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K-12 Library Media Curriculum Framework
Revised 2013
Cassandra Barnett
Arkansas Department of Education
Arkansas Department of Education, Curriculum & Instruction
Presentation Objectives
To review the framework revision process
To become familiar with the newly revised frameworks
To provide participants with resources
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Framework Revision Process
Comply with legislative and regulatory requirements
Obtain input from Arkansas Educators, appropriate experts & other
stakeholders
Ensure the Arkansas Library Media Framework is aligned with
Reflects current research in the field
Current national standards
Common Core State Standards
Ensure appropriate scaffolding & increased rigor
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Regulatory Requirements
Rules Governing Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas
Public Schools and School Districts
July 2009
16.0 STANDARD XI SUPPORT SERVICES
16.02.3
• The role of the library media center shall support technology as a tool for
learning.
• The media specialist(s) shall assist students in the development and use
of research skills.
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Regulatory Requirements
Rules Governing the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing,
Assessment and Accountability Program
And the Academic Distress Program
• Set clear academic standards periodically reviewed and revised
• Establish professional development standards
• Participate in the Common Core State Standards for ELA & Math
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Legislative Requirements
• Public School Library Media and Technology Act
Provide assistance, learning opportunities and instruction in information literacy, technologies and the use of the library.
Develop and implement a plan that ensures skills are taught in a logical sequence for K-12
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Obtaining Input
• Surveys
Library Media Specialists
Other Educators
Workforce
• Experts in the field
David Loertscher
Barbara Stripling
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Curriculum & Instruction
Surveys
• K-12 Educators
– 517 responses
• College/University Library Faculty
– 16 responses
• Arkansas Employers
– 36 responses
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K-12 Educator Survey
• Administrators
• Elementary teachers
• Elementary school librarians
• Middle school librarians
• Secondary teachers
• Secondary school librarians
• K-12 school librarians
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How very useful or useful were the 2007 LM Frameworks?
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• Planning daily instruction 80%
• Overview of progression & sequence of key ideas 85%
• Assessing student achievement 52%
How very useful or useful were the 2007 LM Frameworks?
• Meeting needs of all students 72%
• Achieving consistency/alignment with other grade level courses 73%
• Preparing students for 21st century living & working 73%
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How very useful or useful were the 2007 LM Frameworks?
• Necessary foundation for college-and-career readiness 72%
• Teacher flexibility/creativity in designing instruction 59%
• Preparation for life/work 73%
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Recommendations
• Align with Common Core
• Align with AASL’s National Standards for the 21st Century Learner
• Greater focus on technology- related skills, website evaluation & researching online
• Higher expectations of students
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Higher Education – incoming freshmen
16 responses
Vs.
Workforce – new employees
36 responses
Higher Education
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Recommendations
• Greater emphasis on information literacy instruction in high school
• Greater emphasis on digital literacy instruction in high school
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Workforce
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Recommendations
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• Build critical thinking and basic life skills
• Provide more opportunities for inquiry
• Focus on searching, evaluating & applying information
• Increase reading for life-long learning
What did the experts say?
