School District 773

Assessment of School Library Program

Presentation to School Board and District Administrators
March 17, 2015
Mitch Berman
Natasha Crespo
Teresa Espinoza
Sue Gage

Learning Environment
-Linking for Learning: The Illinois School Library Media

Program Guidelines

-Focus on following guidelines:

#1 LMC provides physical and virtual space - access to resources for all
learners.
#2 LMC provides physical and virtual resources selected for their merits of
enhancing the learning environment.
#4 LMC respects professional ethics, intellectual freedom and responsible
use of information.
#5 School librarians participate as members of schools instructional staff,
collaborating with classroom teachers to improve student learning.

Learning Environment
-Physical space of the library (guideline #1)
-Academic resources (guidelines #2, #4)
-Technological initiatives/support (guidelines #1, #2, #5)
1:1 Chromebooks
-Programming (guidelines #1, #2, #4, #5)
Teen Read Week
The Breakfast Club
Teen Tech Week

Library
Design
-Two Levels
-Variety of
amenities in the
library
-Arrangement of
seating
-Learning
atmosphere.

First
Floor
-Nonfiction Collection
-Fiction Collection
-Circulation Space
-Seating includes:
-Couches
-Chairs
-Tables
-Study Carrols

Second
Floor

-Chromebook support
group office
-Desktop
computers/laptops
-Bookstore
-More tables plus
hightop tables and
chairs with cell phone
connectors
-Two study rooms

Academic Resources
-The LMC provides research instruction: including research
skills development, web searching, and finding legitimate
web sources.
-Librarian also acts as a resource to help students cite
their work correctly and help them with bibliographies.
-Librarian also acts as a paper proofreader to check
grammar and proper writing structure.
-Librarian also hosts booktalks for reading workshop
assignments from English classes.

1:1 Learning Devices

Uses technology to increase student learning

Chromebooks
all web-based apps
$75-100 technology fee per student similar to
textbook fee
Equitable & efficient access to information for ALL

Collaborative learning environment & empowered students

HS pilot program for freshmen 2014-2015

HS full implementation planned school-wide 2015-2016

Preparations for 1:1

Chromebook Institute
instructional technology
training for faculty
Librarians also taught pilot
students use of Google apps
Setup of Chrome Studio
support desk within LMC

1:1 Within the Library Program

Freshmen World Government students
Research lesson conducted within LMC about
a topic
Librarian-created scavenger hunt sheet
Students find answers using
Chromebooks
Library resources & materials

Teen Read Week 2014:Turning

Dreams into Reality
The Game of Life

Book Spine Poetry

Make your own

Dreamcatcher

Movies at the Library

Annual Holiday Library Decorating

The Breakfast Club

Teen Tech Week

Robotics
During the year we acquired three
Exofabulatronixx 5200 Kits
We made these kits available to students in the
makers space.
To introduce the kits we had several advertised
sessions about teaching our students to build
robots.
These sessions lasted 30 minutes and were
offered during lunch hours and after school.

How it works

The brain box contains

numbered input and output
sensors that control
movement.

The Bluetooth
side connects
with the
students phone.

How to make the robot move

What did our students learn?

Adapting an unfamiliar program to a mobile device

Creativity
Collaboration
Electromagnetic circuitry
Coding (scratch and C)
Self-motivated learning
Evaluation and analysis of different resources

Website building
After school tutorials were offered to help
student learn to build websites.
Students were shown the ease of content
management sites.
Students were also shown that capabilities of
coding with a markup language (ex., HTML, Java,
CSS).
Links to the finished websites were added to the
library website as long as students keep them
updated weekly and comply with school content
rules.

What our students learned?

Coding in markup languages

Design
Planning
Research and evaluation
Cross-platform design
Content management
File transfer protocols
Hosting platforms

LMC Provides...
- Flexible and equitable access to resources for all learners
- Prudent allocation of resources based on strategic planning
and research
- A space that is inviting and student-centered
- Programming that fits student schedules, including before
and after school
- Collaboration with teachers and administrators
- Learning that goes well beyond the library walls

Resources

Illinois School Library Media Association. (2010). Linking for Learning. 3rd
edition. Canton, IL: ISLMA.
1:1 Technology
One-to-One-Learning. (2015, March 7). Retrieved March 7, 2015, from
http://www.csd99.org/one-to-one-learning/
Leading Edge Learning. (2015, March 7). Retrieved March 7, 2015,
from http://www.lakeforestschools.org/lfhs/aboutlfhs/leading_edge_learning/index.aspx
Teen Read Week
http://www.lakeforestschools.org/lfhs/resources/library/index.aspx
Teen Tech Week
Nix, L. (2015, March 8). 2015 TEEN TECH WEEK GRANT WINNER LANA NIX. Retrieved March 8, 2015, from
http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2015/03/08/2015-teen-tech-week-grantwinner-lana-nix/#more-28975

Resources continued

Webpage school building image

Burns, G. (2015, January 9). Wayne State University business school
says move to new Red Wings development district possible. Retrieved
March 8, 2015, from
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2015/01/wayne_state_u
niversity_busines.html
Robotics
Exofabulatronixx 5200 Kit. (2015, January 1). Retrieved March 8, 2015,
from http://www.robotshop.com/en/exofabulatronixx-5200-kit.html
Modular Robotics. (2012). Retrieved March 8, 2015, from
https://www.modrobotics.com/moss/moss-brain-instructions/