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11/15/2015 Improving Student Achievement in SSD Peter G. Mohn Glacier Peak High School Snohomish, WA peter.mohn@sno.wednet.edu
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11/15/2015 Question? If you could significantly improve student achievement in our district would you?
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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11/15/2015 Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning … Because Student Achievement IS THE BOTTOM LINE
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