• Dr. David Loertscher • Ph.D. from Indiana University
• The University of Arkansas, The University of Oklahoma, and now at San Jose State University
• Publisher--Libraries Unlimited, Hi Willow Research & Publishing (distributed by LMC Source at www.lmcsource.com)
• Past president American Association of School Librarians
• Dr. Barbara Stripling • Assistant Professor of Practice at Syracuse University
• Current president of ALA
• Past Director of Library Services at New York City Department of Education
• Director of Library Programs at New Visions for Public Schools, New York City
• Director of Instructional Services at Fayetteville (AR) Public Schools
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Loertscher’s Recommendations
1. Reading fluency in both fiction and informational texts, including complex texts and reading online
2. Developing the love of reading, writing, viewing, listening, critiquing, and discussion of many genres and formats
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Loertscher’s Recommendations
3. Inquiry in its broadest sense both in formal and informal learning
4. Digital citizenship
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Loertscher’s Recommendations
5. The creation and use of many forms of media such as video, audio, mashups, and augmented reality, as well as the creation of texts in a host of digital environments such as digital curation and storytelling
6. The successful use of Web 2.0 tools in ways that actually boost teaching and learning
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Loertscher’s Recommendations
7. Encouragement to use project-based learning, personalized learning, self-directed learning, game-based learning, badges, creativity, critical thinking, flip education and a host of other constructivist strategies as the main feature of the library/learning commons program
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Loertscher’s Recommendations
8. The building of personal expertise, cooperative group work, and collaborative
intelligence
9. The acceptance of BYOD in access to the highest quality of information and technology tools
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Loertscher’s Recommendations
10. The realization that children and teens are as much teacher as they are learner
11. The development by each young person of a personal learning environment
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Loertscher’s Recommendations
12. The encouragement of informal learning alongside formal learning
13. The need to fold social media skills over into academic skills
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Loertscher’s Recommendations
14. The enlargement of the concept of a library website into the concept of a virtual learning commons
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Stripling’s Recommendations
1. Broaden the Context of the Information World—go beyond print
• look at the skills required for accessing, evaluating, and using information presented in formats other than print
• Include how information on the Web is organized and accessed
• Address organization of information within a resource: skills of navigation and interpreting the organization of information
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Stripling’s Recommendations
2. Increase Emphasis on Student Critical Thinking, Creation and Production
• The Common Core emphasizes the critical thinking skills that are necessary for performing inquiry or pursuing thoughtful research: – Refining a topic, drawing
conclusions, and creating original ideas
• Application of critical thinking to produce – their own conclusions, lines
of argument, innovative solutions, and creative ideas
– presentations in multiple formats
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Stripling’s Recommendations
• Formative assessment should be integral to this curriculum framework
• A verb like “recognize” cannot be assessed as easily as “identify”
• Consider developing graphic organizers for priority benchmark skills
3. Include Attention to Assessment
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Stripling’s Recommendations
4. Redefine the Role of the Library in Reading and Literacy
• Reading has expanded to the concept of literacy
• Includes comprehension, fluency, analysis, interpretation, evaluation, multiple literacies, writing and producing, and the whole process of making meaning from text as it is presented in any format
• Connect the broader concept of literacy and the information skills that are integral to that concept
• Librarians have a prominent role in developing the dispositions and motivation for independent reading.
• Independent reading = Personal Growth
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Stripling’s Recommendations
5. Align the Arkansas Framework with the Skills of the Common Core
• Skills taught through the library are broader than the skills of the Common Core
• Are organized in an inquiry/library framework that is different from a literacy framework
• Research in the Common Core is actually inquiry, not finding and copying information.
• Some of the skills in the Common Core have not traditionally been a part of a library curriculum, but they could (and should) be incorporated (e.g., developing a line of argument).
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Framework Committee Tasks
Ensure the Arkansas Library Media Framework is aligned with
Reflects current research in the field
Current national standards
Common Core State Standards
Consider input from appropriate sources
Other state and national standards and CCSS
Implications of current research
Results of the educator and workforce surveys
Recommendations by experts
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Committee Composition
• 32 members 29 K-12 school librarians
2 college-level faculty
1 administrator
• All five ACTAAP regions represented
• All grade levels represented
• Urban, suburban and rural districts
• Experience working in school libraries - 3 to 41 years
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Revision Process
Committee met two weeks in June-July 2013
Reviewed the source documents
Four grade-level subcommittees K-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
Entire group critiqued final drafts
ADE staff members facilitated all tasks
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Revision Process
• ADE staff performed finishing tasks – Formatted all documents – Proofread all drafts for grammar, spelling, accuracy,
etc. – Cross-referenced drafts to ensure consistency
• State Board of Education adopted revised framework on March 20,2014
• Newly revised framework will be implemented starting in fall 2014
• Professional development will be provided during summer 2014
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Finding the Framework
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Resources for Implementing the Frameworks
• Hoorayforbooks Wiki
• AASL website
• Arkansas State Library website
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Curriculum & Instruction
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Source of complex texts
What’s Next?
• Train the trainers
• Workshops at Co-ops this summer
• Resources on the Hooray for Books wiki
• Session at ArASL Summer Workshop
• Pre-conference at ArLA
• Frameworks-in-Action
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Questions?
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Contact Information
Curriculum & Instruction 501-682-7442
Cassandra Barnett 501-682-6576 Program Advisor for School Libraries [email protected]
Dr. Tracy Tucker: 501-682- 7442 Director of Curriculum & Instruction [email protected]
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