1. Heritage Middle School Library Shannon Morris and Lanie Kohler Report from 2009-2010

2. What were our 3 Goals for this year? 1. Effective Library Job-Share. 2. Collaboration with Teachers. 3. Support for Improved Achievement in Student Reading.

3. 1. Successful Job-share Demonstrate that the synergy of 1+1 is greater than 2. Create and streamline systems of management to support students and staff. Stay on top of communications that affect students and staff. Have a solid “hand-off” system. Observe steady improvement of delivered services.

4. Evidence for Job-Share Effectiveness Karri Borski: “I get two for the price of one!” 30% increase in number of books checked out. Last year: 4,880 This year: 6,321 Significant increase in collaborative lessons.

5. Next Steps: Teacher survey results needed. Collect another year of numbers to chart improvement: gate count, checkouts, collaborations, etc.

6. 2.Collaborate with Teachers Collaborate on one or two lessons at each grade level. Incorporate “Information Literacy Skills” in all lessons.

7. Evidence of Success: Goal Compared to Actual Collaborations by Grade

8. More Evidence of Success Which departments collaborated? Language Arts Social Studies Science Electives: Music French

9. Beyond Collaboration Math tutoring Book talks Almanac Reference work Guidance for IB Personal Projects

10. Next Steps: Use IB professional development time to work on long-term collaboration and advance planning. Purchase new book sets to create new collaborative units. Develop more collaboration with math teachers.

11. 3.Support Student Achievement in SRI Reading Scores Create a system. Label all fiction. Link SRIs identified in classrooms with visible lexile color code to help students select appropriate reading materials in the library. Encourage each student to read at his/her appropriate lexile level.

12. Evidence of Success: Language Arts classes were oriented in the fall to understand selection by lexile and color code system. Of 10,485 fiction titles, three-quarters have been labeled. Students regularly select books now at their appropriate lexile levels.

13. Next Steps: Finish identifying lexiles in fiction. (Possible finish in May.) Purchase services over Summer 2010 to identify lexile levels in the catalog record of all library materials to enhance searching for students. Continue to mark lexiles by color in new materials. Color code nonfiction.

14. “The medicine chest of the soul.” Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes. 1250 B.C.

15. Our Ongoing Mission: Have a library that enhances the immeasurable. Connections Ideas World Access Discovery, Delight, Joy of Learning.