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Literacy
Inspires and supports the reading lives of both students and teachers
Creates inclusive collections that acknowledge and celebrate diverse experiences and provide instructional opportunities to empower learners as effective users and creators of information and ideas.
Current Practices:
Provide a variety of reading levels at every school.
All libraries have a diverse collection that is added to regularly
All of the libraries create resource lists for students and staff
All libraries have an ebook / audiobook platform (Overdrive, Follett Shelf, MackinVia, etc.)
Collaborate with teachers to select book room books
Promote books through displays
Provide flexibility and variety in the library collection:
Multiple formats of reading materials--print books, eBooks (own & consortium), audiobooks (playaway, wonderbooks, digital, cd), online databases and e-edition newspapers
Multiple devices--Chromebook, iPads, headphones, cameras, DVD's, and tech equipment
Various fiction genres, narrative non-fiction, informational non-fiction, graphic novels, local materials, reference, magazines, newspapers, and journal articles
The Hortonville High School and Middle School library media centers has a vast collection of books that match student interests and computers available for student to work on assignments and research topics
Have done author visits either in person or online in the past
Some of our schools have Free Little Libraries
Possible Areas for Growth:
Collaborate with curriculum director, literacy coaches and teachers using the Benchmark Advance curriculum to see where the library can support the curriculum
Look into books about self help for the middle and high schools.
Do more author visits either in person or online
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