1. OVERVIEW AND LANDSCAPE OF THE LIT PROGRAM: USING THE LIT FRAMEWORK FOR ORGANIZING, MANAGING, AND ADVOCATING FOR LIBRARY INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSLIT FRAMEWORK ADMINISTRATION OF THE LIBRARY MEDIA PROGRAM SUMMER 2014 JOHN MARINO

2. THE BIG PICTURE Did You Know? 4.0 Source: Karl Fisch/The Fisch Bowl/http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/homehttp://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/home

3. HOW ARE SCHOOL LIBRARIES DOING? If you were to rate how well library programs are doing to: promote ICT literacy, a love of reading, and to prepare students for college and career readiness, in your experience, what would you give them? 3: Thriving! Great job! 2: Doing okay, I guess. 1: Hmm—a few concerns. 0: Terrible–what’s the point?!?

4. TURN AND TALK What did the LIT program look like when you were in school? What does the LIT program currently look like in your situation?

5. OVERVIEW: HOW TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY LIT PROGRAMS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Rethink Reorganize Retool Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012

6. RETHINK 1.Mission 2.Marketing 3.Technology 4.Collaboration Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012

7. RETHINK: MISSION “The mission of the library information & technology* program is to ensure that students...are effective users and producers** of information and ideas.” Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning, AASL and AECT, 1998. *WLMA **Joyce Valenza

8. RETHINK: MARKETING Teacher-Librarian Library Information & Technology Program (LIT) Mission: The mission of the library information & technology program is to ensure that students are effective users and producers of information and ideas Functions 21st Century Skills Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012

9. RETHINK: TECHNOLOGY The role of technology must be front and center of LIT programs! Why? To accomplish the mission There is a mandate: WA Ed Tech Standards Where the money is! (shrinking book budgets, increasing tech budgets) Opportunities: social media, OER, etc. …

10. RETHINK: COLLABORATION The Collaboration Continuum: ConsumptionConsultationCooperationCollaboration

11. RETHINK: COLLABORATION (WITH A DETOUR TO TASK DEFINITION!) Transform! Inspire! Encourage higher-level thinking! Curb plagiarism! Joyce Valenza*: “If my teacher asked me to write a report about a president or an animal or a state or a country, I would balk. What's the point? That work has already been done. Ask me those questions and I would be tempted to hand back any one of the many excellent printouts from Encarta or Britannica or Grolier…” *From: Valenza, Joyce. “For the best answers, as tough questions.” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 20, 2000.For the best answers, as tough questions.” Which one…? How…? What if…? Should…?Why…?

12. REORGANIZE 1.The Systems Approach 2.Pie-Chart Planning 3.Service Delivery 4.Big6 by the Month

13. REORGANIZE: THE SYSTEMS APPROACH Outputs are the key! InputsProcessesOutputs Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012

14. REORGANIZE: THE SYSTEMS APPROACH InputsProcesses*Outputs Staff/personnelPlanningInformation & Technology Literacy Instruction CollectionsBudgetingReading Advocacy BudgetCollection Development Information Management & Services IT SystemsManaging Time/Scheduling & Collaboration FacilitiesEvaluating Courtesy Mike Eisenberg, 2011 Outdated emphasis on inputs

15. REORGANIZE: CLEARLY IDENTIFY AND ARTICULATE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE LIT PROGRAM  Information & technology literacy instruction (role=teacher)  Reading advocacy (role=reading advocate)  Information management & services (role=chief info officer)

16. REORGANIZE: PIE-CHART PLANNING Context: the LIT program does not function in isolation! How to allocate emphasis? How to engage stakeholders? How to evaluate the plan?

17. REORGANIZE: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO SERVICE DELIVERY FunctionDelivery-CenteredManagement-Centered Info & Tech Literacy Instruction Teach integrated lessons/mini-lessons to students. Plan, manage, and coach the information & technology skills instructional program. Reading Advocacy Provide direct reading guidance and promotion activities. Plan, manage, and coach the reading guidance and promotion program. Information Management & Services Deliver information & technology services, systems, resources— virtual and physical, 24/7. Plan & manage information & technology services, systems, resources—virtual and physical, 24/7. Eisenberg, Mike. "This Man Wants to Change Your Job." School Library Journal. (September 01, 2002 )

18. REORGANIZE: BIG6 BY THE MONTH Comprehensive: reaches all students in the school Predictable: what students learn and how they learn it Measured: accountable goals and assessment of performance Reported: report results to all stakeholders Eisenberg, Mike, and Murray, Janet. Big6 by the month: A new approach. Library Media Connection. May/June 2011. Sep:Overview of the process Oct: Task Definition Nov: Info Seek Strategies; Location & Access Dec: Revisit & Reflect Jan: Use of Info Feb: Synthesis Mar: Revisit & Reflect Apr: Evaluation May: Culminating Activities

