Curates Resources & Tools: 

Leads in the selection, integration, organization, and sharing of resources and tools to support transformational teaching and learning and develops the curation skills of others. 

Current Practices

• Inform/share digital resources with teaching staff and students (Destiny Ebooks, BrainPop, etc)

• Curate digital resources for students on certain curriculum topics

• Annual “weeding” or review of best digital resources

• Advocate for and work with staff to integrate technology within content curriculums and across all grade levels

Builds Instructional Partnerships: 

Partners with educators to design and implement evidence-based curricula and assessments that integrate elements of deeper learning, critical thinking, information literacy, digital citizenship, creativity, innovation, and the active use of technology.

Current Practices

• District Library Media Specialists collaborate to bring continuity and consistency to library programming and curriculum K-12

• Model for teaching staff the use of digital tools

• Encouraging the use of technology

• Implementing collaboration strategies through staff meetings/trainings

• Supporting the use of technology for student discovery, research, and creation

• Support 4C’s

• The library assists teaching staff in finding the best resources available for teaching their curriculum and extending lessons. We are in constant communication of curriculum changes and work alongside teaching staff to secure the most current resources to benefit student learning. 

Empowers Students as Creators: 

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

Current Practices

• Use of Breakout.ed to promote critical thinking

• Media production studios-live announcements

• Using digital tools within classroom content to document learning

• Encouraging or modeling choice in learning

• Continue to build upon STEAM areas in LMC  with purpose back to literacy/creativity

• The library program strives to facilitate independent research, thoughtful information consumption and the creation of original and ethical digital products.  Carefully designed library/research lessons engage students in critical thinking, collaboration, and authentic real-world problem solving. 

Facilitates Professional Learning

Leads professional learning to cultivate broader understanding of the skills that comprise success in a digital age (e.g. critical thinking, information, literacy, digital citizenship, technology competencies, etc.)

Current Practices

• Provide quality trainings for teachers and staff around district 4C’s. Trainings are on a variety of topics and formats.

  • Breakfast Bytes

  • Digital Training Material

  • District in-service trainings

  • Apple Core

• Meet with collaborative teaching teams and individual teachers to support meaningful technology and curriculum integration

• Serve on building level guiding coalition teams to advocate for library programs and technology integration within building goals and initiatives.

• Attend and present professional development and learning opportunities locally, globally and nationally to share learning with colleagues. (WEMTA, NEW Library Network, SLATE, ISTE, WI Virtual Library Network) 

• Administer the Digital Literacy Survey with students and Apple Core Staff Survey and students each year to analyze Professional Development needs

• Create and adjust trainings to support district initiatives

Ensures Equitable Digital Access: 

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

Current Practices

• Support digital learning with a robust infrastucture with access points in every classroom.

• Students have a dedicated iPad to use within learning experiences as well as access to Chromebooks, PCs and Macbooks as needed.

• Access to a wide variety of hardware to support learning (Coding devices, VR kits, iPads, and production studios) 

• Subscriptions and access to a wide variety of digital resources in school and at home to support learning (E-Books, Audio books, SeeSaw, Canvas, BreakoutEDU, Epic, etc…) 

• Hot spots provided for students that do not have access to WiFi at home 

• IT personnel within buildings for quick troubleshooting and repair 

• Library staff and Network staff expertise in their fields lead to timely and effective support.

• Apps and Programs used for instructional purposes and business efficiency are purchased and implemented across  buildings and grade levels, and not in isolation.

Invests Strategically in Digital Resources: 

Leverages an understanding of school and community needs to identify and invest in digital resources such as books and ebooks to support student learning.

Current Practices

• Equitable distribution of Common School Funds based on general book collection needs, digital resources K-12, and innovative programming.

• Seek staff input for library and technology decisions such as book recommendations and digital resource subscriptions

• Utilize trials prior to purchasing to ensure we are being the best stewards of budget dollars

• Purchase quality digital resources to support all curriculums and provide resources to help students develop necessary, applicable technology skills. 

• Utilize Titlewave collection analysis reports to review data on the current collection of materials and use date for annual weeding and purchasing practices

• Analyze digital resource usage to determine value of renewing subscriptions

• District funds to support “other” library supplies that don’t qualify for Common School Funds

Cultivates Community Partnerships: 

Cultivates partnerships within the school and local community (including families and caregivers, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, public and higher education libraries, businesses) to promote engagement and a community of readers.

Current Practices:

• All elementary schools participate in the statewide Battle of the Books program through WEMTA.  

