1. AASL Online Learning Series:
A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners
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2. Audience Survey
Please select school level…
A. Elementary School
B. Middle School
C. High School
D. University
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners

3. Audience Survey
Please select your position…
A. School Librarian
B. Educator
C. Administrator
D. Other
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners

4. AASL Online Learning Series:
A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners
Using the Planning Guide with
“School Libraries Count!”:
personalized results to advocate for
your school library program
Sabrina Carnesi
Crittenden Middle School
Newport News, Virginia 23606

5. What You’ve Done So Far…
• Discussed how the Assessment Rubric
provides an entry point for developing
goals and objectives
• Covered the selection of stakeholders
for collaborative planning and
continued implementation
• Walked through the planning process
using the online module
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners

6. Today’s Objectives:
• Draw connections between
• Planning Guide module’s data results
• Personalized reports from “School Libraries
Count!” survey
• Discuss Sharing Information from
Program Assessment with
Stakeholders
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners

7. Objective 1:
• Drawing connections between
• Planning Guide module’s data results
• Personalized reports from “School Libraries
Count!” survey
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners

8. The Assessment Rubric
• Aligned with the national guidelines presented in
Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners

9. The Assessment Rubric
• Aligned with the national guidelines presented in
Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners

10. The Assessment Rubric
• Aligned with the national guidelines presented in
Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs
• Assesses the program using 16 sets of criteria
• 1. Developing Visions for Learning • 9. The Learning Space
• 2. Teaching for Learning • 10. Budgeting
• 3. Reading • 11. Policies
• 4. Multiple Literacies • 12. Collection and Information
• 5. Inquiries Access
• 6. Assessment for Learning • 13. Outreach
• 7. Building the Learning • 14. Professional Development
Environment • 15. Enpowering Learning
• 8. Staffing • 16. Leadership

11. Assessment Rubric

13. A Closer Look:
Staffing Raw Data and the
Assessment Rubric
Hours per Week meeting w/Teachers Hours per Week Delivering Instruction
to Plan Instructional Units

14. Teaching for Learning Section
pages 2&3
The raw data
from “School
Libraries
Count” as well
as additional
personalized
data from
Hines MS is
used to
develop a
profile for the
school’s
library
program.

15. Teaching for Learning Section
pages 2&3
The raw data
shows that Hines
MS spends an
average of 3 hours
per week planning
instruction with
teachers in
comparison to the
rest of the state’s
3.5 hours and
nation’s 3.01
hours.
Exemplary - Proficient - Basic

16. Teaching for Learning Section
pages 2&3
Exemplary - Proficient - Basic

17. Teaching for Learning Section
pages 2&3
Exemplary - Proficient - Basic

18. A Closer Look:
Library Expenditures
and the Assessment Rubric
Average Spend on Information Resources:
print, nonprint, licensed databases, and other
electronic access to information

19. Building the Learning Environment:
Budget-pages 10 & 11
Library budget
for Hines MS
is slightly
higher than
the national
and state
averages.

20. Building the Learning Environment:
Budget-pages 10 & 11
The raw data
shows that Hines
MS spends
$15,000 on
information
resources in
comparison to the
average for rest of
the state at $8,000
and the nation’s
$14,000.
Exemplary - Proficient - Basic

21. Drawing Connections with Data
• Snapshot of library program as it now exists.
– Bold and Clear Areas
– Fuzzy Areas
• Clarifying the picture
– Move from what is to what should be
– Identify activities or steps needed to develop picture
• Brainstorm suggestions
• Responsibilities carried out by various stakeholders
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Empowering Learners

22. The Assessment Guide’s Program
Snapshot for Hines Middle School
Basic 8
Exemplary 50
Proficient 42
A PlanningProficient - Basic
Exemplary - Guide for
Empowering Learners

23. Objective 2:
Use Your Data to Advocate for Your Program!
Share Your Plan
with the
Stakeholders in
Your School
Community!
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Empowering Learners

24. “Library Advocacy” definition
• The establishment of a base of grassroot
supporters who are educated about your library
and its needs that reach beyond the walls of the
library into the local, state and national
community.
Ibach, Mark. "Advocavy Defined." South Central Library System. South Central Library System.
Madison, WI. Web. 5 Aug. 2010. <http://www.scls.info/pr/advocacy/definition.html>.
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Empowering Learners

25. Key to Successful Advocacy
• Be polite, be prepared, and be persistent.
• Educate early -- if you wait until an issue arises it may be too late to garner
the necessary support.
• Make it part of your culture, and work at it daily. Every staff member needs
to be involved.
• Ensure your library is visible in the community.
• Don’t stop doing advocacy because the answer to your request is no. It often
takes time to get the desired results!
• Be sure to say thank you, even if you don't get the answer or support you
seek.
Ibach, Mark. "Advocavy Defined." South Central Library System. South Central Library System.
Madison, WI. Web. 5 Aug. 2010. <http://www.scls.info/pr/advocacy/definition.html>.
A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners

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A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners
Questions? Please type any questions in the
Chat box.
Follow-up User Chat:
September 22 | 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. CDT.

28. Online Learning Series
How the assessment rubric informs your planning process
September 15, 2010 | 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. CDT
Online Chat Hosts: Donna Shannon, Jody Howard
The planning process and getting your school community involved
September 22, 2010 | 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. CDT
Online Chat Host: Hilda Weisburg
A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners tutorial
September 29, 2010 | 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. CDT
Online Chat Host: Rebecca Jackman
Visit the AASL Web site to see a complete session listing and to register.
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29. A Planning Guide for
Empowering Learners

30. 14 Institutes offered
July 2010 – April 2011
Visit the AASL website for
application details and
deadlines.
www.ala.org/aasl/licensedinstitutes

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