School Library Media Advisory

1
School Library Media Advisory Committee Briefing
Johns Hopkins University Columbia Center - May
16, 2006
2
MSDE Updates

• SLM VSC Update
• K-16 Sub-committee on Information Literacy
  Ethical Use
• Work with the National Cyber Security Alliance
  (Social Networks Campaign)
• Legislative Updates (Maryland Library Day)
• Update / Status of Ed Tech Program
• Maryland Plan for Technology in Education
• MEMO Update
• Questions (?)

3
SLM VSC - moving forward

• National review RFP release - Summer 2006
• Early Winter 2006 Presentation - State Board
• Integration of SLM VSC with other curricula areas
  (matrices to be created)
• Link to the work of TL8 committees
• Interactive site on web

4
K-16 Sub-committee on Information Literacy and
Ethical Use - Maryland K-16 Partnership for
Teaching and Learning

• Statewide dialogue and development of policies
  that demonstrate the
• importance of academic integrity and ethical use
• destructive impact of plagiarism on student
  achievement
• significance of library information literacy and
  its correlation to student success
• importance of critical thinking skills when
  dealing with the use of information
• Work Completed to date -
• Development of draft white paper establishing an
  action agenda
• Draft recommendations
• Facilitate a baseline data study
• Establish intensive educator and faculty
  awareness and professional development
• Establish minimum model statements on
  bibliographic construction and citation protocols
• Promote Maryland public awareness campaign
• Establish policy requirements
• Establish minimum expectations for students

5
NCSA Help Keep Kids Connected and Protected -
Campaign

• Work begun with national groups Fall 2005
  (including Federal Trade Commission, Homeland
  Security)
• Create a clearinghouse for parents, teachers, and
  students to come for information and tips on
  staying protected while using the internet.
• First campaign Social Networking Sites Todays
  Hippest Meeting Place
• May 1 Release includes radio PSAs,
  tip/discussion guides for students, parents and
  teachers, web banners for use by multiple sites.

6
Advocacy/Legislative Updates

• Feb. 1, 2006 - Maryland Library Day, State
  Legislative Reception and Visits
• ALA National Library Legislative Day
• MLA Distinguished Service awards to Senate
  President Mike Miller and Delegate John Leopold
  (AA Co. Dist. 31)

7
Ed Tech Program Status

• Advocacy Funding Update
• Funded Partnerships for 2005-06 (Year 4)
• 4TL8 (continuing), MDK12 (continuing), Shore
  Readers!, Algebra eLearning Collaborative
• New partnership(s) on evaluation accepted for
  2006-2007
• Ed tech program again cut from Presidents budget
  for MD 2007-08

8
Maryland Plan for Technology in Education

• Final stages of draft
• To be sent out to SLMA and other stakeholders for
  comment soon
• Scheduled for the State Board this fall along
  with the technology survey results
• Work begun on developing a process and timeline
  for review and revision of the Maryland
  Technology Survey

9
MSDE Web Site for School Library Media

• Work in progress
• To include links to national and state standards
  documents
• COMAR
• Professional organizations
• MSDE Publications
• (ex. Fact Book)
• LM VSC and seeds, cross-curricular matrices
• Advocacy resources
• - _at_ your library campaign
• - School Libraries Work!
• - AASL NCLB brochure

10
MEMO (Maryland Educational Media Organization)

• Name Change (Maryland Association of
  School Librarians)
• Katrina Relief Effort w/ MLA Pearlington,
  Mississippi
• Black-Eyed Susan Cruise Saturday April 29, 2006
• Conference 2006 Building Influence What
  it Takes! Baltimore Marriott Hunt Valley Inn -
  October 19-20, 2006 featuring keynote, Gary
  Hartzell and Mid-Atlantic Authors luncheon
  speakers, Betsy and Ted Lewin

11
Special Thanks

• Kathy Marzola and Sheile McAllister, MSDE

12
Questions (?)
Jay Bansbach jbansbach_at_msde.state.md.us Jayne
Moore jmoore_at_msde.state.md.us
13
Standards for SLM Programs in Maryland /COMAR
Revision

• Formation of Workgroups by Standard
• Proposed timeline
• May 16, 2006 School Library Media Briefing -
  Form Workgroups by Standard (Face-to-Face
  Meeting)
• May - September 2006 - Virtual committee work
  and at least one face-to-face meeting of each
  committee by standard area
• July 1 Submit RFP for national review of
  School Library Media Voluntary State Curriculum.
• September 2006 Draft program standards
  recommendations returned to School Library Media
  Advisory for feedback from School Library Media
  Workgroups (including any suggested changes to
  COMAR, data collection process and process for
  local program evaluation)
• September/October 2006 Finalize School
  Library Media Voluntary State Curriculum
• October/November 2006 - Meeting of the School
  Library Media Advisory to finalize revisions to
  program standards and COMAR
• November 2006 Complete the alignment of the
  School Library Media Annual Report to revised
  standards
• December 2006/January 2007 - Presentation of
  COMAR revision and Program Standards for State
  Board approval. (TBD)
• SLM Annual Report
• What kind of information do we want to gather?
• Program reviews
• Protocols, Timelines