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Future Ready Libraries
Future Ready Libraries
As our libraries move forward with the Future Ready framework to guide key decisions and address areas of strength and growth, the library program remains an important aspect of the process. Within the Future Ready movement, specific goals and responsibilities have been incorporated exclusively with the library program. This inclusion, as a key factor in the Future Ready School, reflects the firm belief in the school library program and space as a hub for the entire learning community: student, staff, and community members.
Wisconsin Digital Learning Plan
Wisconsin Digital Learning Plan
The State Superintendent’s Digital Learning Advisory Council (DLAC) established a shared vision for digital learning in Wisconsin and developed a comprehensive plan for PK-12 digital learning. The Council adopted the Future Ready Framework as a way to organize our key priorities and planning tools for districts. That vision called for equitable, personalized, applied, and engaged digital learning for all students. As Wisconsin school districts begin to implement this vision, they are encouraged to consider the following areas: instruction, learning, and assessment; empowering, innovative leadership; technology & hardware; professional learning and building capacity; and data and privacy. School districts in Wisconsin do not make this journey in isolation. Existing statewide systems are in place, and our colleagues nationwide have provided invaluable support and resources.
The Library Plan
The Library Plan
A well-developed long-range library plan implemented with fidelity allows for library programs to effectively increase student achievement, provide equitable resources to all, and be a key collaborative element of district learning initiatives. This is a powerful educational tool which will impact student learning and it is also a statutory requirement.
The Library Plan is organized into the 8 gears of Future Ready. The 2025-2029 plan will focus on the following three gears: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Use of Space & Time, and Budget & Resources.
Prior Library and Technology Goals
Prior Library and Technology Goals
The last formal Library and Technology goals for the Wittenberg-Birnamwood School district were detailed in the 2022-2025 District Technology Plan. These goals and objectives were reviewed and evaluated in preparation for creating a new District Library Plan.
Our district will be taking steps in the next five years to develop a robust library plan that meets the needs of our current and future student population. This current library plan is aligned with District Goals, DPI initiatives, Future Ready Libraries, and outlines the focus of our program from Summer 2025-Spring of 2029.
State Requirements
State Requirements
Wisconsin Administrative Code PI8.01(2)(h)
Each school board shall:
1. Have on file a written, long-range plan for library services development which has been formulated by teachers, library and audiovisual personnel and administrators, and approved by the school board.2. Designate a licensed library media person to direct and coordinate the district's library media program.3. Provide library facilities within the school building and make available to all pupils a current, balanced collection of books, basic reference materials, texts, periodicals, and audiovisual materials which depicts in a n accurate and unbiased way the cultural diversity and pluralistic nature of American society.4. Provide library media services to all pupils as follows: to pupils in grades kindergarten through 6, library media services which are performed by or under the direction of a licensed library and audiovisual personnel; and to pupils in grades 7 through 12, library media services which are performed by licensed library and audiovisual personnel.
(Future) WI Digital Learning Plan Focus:
(Future) WI Digital Learning Plan Focus:
The state of Wisconsin has set digital learning priorities in the 2016 Wisconsin Digital Learning Plan. The plan was designed as a road map for schools and their partners focusing on three key goals for digital learning in schools:
Making learning more meaningful and relevant for students.
Making learning more accessible to economically disadvantaged students.
Making learning more cost-effective upon implementation.
The Wisconsin Digital Learning Plan identifies key milestones in that road map to those three goals. Those milestones are centered in learning environments in all schools that are equitable, personalized, applied, and engaging. Thus, it is these indicators of digital learning success to which Wisconsin schools and districts aspire.
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