how i developed ireland

13-04-23 João Paulo Proença - [email protected] 1

How I developed my How I developed my school library” school library” (?)(?)

•The Grandslam way?The Grandslam way?5th -10th November 2007

Ennis, Ireland


Before starting…Before starting…

I’m touched to be again in Ireland…

- Nice dungeons

- Nice proverbs…


Before starting…Before starting…

Who am I?


Where I come fromWhere I come from


The Portuguese School The Portuguese School Library NetLibrary Net1.Since 1996 ( 11th anniversary)

2.1800 (30%) Schools supported

3. 65% of the students supportedMore information, in English: www.rbe.min-edu.pt


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e-mail: [email protected] WEB: www.eb123-charneca-caparica.rcts.pt

EBI da Charneca de CaparicaEBI da Charneca de Caparicainaugurated in the school year of 1993/1994inaugurated in the school year of 1993/1994


EBI da Charneca de CaparicaEBI da Charneca de Caparica

• Basic school - compulsory education with• Students aged 6 to 16

• 3 cycles: 1st cycle (4 years)

2nd cycle (2 years)

3rd cycle (3years)

inaugurated in the school year of 1993/1994inaugurated in the school year of 1993/1994


THE SL/LC LOROSAETHE SL/LC LOROSAE THE SL/LC LOROSAETHE SL/LC LOROSAE

http://crelorosae.no.sapo.pt


THE SL/LC LOROSAE THE SL/LC LOROSAE THE SL/LC LOROSAE THE SL/LC LOROSAE

SL/LC is an important part of our School and all students, teachers and staff may use its facilities.

SL/LC develops its activities according to the UNESCO SCHOOL LIBRARY MANIFESTO and is integrated in the Portuguese National Library Net and in the Municipality Library Net.

The Learning Centre was named LOROSAE as a tribute to East Timor people and means rising sun


Our starting point…Our starting point…Our starting point…Our starting point…

In September 2002, I became the new SL/LC coordinator.

I’ve some facts…

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SL/LC in September 2002

Number of students:

650 (aprox.)



I’ve some facts…

I have a TEAM working with me


SL/LC StaffSL/LC StaffSL/LC StaffSL/LC Staff

A Team of different areas support the activities of the Learning Centre

These teachers have as main tasks:

•support the students that use the centre,

•answer to their questions,

•give suggestions and inform them about the centre learning facilities.

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SL/LC SL/LC

The coordination TeamThe coordination Team

SL/LC SL/LC

The coordination TeamThe coordination Team

I’ve a Team of 4 teachers working more closely with me…

We’ve weekly meetings where we:

- Organized the SL activities according a plan of action

- Evaluated our work according with the main goals of the SL

- …



And about…

Ideas ?


The role of SL/LC in my The role of SL/LC in my SchoolSchool

The Learning Centre has had an important role in the learning process, promoting:

•Readging and Information literacies

•The use of ICT

• the aquisition of reading habits

• research skills

essential tools for

a long-life learning.


SCHOOL CHALLENGES IN A CHANGING SCHOOL CHALLENGES IN A CHANGING SOCIETYSOCIETY

The meaning of a Long-life learningThe meaning of a Long-life learning

It’s very important making students understand:It’s very important making students understand:

Learning is more than learning by listening to information produced by Learning is more than learning by listening to information produced by others.others.

Learning also means the ability to access to Learning also means the ability to access to information and deal with it.information and deal with it.

Why and what the knowledge of the different subjects is useful for.Why and what the knowledge of the different subjects is useful for.


HOW DO WE TRY TO FACE THIS HOW DO WE TRY TO FACE THIS CHALLENGE, SINCE CHALLENGE, SINCE 19961996??

Trying a different school organization:

Making different evaluation documents (centred in the students’ skills)

Searching new learning styles – promoting abilities

Improving teachers’ cooperative work in the organization of students’ learning processs


AT THE CURRICULARAT THE CURRICULAR

DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT

AT THE CLASS AT THE CLASS

COUNCILCOUNCIL

WORK ORGANIZATIONWORK ORGANIZATION

Improving

teachers’

cooperative work

Looking at the syllabus according to the skills referred in the national curriculuml

Building a class curricular

project


SCHOOL CHALLENGES IN A CHANGING SOCIETYSCHOOL CHALLENGES IN A CHANGING SOCIETY

WHAT STRATEGIES FOR THIS WHAT STRATEGIES FOR THIS CHANGE? CHANGE?

