1. Library Assessment Presentation
to the School Board
COLLABORATIVE PROJECT:
ANTI-BULLYING PSAS

2. DISTRICT 90
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
OCTOBER 22, 2013
Roosevelt Middle School
River Forest, Illinois
Ms. Sam Crotty, School Library Media Specialist
Ms. Lindsay Zucker, 7th Grade Language Arts Teacher
Mrs. Kim Kanofsky, 7th Grade Language Arts Teacher

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WHAT CAN THE LIBRARY DO
TO HELP?
Bullying issue in school
o PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center
o District Sponsored - Social Emotional Learning
Curriculum
LA teachers collaborate with librarian on research to
inform students about bullying
Meaningful learning experience
o writing
o presenting

4. CONNECTION OF LIBRARY STANDARDS
(AASL) TO COMMON CORE
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The Common Core standards - “Production” and
the “Distribution of Writing”.
Focus on “technology, including the internet, to
produce and publish writing and to interact and
collaborate with others”
Students researched different types of bullying,
wrote a script, and filmed their PSAs.

5. CONNECTION OF LIBRARY STANDARDS
(AASL) TO COMMON CORE, CONT.
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Corresponding AASL standard states that the writing
process, media and visual literacy, as well as
technology skills must be utilized to create products
that express new understandings.
Anti-Bullying PSA project assists students in using
technology and media, critical thinking, writing,
performing, cooperation, and more

6. SLMP PROMOTES COLLABORATION
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Strategic planning
o Met with librarian to design lessons for desired
outcomes
o Co-teaching method
o Selection of resources
o Assessment
Student achievement across content areas
o research
o writing
o speaking

7. SLMP PROMOTES COLLABORATION
• Information Literacy
o assess
o evaluate
o utilize
• Teaching for Learning Standard 2: Illinois
School Library Media Program Guidelines

8. SLMP PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES
● Librarian collaborated with L.A. teachers
○ embedded multiple literacies including digital, visual,
and technological literacy skills
○ developed differential strategies to address multiple
learning styles
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Access to Technology Tools
o equalized opportunity for all students
o visual, audio, and digital tools
 iPad
 Snagit

9. SLMP PRESENTS OPPORTUNITIES
● Interact with information
○ print materials
○ databases
○ PSA examples
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Assessment
o KWL Chart
o Log - Response to Intervention (RTI)
o Observation
o Rough Draft and Final Draft

10. An Example of our bullying PSA

11. Thank you for
your time.