Library Information

Library Expectations

Goals & Objectives

Goal 1: School librarian collaborates with teachers, administrators, and others to ensure that a variety of resources is available for patrons to support learning and 21st century skills.

Objectives:

• Students work collaboratively with one another and provide evidence of their new thinking and learning.

• Encourage use of the Media Center to new teachers and those teachers who traditionally do not make use of the Media Center and its resources.

Goal 2: The school librarian integrates 21st century skills of the North Dakota Academic Standards (i.e., critical thinking, invention, information literacy, digital citizenship) with curriculum content.

Objectives:

• Students demonstrate mastery of 21st century learning skills, and their new thinking and learning is obvious to school and parent community.

• Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively use online resources, and knowledge of the internet, including online safety.

Goal 3: Promotes reading in traditional and innovative ways such as social media, digital media and print. Encouraging students to develop an appreciation for reading and lifelong learning.

Objectives:

• Students share their reading interests through a variety of media and discussion.

• Order new titles and book talk to the appropriate grades.

• Encourage activities that promote a love of reading

Goal 4: The school library is user-friendly, with easy access to resources and technology for a diverse group of learners. The school library space is open, warm, and encourages users to want to be there.

Objectives:

• Students are eager to use the library for a variety of learning activities.

• Students actively seek out going to the library to do research/relax and read.

Goal 5: Provide materials and services which meet the information and recreational needs of the learning community.

Objective:

• The school librarian works with teachers to ensure that the 21st century skills are meaningfully incorporated into lesson content.

Goal 6: The school librarian, in conjunction with the classroom teachers, should develop consistent means of assessing how well students are acquiring essential research and 21st century skills through the use of formative or summative assessments such as rubrics, checklists, and journaling.

Objectives:

• The school librarian helps analyze student achievement data and collaborates with teachers to create authentic assessments that include the 21st century skills of the North Dakota Academic Standards.

• Students provide input in the creation of their assessments.