Promoting a new curricular approach

Promoting directed training for students, teachers and other school staff to use all the Learning Centre facilities

Using the Learning Centre as a real learning centre for students and teachers

Bringing new learning spaces to the students’ timetables

Motivating a higher cooperation among the class teachers’ team



And about…

Ideas ?

The GrandSlam Project


The The GrandSlam projectGrandSlam project and the development and the development of the SL/LC Lorosaeof the SL/LC Lorosae

During three years we’ve learned/shared lots of very important ideas during our meetings/conferences/informal talks:

• The SL is an idea, not a space. All school could/should be a SL/LC

• If the SL closed one day, what would change at school?

• The SL did not happen by chance

• The resources are important , but more important is what you do with them



During three years we’ve learned/shared lots of very important ideas during our meetings/conferences/informal talks:

• Transforming information into knowledge is the main goal of the SL

• We are facing the same challenges in all Europe, concerning Education and the place of the SL at School

• In all Europe we are trying to promote reading habits (reading for fun/pleasure)

• The SL Development The School Development


School Library

Printed based materials

Multimedia Centre

Print Multimedia

CD-DVDAudio visual

ICT

GrandSLAM

Learning and Information

Center

focus on eLearningIndependent LearningSupported self studyNew learning stylesLifelong Learning

The progression from School Library to Learning and Information Centre

A conceptual change incorporating changes in learning style and promoting the development of lifelong learning skils



SL/LC and GRANDSLAM SL/LC and GRANDSLAM PROJECTPROJECT

SL/LC has developed a lot of activities in accordance with GrandSlam main aims

and a SL/LC Plan of action:


SL/LC ACTIVITIES 2003-2006SL/LC ACTIVITIES 2003-2006


SL/LC support to curricular SL/LC support to curricular and extra curricular activitiesand extra curricular activities

Statistics show SL/LC important role to achieve two main School Project and SL/LC targets:

Put the students in touch with new technologies, using ICT in their learning as a condition to get success in a changing society

Reading pleasure- How to succeed?


SL/LC ATTENDANCE IN THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL YEARS

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ICT ROOM/ROOMS ATTENDANCE IN THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL YEARS

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Number of students:

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ICT ROOM/ROOMS ATTENDANCE IN THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL YEARS


LOANS (HOME REQUISITIONS) IN THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL YEARS

school years

Loans - all school

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HOME REQUISITIONS – 2nd and 3rd cycles

Loans 2nd and 3rd Cycles

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PRINTED DOCUMENTS

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Last News:Last News:

It means that we can organize our school in some fields in a different way trying to promote the students’ success.

It was the end of a evaluating process of my school in which the SL was also included.

Last September my school and more nineteen schools (in a total of 7000 schools) signed the first “autonomy contracts” in my country.


The Grandslam way?The Grandslam way?

Until now, I’ve been in touch with hundreds of teachers in a training context.

You must be sure that some of the best Grandslam ideas have been disseminated

One of the reasons for being invited to work in the Portuguese School Library Net in 2006 was the success of the Grandsalm project.


The Grandslam way?The Grandslam way?


A poem A poem

The DREAMFor the dream is that we go,Touched and in silenceWe will arrive? We wont arrive?It has or hasn’t fruits, For the dream it is that we go

It is enough the faith we have. It is enough the hope in that we wont perhaps have. It is enough that we offer the soul with the same joy, to that it is of day-by-day.

We will arrive? We will do not arrive?

We leave. We go. We are.

Sebastião da Gama

O SONHOPelo sonho é que vamos,Comovidos e mudos.Chegamos? Não chegamos?Haja ou não frutos,Pelo Sonho é que vamos.

Basta a fé no que temos.Basta a esperança naquiloQue talvez não teremos.Basta que a alma demos,Com a mesma alegria, ao que é do dia-a-dia.

Chegamos? Não chegamos?

-Partimos. Vamos. Somos.

Sebastião da Gama


•How did How did WEWE develop develop my school library” my school library”

Let’s return to the beginningLet’s return to the beginning

More information (in English) can be found at the web page of the CRE Lorosae SL/LC:

http://crelorosae.no.sapo.pt

how i developed ireland

Education

longlife learning learning

centre learning facilities

learning centre facilities

learning process

real learning centre

sllc lorosae school

school challenges

school staff