• Successful past outreach programs: PCSD Tech Help for Senior Center, Community Tech Night, Reading Volunteers, Digital Safety Night

• Promotion of Brown County Library Summer Reading Program

• District involvement/ assistance with technology to market and celebrate programs: Valentines Day Dance, Goody Triathalon

• Tools Available for families to use at home: Novel Effects, Seesaw, Parent Newsletters

• Collaboration with other districts: NEW Library Network

• Partnerships with local businesses to promote reading-Packer Reading, Blizzards, Timber Rattlers

• Support and promote local and national authors when possible with coordinated author visits and book sales at bookfairs.

Advocates for Student Privacy: 

Teaches and promotes student data privacy through their instruction and role as educational leaders.

Current practices:

• Monthly Digital Safety tips and newsletters for parents:  Helping Your Children Navigate Their Digital World

• Hosted a community digital safety night to help parents navigation this digital world with their children.

• Digital Citizenship lessons: K-5: embedded in coding curriculum; 6-12: taught during homeroom monthly

• Find-Me printers throughout the district to ensure student confidentiality 

• The district ensures that sound data privacy and security policies, procedures, and practices are in place at the district, school, classroom, and student levels. See Policies 2416 Student Privacy and Parental Access to Information, 7540.01 Technology Privacy and 7540.01A Guidelines for Computer Use. The district adheres to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act  (FERPA) and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA). That information is communicated to all families and as part of the District Technology Acceptable Use and Guidelines agreement.    

• The Library Program advocates for intellectual freedom and the freedom to read by protecting students’ First Amendment right to read and access information in the library. We curate resources that reflect the diversity of our students, protect students’ right to choose what they want to read rather than enforcing the requirement of selecting books only at their reading levels, guard against economic barriers, such as library fines and steep book replacement costs, and select books beyond "safe" choices and without fear of book challenges.

• Subscribe to consortium for data privacy vendors

• Instrucitonal and Information Technology teams collaborate to protect student data and privacy and adhere to school board policies.

Leads Beyond the Library: 

Participates in setting the school district’s vision and strategic plan for digital learning and fosters a culture of collaboration and innovation to empower teachers and learners.

Current Practices:

• Digital Safety Night Planning with School Resource Officers, Learning Leaders, and School Counselors and time devoted at District Family Engagement Nights 

• Serve on building level guiding coalition teams to advocate for library programs and technology integration within building goals and initiatives.

• Representation among district wide planning: for example, 3D Data Retreat, Future Ready Learner Profile, Professional Development Calendar Committee

• 4C’s are embedded within district goals and continue to be a focus

• Collaborate with school technicians 

• Lead 4 Cs development and implementation:  building goals, data assessment, etc. 

Designs Collaborative Spaces: 

Provides flexible spaces, physical and digital, that promote inquiry, creativity, collaboration and community.

Current Practices:

• Developed a variety of spaces in each of the schools and school libraries for individual learning, small group learning, and large group learning. Flexible/comfortable seating and reading areas have been added to these spaces wherever possible.

• Provide opportunities and maker areas for students to create and collaborate with a variety of materials and choices (legos, puzzles, games, coloring, 3D printers, Cricuts, die cuts, etc.)

• Flexible furniture to accommodate groups and different learning purposes

• 6-12 libraries organized by genre for increased circulation and student ease of finding books

Inspires and Supports the Reading Lives of 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:

• The Library Program provides multiple formats of reading materials: Print books, ebooks (WSDLC, BookFlix & Tumblebooks), audiobooks (WSDLC), research databases, e-edition newspapers, and magazines.

• The Library Program fully advocates for lifelong readers. The Library Media Specialists are literacy leaders who practice responsive collection development to meet the diverse needs of our students in their reading lives.

• We provide multimedia devices that support library programming, such as:  AR/VR headsets, ClassVR, 360 Cameras, iPads, Chromebooks, MacBooks, audio/video production equipment, Padcaster, associated apps and software, Breakout EDU platform. 

• Evolving maker areas in our libraries include coding devices, robots, crafting supplies, cricuts, 3D printers.

• Author visits

• Library Lessons-teaching students/staff how to use Destiny

• Digital Research Lessons, Digital Citizenship Lessons

• DLS integration with classroom teachers regarding curriculum content

• Highlight new collections of books-Destiny, Displays, Book Talks,Book Displays, Announcements, PCSD websites

• Integrate library collections in how it relates to student curriculum

• Battle of the Books, Reading Across America

• Library program uses multiple formats of literacy: e-books, Destiny, BookFlix, Tru-Flix

• Create and promote temporary book collections to support