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Focus Area - Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth
Focus Area - Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth
The library media coordinator collaborates with teachers/PLTs to design and implement instruction that employs culturally relevant pedagogy.
The library media coordinator and teachers/PLTs collaborate to design and implement instruction for students that leverages a variety of learning resources to meet the diverse needs of the student population
-6th Grade Research Skills & Evaluating Sources of Information
6th Grade students learned how to evaluate resources using the CRAP Test and Lateral Reading. We learned the importance behind looking beyond the content in front of you to determine where the information you are reading is coming from, who is behind it, and examining for bias. We reviewed NCWiseOwl resources and discussed why many of these resources are more reliable than information found by searching on the web.
-7th/8th Grade Library Scavenger Hunt - These students did not have an introduction to the Media Center during their 6th/7th Grade school year due to the pandemic and virtual learning. To ensure that all students know about the resources available to them and how to access them, Ms. Barkley provided instruction to these students this year through their Social Studies classes.
-Destiny Discover Collections created for 6th Science and Spanish courses to provide resources that can be accessed 24 hours.
-6th Grade EL - Students learned how to create citations and a Works Cited page.
-11th/12th EL Courses - Students learned advanced searching strategies using Boolean Search Terms and a refresher on how to access and use the databases for research, including how to utilize adaptive technologies.
-HS EL Curricular Novels (eBooks) Housed & Managed in MackinVIA - Students learned how to use adaptive technologies (highlighting, font adjustments (color/size), read aloud, bookmarking, etc.
The library media program includes resources that represent diverse characters, diverse perspectives, and non-dominant narratives.
-MTAC completed the Culturally Sustaining Library Walk focusing on BIPOC & LGBTQ+ Communities. We determined that the collection overall is representative of our student population, however our collection could benefit by adding more resources for LGBTQ+. We have identified action steps for the next school year to continue improving the Library Media Programming, Space, and Collection.
The library media program reflects all students through learning opportunities, spaces, and other means of engagement.
The library media program provides challenging and authentic opportunities that address the needs of the broad range of diverse learners.
The library media program establishes and maintains a collection of reading and information materials in formats that support the diverse developmental, cultural, social, and linguistic needs of the range of learners and their communities.
-Created accounts on Bookshare.org for students who have a qualifying reading or perceptual dsability, a visual impairment, or a physical disability that affects their ability to read printed works. This provides student's with the ability to customize their reading experience to suit their learning style such as read-aloud, adjust font size, change font/background color, gradient text color, etc.
Provided training to the Special Education Teacher.
-Students learned how to use adaptive technologies such as read aloud, adjusting font color/size for visual impairments and reading assistance, highlighting, language, etc. through resources such as MackinVIA for curricular novels and NCWiseOwl.
The library media program implements solutions that address physical, social, cultural, linguistic, and intellectual barriers to equitable access to resources and services.
-Collections - The SLMC (School Library Media Coordinator) collaborates with classroom teachers to curate and provide resources (electronic & physical) to support the curriculum standards. These resources include interactive websites, songs, books, ebooks, encyclopedia articles, magazine articles, etc. that can be accessed 24 hours a day.
-Promotion of public library
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