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"We expect hard work, risk taking, and continuous growth."
"We expect hard work, risk taking, and continuous growth."
- DASD Culture Statement
- DASD Culture Statement
As teacher leaders, library media specialists are often called upon to deliver professional learning for other staff. Necessarily, LMS's must be lifelong learners themselves, using research-based and vetted information to foster and share new learning in literacy, technology, and curricular topics.
Ongoing Focus: Meeting Staff Needs
Ongoing Focus: Meeting Staff Needs
DASD Values that align with this focus:
DASD Values that align with this focus:
Vision - The DeForest Area School District is committed to a culture that honors knowledge, respects individuals, demands excellence, fosters life-long learning, and supports relationships that strengthen individuals, families and community.
Belief Statement: Learning Process - We believe a commitment to continuous improvement and personal and organizational accountability are essential to the educational process.
Our Culture - We expect hard work, risk taking and continuous growth.
Current Practices
Current Practices
Facilitate New Teacher Inservice
Provide one-on-one professional development with staff on an as-needed basis
Attend professional learning beyond the district and share with the LMS team
Maintain memberships with professional library organizations; including CCBC
Opportunities for Growth
Opportunities for Growth
Leverage educational technology for use in the classroom in collaboration with the technology department
Dedicate time to develop, provide, and integrate professional learning with staff
Establish and nurture direct connections between LMS professional learning, teacher professional learning and student learning
Have a supply of consistent provision of subs and scheduling so we have access to attend Professional Development, Networking, and collaboration with other districts. For example: attending CESA 2 meetings as a whole department
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