No school library left behind : leadership, school improvement, and the media specialist

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Information & Library Science Library

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Z675.S3 H269 2008
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Available

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Summary

Collaborate with teachers, administrators, students, and parents to become the leading force in your school's improvement plan.

* Learn to create a library media program that is crucial to increasing information literacy, while meeting academic standards
*Prove the essential value library media specialists add to student achievement and to their schools

Here is a must-have tool for every school library media specialist who wants to prove the direct correlation between effective library media programs and student achievement. Library media specialists can learn to become leaders in the school by creating dynamic programs that students need, administrator's support, and teachers rely upon. Learn how to align the library media program with the school improvement process so that teachers, parents, and students will fight to maintain the valuable library program and the essential media specialist.

Contents

  • Table of Figures p. vi
  • About the Author p. vii
  • Acknowledgments p. viii
  • Introduction p. ix
  • Chapter 1 School Improvement p. 1
  • Definition p. 1
  • Implementing School Improvement p. 5
  • Professional Learning Communities p. 5
  • Why Do Library Media Specialists Need to Be Involved? p. 6
  • Focus on Assessment p. 7
  • Accreditation p. 8
  • Reflection p. 10
  • Professional Resources p. 10
  • Web Resources p. 11
  • Chapter 2 The Leadership Role of the Library Media Specialist p. 13
  • School Improvement Snapshot p. 13
  • Be a Leader p. 15
  • Leadership Roles in School p. 16
  • Curriculum p. 16
  • Collaboration Tips for Standard p. 16
  • Resource Provider p. 17
  • Technology Leadership p. 17
  • Special Interest Groups p. 19
  • School Improvement Plan p. 19
  • Dissecting the Plan p. 19
  • Following the Plan p. 20
  • School Improvement Committee p. 21
  • Data Collection and Analysis p. 21
  • Technology Integration p. 22
  • Professional Development p. 22
  • Reflection p. 23
  • Professional Resources p. 23
  • Chapter 3 Literacy p. 25
  • School Improvement Snapshot p. 25
  • Definition p. 27
  • Alphabetics p. 27
  • Fluency p. 27
  • Comprehension p. 28
  • Free Voluntary Reading p. 28
  • Writing p. 29
  • Instruction p. 29
  • Know the School's Reading Philosophy p. 31
  • Gathering Information p. 33
  • Love of Reading p. 33
  • Adolescent Literacy p. 34
  • Collaboration p. 35
  • Writing p. 35
  • Special Interest Groups p. 35
  • Strategies p. 36
  • Alphabetics: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics p. 36
  • Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Bibliography p. 37
  • Fluency p. 37
  • Fluency Bibliography p. 39
  • Comprehension: Vocabulary Instruction p. 40
  • Comprehension: Vocabulary Instruction Bibliography p. 41
  • Comprehension: Text Comprehension p. 42
  • Comprehension: Text Comprehension Bibliography p. 43
  • Free Voluntary Reading p. 43
  • Adolescent Reading p. 44
  • Writing p. 45
  • Writing Bibliography p. 46
  • Research Process p. 47
  • Copyright and Plagiarism p. 48
  • Collection Development p. 48
  • Leveled Texts p. 52
  • Reflection p. 53
  • Professional Resources p. 54
  • Web Resources p. 53
  • Chapter 4 Mathematics p. 57
  • School Improvement Snapshot p. 57
  • Definition p. 58
  • Number Sense p. 58
  • Computation p. 58
  • Algebra p. 58
  • Geometry p. 59
  • Measurement p. 59
  • Data Analysis p. 59
  • Problem Solving p. 59
  • Trigonometry or Calculus p. 59
  • Instruction p. 59
  • Match Maker p. 59
  • Special Interest Groups p. 60
  • Strategies p. 60
  • Number Sense p. 60
  • Number Sense Bibliography p. 61
  • Computation p. 61
  • Computation Bibliography p. 62
  • Algebra p. 63
  • Algebra Bibliography p. 63
  • Geometry p. 64
  • Geometry Bibliography p. 64
  • Measurement p. 65
  • Measurement Bibliography p. 66
  • Data Analysis p. 67
  • Data Analysis Bibliography p. 67
  • Problem Solving p. 68
  • Problem Solving Bibliography p. 68
  • Trigonometry or Calculus p. 69
  • Trigonometry or Calculus Bibliography p. 69
  • Collection Development p. 69
  • Reflection p. 70
  • Professional Resources p. 70
  • Web Resources p. 71
  • Chapter 5 Technology Integration p. 73
  • School Improvement Snapshot p. 73
  • Definition p. 74
  • Instruction p. 74
  • Strategies p. 75
  • Managing School Improvement p. 75
  • Ethics p. 76
  • Collection Development p. 76
  • Reflection p. 76
  • Professional Resourced p. 77
  • Web Resources p. 77
  • Chapter 6 Data Collection p. 79
  • School Improvement Snapshot p. 79
  • Library Media Specialist Role in Helping Collect Data p. 80
  • Reports p. 81
  • Collecting Library Media Center Data p. 81
  • Reflection p. 84
  • Professional Resources p. 84
  • Web Resources p. 86
  • Chapter 7 Professional Development p. 87
  • School Improvement Snapshot p. 87
  • Definition p. 88
  • Instruction p. 89
  • Strategies p. 91
  • Collection Development p. 92
  • Reflection p. 93
  • Professional Resources p. 93
  • Web Resources p. 93
  • Chapter 8 Beyond the School p. 95
  • School Improvement Snapshot p. 95
  • Parent Involvement p. 96
  • Family Night p. 96
  • Library Media Center Web page p. 97
  • Parent Collection p. 97
  • Funding p. 97
  • Reading First p. 97
  • Improving Literacy Through School Libraries p. 98
  • Other Grants p. 98
  • Reflection p. 98
  • Professional Resources p. 99
  • Web Resources p. 99
  • Appendix A Staff Survey of Impact p. 100
  • Appendix B Student Surveys p. 103
  • Appendix C Collaboration Log p. 105
  • Index p. 106
  • Table of Figure
  • Figure 1.1 State Department of Education Web sites p. 4
  • Figure 1.2 Accreditation Organizations p. 9
  • Figure 1.3 Connecting LMP to School Improvement Goals p. 10
  • Figure 3.1 Resources for Readers Theatre p. 38
  • Figure 3.2 Collection Development Resources p. 49
  • Figure 3.3 Leveled Library Guide p. 50
  • Figure 6.1 Data Collection Guide p. 85
  • Figure 7.1 Professional Blogs and Wikis p. 91

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