationship with public libraries

11/15/2015 Library Research - Pennsylvania  Five major predictors of Academic Achievement  Presence of both LMSs and support staff  Level of library expenditures  Presence of rich collections of print and electronic information sources  Extent to which technology is utilized to extend the LMCs reach into the classroom  Extent in which information literacy is integrated in the school’s standards and curriculum

11/15/2015 Key Common Findings  LMSs can and do exert a positive and significant effect on ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT  Principal support & teacher collaboration are critical to making the LM program integral  For LMSs to be pivotal players, support staff are essential  The LMS is a teacher of students & staff  LM programs that contribute most strongly are those with technology

11/15/2015 What we do well in our District  Full-time LMSs in all but one school  Librarians being asked to serve on District curriculum and technology committees  LMCs are automated  Access to ProQuest and other premium dBs  Students have access to library materials from home

11/15/2015 Long Term Solutions  Restore full time library EAs in secondary LMCs  Improve library budgets that have lost purchasing power to inflation over the last 15 years  Flexible schedules for elementary librarians  Implement a K-12 Information Literacy program tied to state Common Core Standards  Greatly expand the number of computer workstations in school libraries  Expand Internet library resources into classrooms and, if possible, to homes

11/15/2015 Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning … Because Student Achievement IS THE BOTTOM LINE