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3. Purpose • LMST will review and share the PLN Wikiwith their R&E Teams • LMSTwill discuss a variety of professional articles to provide an overview of our connections to Common Core • LMSTwill participate in group discussions and consider how the professional articles relate to their own library • LMSTwill write and post their Mission Statement to their PLN Wiki

4. Introductions

5. Roles: Professional Development/Curriculum Development • Curriculum • Launching Pad • PGCPS Google Site • Crosswalk Document • Professional Development • Wiki • Personal Learning Networks

6. Staffing Has Been Cut… Now What Do You Do?by Kristin Fontichiaro • Take the lead, create a vision • Keep personal frustrations offline • Take the lead in restructuring • How can we restructure and create a vision to keep growing as professionals in our schools?

7. Where Does Your Authority Come From?Empowering the Library Media Specialist as a True Partner in Student Achievement by Allison Zmuda • Authority comes from achievement gaps at your school. • View each point of contact with a teacher as a collaborative opportunity. • Collection, analysis, and reflection of achievement data is part of your work. • How can we connect our purpose to student achievement in our schools today?

8. Common Core and School Librarians: An Interview with Joyce Karon by Pamela K. Kramer • Reading is at the core. • Increasingly complex text • We need to be the gurus of Common Core – connecting to all disciplines • Share an “Ah-Ha!” from this article

9. Common Core and School Librarians: An Interview with Joyce Karon by Pamela K. Kramer Seven key points of CCR: • Demonstrate independence • Strong content knowledge • Respond to demands of audience • Task, purpose, discipline • Comprehend and Critique • Value evidence • Use technology and digital media strategically • Understand other perspectives and cultures

10. Common Core and School Librarians: An Interview with Joyce Karon by Pamela K. Kramer "Librarians need to be the gurus of CCS. They need to know the CCS inside out. These standards are interdisciplinary, and it is school librarians who can help teachers make connections among courses. It seems to me that the role of school librarians, more than ever, is one of leader, designer, and educator.” Joyce Karon Take the Lead

11. All Aboard!: Implementing Common Core offers school librarians an opportunity to take the leadby Rebecca Hill • “The Common Core standards are English/Language Arts standards with our 21st Century standards tacked on.” Marcia Mardis, Florida State University School of Library and Information Studies • Students expected to read 40% literary and 55% informational texts by 8th grade. By senior year, 30% literary and 70% nonfiction • What are our strengths and how can we lead with them?

12. What to do? • Become the local expert • Rethink your collection • Highlight what you have • Ask for help – your library is the new textbook • Work together

13. Planning ahead or again • “Reading is a window to the world. • Inquiry provides a framework for learning. • Ethical behavior in the use of information must be taught. • Technology skills are crucial for future employment needs. • Equitable access is a key component for education. • The definition of information literacy has become more complex as resources and technologies have changed. • The continuing expansion of information demands that all individuals acquire the thinking skills that will enable them to learn on their own. • Learning has a social context. • School libraries are essential to the development of learning skills” (2007, 2-3).

14. Planning ahead or again • What do you see as the emerging priorities in education in your school? • What role does your library program play in supporting these priorities? • What is the program’s most important function? • What do you want to change, add, support, or maintain?

15. Create Your Mission Statement and Post • Why? • Goals, values, what you want to accomplish…. • Helps you achieve more • Focus • Synthesizes who you are • Decisions are easier • Holds you accountable

16. Your Mission at Your R &E Meetings • Share the new sites: • Landing Pad for Curriculum & Professional Development • https://sites.google.com/a/pgcps.org/librarymediacurriculum/ • Professional Development Wiki – Personal Learning Networks (PLN) • http://lms-professional-development.wikispaces.com/Library+Leadership • Review the Readings • Write and post your Mission Statements to the Wiki • Read and Discuss: “Common Core Thrusts Librarians Into Leadership Role” • Elevator Speech • Attendance – Elluminate!

17. What’s Next? • Curriculum Connections • K-2 • 3-5 • 9-10 and 11-12 • English Language Arts • Elluminate!

18. Next Meeting • AASL Planning Guide • Crosswalks • Your Feedback • Curriculum • Technology Connections • 30-Minute ES Classes

19. Credits Images • Smiley Face: http://www.valenciaray.com, September 13, 2012 • Hello Tag: http://images.wikia.com, September 13, 2012 • Office Stress: http://blog.ascentis.com, September 13, 2012 • How Can I Help? http://www.giveforward.com, September 13, 2012 • Backstage: http://backstageat.com, September 13, 2012 • Duck: kellycroy.wordpress.com, September 13, 2012 • Common Core: www.pearson.com, September 13, 2012 • Common Core boat: www.aasl.org, September 13, 2012 • Mission Possible: www.socialsteve.wordpress.com , September 13, 2012 • AASL logo: www.aasl.org, September 13, 2012