1. Leading with Learning 4 life
Using the AASL Framework to Build a pivotal literacy program
Presented for the Texas L4L Implementation Team
by Judi Moreillon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Texas Woman’s University
TLA 2013

2. Hashtags: #txla13 #txl4l AASL L4L Resources
School Librarian’s Role in Reading Toolkit
AASL Lesson Plan Database
Hashtags: #txla13 #txl4l

3. AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

4. L4L Resources for Texas school librarians
ELA-R TEKS – AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Alignment Wiki

5. Instructional Partner Information Specialist Teacher
Self-Assessment
Leader
Instructional Partner
Information Specialist
Teacher
Program Administrator

6. A Thirst for Knowledge
Are you the librarian your community can send out to seek knowledge?

7. Pieces of the AASL Framework
PIECES OF THE TEXAS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARDS
Scrabble Image by Nick Vitale. Used with permission.

8. Standards, Processes, and Applications
Sit in groups of four or five.
Shuffle and deal the puzzle parts.
Take turns reading each puzzle part.
Determine a keyword or keywords.
Discuss as a group in which column this piece fits.
Place the piece on the board under CCRS, AASL Standards, Inquiry, Reading, or Applications

9. A Word about Inquiry and Reading
Reading Strategies
Motivation/Negotiation
Activating or Building Background Knowledge
Plan/Formulation
Questioning
Investigation
Determining Main Ideas
Construction
Making Predictions and Drawing Inferences
Presentation
Synthesizing
Evaluation/Reflection
Defining/Refining the Purpose for Reading

10. Standards, Processes, and Applications
Sit in groups of four or five.
Shuffle and deal the puzzle parts.
Take turns reading each puzzle part.
Determine a keyword or keywords.
Discuss as a group in which column this piece fits.
Place the piece on the board under CCRS, AASL Standards, Inquiry, Reading, or Applications

11. ELA-R TEKS: Reading/Inquiry Standards Example: 2nd Grade§
b. (14)
Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions…
(A)  identify the main idea in a text and distinguish it from the topic;
(D)  use text features (e.g., table of contents, index, headings) to locate specific information in text.

12. ELA-R TEKS: Reading/Inquiry Standards Example: 5th Grade
§ b. (11) 
Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions…
(A) Determine the facts in text and verify them through established methods.
(E) Synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two or three texts representing similar or different genres.

13. ELA-R TEKS: Reading/Inquiry Standards Example: 8th Grade
§110.18b (13)
Reading/Media Literacy
Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning.

14. ELA-R TEKS: Reading/Inquiry Standards Example: 12th grade
§ b. (2)
Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre.
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence…
(C)  relate the characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the historical, social, and economic ideas of its time.

15. Digital Image created by Anna Darst, TWU Student LS5443: Librarians as Instructional Partners, Spring 2013
Used with permission.

16. Collaborative lesson Planning and Coteaching
8th-grade ELA-R Teacher Jenni Hunt
"Works Analyzed Notated Discussed & Archived”

17. Coteaching Published Lesson Plans

18. All of photographs provided by classroom teachers and school librarians who cotaught lessons from Collaborative Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension: Maximizing Your Impact (Moreillon 2007). All images used with permission.

19. K-12 ELA-R TEKS: AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Alignment Wiki

20. Opportunity

21. Vision: Building a Culture of Collaboration
Professional Book Studies
Collaborative Grant Writing

22. L4L Resources for Texas school librarians
ELA-R TEKS – AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Alignment Wiki

23. Ready for Coteaching in Fall ‘13

24. Works Cited
American Association of School Librarians. Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Centers. Chicago: American Association of School Librarians, Print. _____. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. Chicago: American Association of School Librarians, Print. _____. Standards in Action. Chicago: American Association of School Librarians, Print. Chancer, Jonie and Gina Rester-Zodrow. Moon Journals: Writing, Art, and Inquiry through Focused Nature Study. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Darst, Anna. “Lone Star. “Digital Image. Used with permission. Moreillon, Judi. Coteaching Reading Comprehension Strategies in Elementary School Libraries: Maximizing Your Impact. Chicago: ALA Editions, Print. _____. Coteaching Reading Comprehension Strategies in Secondary School Libraries: Maximizing Your Impact. Chicago: ALA Editions, Print. _____. Ready and Waiting for You! Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, Print.

25. Works Cited
Peterson, Ralph. Life in a Crowded Place: Making a Learning Community. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, Print. Texas Education Agency. TEKS Standards. Web. 20 Apr < Texas Learning4Life Implementation Team. ELA-R TEKS – AASL Standards Alignment Wiki Web. 20 Apr < Vitale, Nick. “Scrabble .” Digital Image. Used with permission. Book jackets courtesy of Content Café , Amazon.com, or the publishers Word Cloud created at Tagxedo.com All other images provided by AASL L4L Initiative or from the personal collection of Judi Moreillon