19. RETOOL Organizational Tools LIT Framework Big6 x Month Curriculum Planning Advocacy Tools Library Advisory Committee Pie-chart planning Library Research Service: Research and Statistics about LibrariesLibrary Research Service: Communications Tools *One-page LIT Program Framework 10-Week Memo School-wide Newsletter School and Library Webpages Social Networking Annual Report (LIT Program Analysis) Assessment Tools TRAILS 1 LIT Program Analysis Teacher memo Displays Report Card Leadership Tools Coordination 2 Peer tech coaching Curriculum/Instruction WLMA AASL: Lesson Plan Database LM_NET Big6-by-the-Month Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012

20. THE POINT Creating access, opportunity, a safe place, and community Safeguarding LIT programs The mission of the library information & technology program is to ensure that students are effective users and producers of ideas and information! Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012

21. A VISION OF THE LIT PROGRAM: WLMA Teacher Librarians at The Heart of Student Learning

22. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Mike Eisenberg, Professor & Dean Emeritus, iSchool/UW Mark Ray, TL Vancouver SD, WA Teacher of the Year Colet Bartow, TL Montana OPI Steve Coker, TL North Thurston HS, Past-Pres WLMA Joyce Valenza, TL Springfield Township HS … Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012

23. MODULE 1 DISCUSSION 1.Is there a crisis in school LIT programs? Why or why not? Provide evidence to support either claim. 2.What is the mission of the LIT program? What are some strategies for achieving it? 3.What is the comprehensive vision of the LIT program? Why is it important to develop and articulate a vision? 4.Why is the systems approach a helpful model for analyzing the LIT program? 5.Does the LIT Framework get it right? Why or why not? 6.Why is marketing important for effective LIT programs? What is the LIT brand?

24. ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SLM ENDORSEMENT PROGRAM… Administration of the School Library Media Program (LIS 585) Information Technology for Teaching and Learning (LIS 498) Information Literacy for Teaching and Learning (LIS 568) Collection Development (LIS 522) Catalogs, Cataloging and Classification (LIS 531) Leadership and Management of Library Media Programs (LIS 498) Integrated Instructional Technology (LIS 498), Information Services in K-12 Education (LIS 498) LIT Program Framework  Information & Technology Literacy Instruction  Reading Advocacy  Information Management & Services

25. A MESSAGE FROM MIKE EISENBERG, PROFESSOR EMERITUS UW INFORMATION SCHOOL Mike Eisenberg Vodcast #4: The Role of the Teacher-Librarian and the School Library Program

26. A COMPARISON: HOW FAR HAVE WE COME? The Librarian - 1947 Vocational / Educational Film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rQbJT78iVY

27. THANK YOU! The Scale of the Universe 2: http://htwins.net/scale2/http://htwins.net/scale2/ Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012

28. ARTICULATE A VISION AND AGENDA: THE LIT PROGRAM APPROACH It all begins with the mission statement: “The mission of the library program is to ensure that students...are effective users [and producers] of ideas and information.” Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning, AASL and AECT, 1998.

29. BE SUPER STRATEGIC MarketingBranding Brand Mission Functions Technology 21st Century Skills Teacher-Librarian Library Information and Technology Program – LIT To ensure that students are effective users and producers of ideas and information. Target directly to school-wide goals and teacher/classroom-centered curriculum and assessments. Deliver defined, predictable, measured, and reported instruction and services. Embrace and champion the virtual, the online, the digital – first! Rethink the sacred cows Document the targeted instruction and services as well as the resulting student achievement. Be positive, upbeat—recognized as a problem-solver and essential player.

30. CONTINUOUSLY COMMUNICATE Audience:Options: Students Other Teachers Administrators Parents Public Grades on assignments Monthly/quarterly reports about student performance Monthly/quarterly reports on the program Report card grades Displays of student work

31. HOW TO ACHIEVE THIS? A-B-C ApproachActions Articulate a Vision and Agenda Be clear on vision, functions, roles; goals aligned; services & instruction fully integrated with curriculum Be Strategic Planning, thinking, managing; curriculum development, teaching; evaluation Communicate Continuously Communicate outcomes; public relations, marketing, advocacy; document, accountability

32. RETHINK: SACRED COWS Collaboration Flexible schedule Plagiarism Wikipedia Book Checkout Collection Development Shelving Reference Section Facility Books … Courtesy Mike Eisenberg and Mark Ray: http://librarianprovocateur.wikispaces.com/Sacred+Cows+Among+the+Weeds Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012

33. TURN AND TALK 1 Which sacred cows are you willing to sacrifice? Maintain? Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012 Collaboration Flexible schedule Plagiarism Wikipedia Book Checkout Collection Development Shelving Reference Section Facility Books

34. EVALUATION Next time focus on TRAILS!

35. RETOOL: TRAILS ABOUT Tools for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills (TRAILS) TRAILS is a knowledge assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills based on 3 rd, 6 th, 9 th, and 12 th grade standards. Home page Categories Sample questions

36. TURN AND TALK 3 Are LIT programs safe in your district? What can be done to save them? Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012

37. TURN AND TALK 2 What does the LIT program currently look like in your building? Where is the emphasis? Where would you like it to be? Photos courtesy of Microsoft Office Clip Art Gallery, 2012