1. Information Power: The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.

2. Strong Media Programming = Strong Student Achievement Let me tell you how!

4. …there was value in the mere presence of a Licensed Media Specialist at a school We now know so much more!

5. 6 decades of research show the impact on student achievement.

7. At each grade level school library programs improve MCAS scores and students score higher on MCAS tests when there is a higher per pupil book count and when there is regular use of the library. At the elementary and middle/junior high school levels, average MCAS scores are higher in schools with larger per pupil expenditures for school library materials. At the elementary, middle/junior and high school levels, students who are served by a fulltime school librarian have higher MCAS scores than those in schools without a full-time librarian and when the library is aligned with the state curriculum. Also, hours open make a difference in scores at all school levels. At the high school level, schools with automated collections have higher average MCAS scores.

8. Well developed library media programs resulted in: State achievement test scores 10-15% higher in elementary schools State achievement test scores 18% higher in middle schools Media centers that collaborated with classroom teachers: Averaged 8% higher in elementary schools on State achievement test scores Averaged 18-21% higher in middle schools on State achievement test scores Media center resources such as networked computers that extend into the classrooms and other instructional areas outside the media center resulted in higher achievement test scores by: 6-13% in elementary schools 8-25% in middle schools

9. Repeated research is consistent in showing that strong libraries increase student achievement by 10-20% in reading and standardized achievement tests regardless of any other factors.

12. 1. Large, varied, and up-to-date collections. 2. One or more full-time qualified librarians. 3. Library support staff large enough and skilled enough to free certificated librarians from routine clerical duties and to allow them time to teach, to collaborate with teachers, and to engage in leadership activities outside of the library. 4. Free student and teacher access to the library during and beyond school hours. 5. Networked computers providing student and faculty access to catalogs, licensed databases, and the Internet. 6. Budget adequate to support the previous five items. 7. Staff commitment to teaching. 8. Individual student library use well beyond scheduled class visitations. 9. Information literacy instruction integrated into the curriculum. Librarian Characteristics: 10. Extensively collaborates with teachers. 11. Extensively involved in curricular, organizational, and operational school leadership activities outside of the library.

13. Began in 1983 as an endeavor between the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and the American Association for School Librarians (AASL) to best deliver resources and services according to the goals and objectives of each school.

14. Does Our Library… Provide resources and activities that contribute to lifelong learning? Accommodate a wide range of differences in learning styles? Represent a diversity of experiences, opinions, and social and cultural perspectives? Encourage students to utilize the full range of communications media and technology?

15. Yes, it does! Our library is an active hub of authentic student learning that helps to develop cognitive strategies for selecting, retrieving, analyzing, evaluating, synthesizing, creating, and communicating information in all formats and all areas of the curriculum.

17. Funding for collection development Clerical staffing to allow library media specialist to collaboratively plan, teach, and evaluate with classroom teachers Scheduling (flexible when possible to allow for best practice use of library facility and services) Understanding and vision of what the library media program contributes to school instructional program Modeling library use Communicating to teachers the importance of the library program

18. …to support the Media Center’s needs, physically and financially. A strong partnership between Principal and Media Specialist is crucial to effective media programming.

19. -Helen Keller

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