Chequamegon Library Plan

Personalized Professional Learning

Leads professional learning to cultivate broader understanding of the skills that comprise success in a digital age - critical thinking, information literacy, digital citizenship, and technology. 

What we are doing:

Our library provides professional learning experiences for our district staff through:

• Individually working with staff to promote the use of technology in the classroom to enhance student experiences and growth.

• Providing professional learning materials for staff professional development through books, articles and video recordings.

• Creating and distributing tutorials, offering suggestions, and providing guidance when the district adds new educational materials and tools for staff and students to use.

District Librarian continues learning professionally by:

• Attending CESA training and meetings to collaborate with area librarians to enhance library program and staff training.

• Attending WEMTA (Wisconsin Educational Media & Technology Association), Google Summit, and SLATE (School Leaders Advocating Technology in Education) conferences.

• Attending virtual and in person meetings with other librarians from around the state to discover new information about library services.

• Serving as a board memberto state organizations: WSDLC and WiLS.

• Serving CESA librarian support for other school districts.

• Member of the the WI DPI - ITL Standard revision group Spring of 2024 to Fall of 2025.

Robust Infrastructure

Provides and advocates for equitable access to connectivity, digital devices, information, resources, programming, and services in support of the district’s strategic vision.

What are we doing:

Continuing to lead in providing the most up to date digital technology tools in our district:

• Providing one to one devices technology access for all 4K-12 students.

• Rotation for updating devices throughout the district to ensure students and staff have the most up to date devices.

• Providing computers in the library are available to ensure all students have access to a physical computer with printing capabilities.

• Analytics are used to improve the stability of the infrastructure.

• 24/7 monitoring with alerts sent directly to IT staff and administration.

• Content filtering for all devices on and off school grounds.

• Additional personnel for the IT department.

Budget & Resources

The library looks at many factors when curating resources for the library to ensure a diverse collection of both physical and digital resources. Teacher and student requests as well as curriculum needs drive the focus of our content. Quality resources are purchased with a view of the longevity. Our library receives money through Common School Funds.  The budget averages $47,000 annually.

Here is a simple breakdown of how the budget is allocated:

• 55 %  of the budget is spent on printed books and professional materials that can be checked out by students,  staff, and community members.

• 40%  is spent on databases to provide students and staff 24/7 access to information whether at school or at home.

• 3% of the budget is spent on library hosting and inventory software.

• > 2 % of the budget is spent on items that support library curriculum, whether digital or hardcopy.

Data & Privacy

Teaches and promotes student data privacy through instruction and role as an educational leader. The librarian helps develop best practices, professional development, and policies which not only meet legal standards but ensure student and family choice in privacy decision- making.

What we are doing:

• Working closely with the IT department to ensure student data and privacy are monitored.

• Continuing Digital Citizenship instruction so students of our district know the difference between personal and private information and how to secure their information online.

• Reinforcing the importance of being a smart digital citizen throughout the school year to students and staff by providing examples and reminders.

• Monitoring and updating, as needed, all district policies that focus on district data and privacy.

Use of Space & Time

Future ready spaces are designed to empower learners and  create active learning, not demand compliance or passive experiences. Libraries provide flexible spaces that promote inquiry, creativity, collaboration and community.

What we are doing:

• Ensuring an accessible and welcoming atmosphere with staff that are approachable and helpful.

• Providing more comfortable and adjustable furniture.

• Designing spaces for students to explore, design, and create, rather than just consume information passively.

• Creating a schedule that allows staff and students that promotes usage of the facility at all times.

Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment

Encourages and facilitates students to become increasingly self-directed as they create digital products of their learning that engage them in critical thinking, collaboration and authentic, real-world problem solving.

What we are doing:

• Providing a curriculum that includes library skills, digital citizenship, and computer literacy grades 4K - 8th grade.

• Continuing to support standards that refer to the library curriculum from within the Information & Technology Literacy Standards.

• Collaborating with the guidance counselors to support skills within the Digital Citizenship curriculum.

• Providing device access to students 4K  -  5th grade to support computer literacy and skill instruction.

• Monitor curriculum instruction for each elementary grade level to modify instruction for the following year.