Title: Goals of K16 Information Literacy College Perspective
1Goals of K-16 Information Literacy College
Perspective
2Create a program tied to GALILEO Local Resources
- Familiarity Comfort
- Students
- Faculty
- Coordinate Instruction
- Techniques
- Resources (print electronic)
3Embed IL in the Teaching Curriculum
- No more guessing!
- K-16 standards will give a good idea about the IL
skill level of Georgia students - Less time teaching general research skills
- More time to focus on research
- Subject-specific skills
- Drill-down techniques
4Embed IL in Teacher Education Programs
- Teaches the importance of IL early on
- IL becomes a group effort
- Graduate teachers willing to work with media
specialists as a team
5IL Training Outreach for Working Teachers
- Educate veteran teachers on the importance of IL
- Most influential teachers are veterans
- Can make any initiative sink or swim
- Make it a group effort not something else that
they have to do
6Create (jargon free) K-16 standards
- Easy to incorporate into GPS and teacher
education curriculums - Easy to educate students, teachers, and
especially parents - Less room for error/misunderstanding
7Examples of Current K-16 Collaboration
- Rochester Regional Library Council
- http//www.rrlc.org/
- Core Library and Research Skills Grade 9-14
Document - 7 steps
- Question/Define Plan/Pre-search Collect/Gather
Read/Listen/View Analyze/Sort Produce Present
Evaluate/Assess - Recommend grade for introduction and mastery of
each skill
8Examples of Current K-16 Collaboration
- Central Pennsylvania K-16 Information Literacy
Network - http//www.libraries.psu.edu/gateway/k-16collabora
tion/index.html - Part of Statewide Collaboration
- Media Specialist Tool Kit for Implementing IL in
schools
9Examples of Current K-16 Collaboration
- Institute for Library and Information Literacy
Education at Kent State - http//www.ilile.org/
- Academic Content Standards Checklists
- TRAILS
- Parent Toolkit for IL advocacy
10Parent Outreach
- Awareness
- Information versus storytellers
- Benefits
- For students and teachers
- For parents
- Concerns
11Bridging the Gap
- Teaching IL skills
- Building on IL skills
- Transferring IL skills
- Grade level
- Subject area
- What are we missing?
12Its all about partnerships!
13Partnerships for a more educated Georgia
- K-12 Schools
- Colleges of Education
- Public Libraries
- Academic Libraries
14Act locally!
- putting together a meeting of the minds.
15K-12 Partners
- School Administrators
- Curriculum Specialists
- Media Specialists
- Teachers
- Parents
16Colleges of Education
- Teacher training programs
- Media Specialist training programs
- Research focus
17Public Libraries
- Open, accessible
- GALILEO passwords to all Georgians
- Often collaborate with schools
- Know the homework side of life
18Academic Libraries Leadership
- Brainstorm!
- Talk to potential partners
- Leadership moves collaboration forward
- Use library contacts
- Use campus contacts
19Think globally!
- GALILEO
- Georgia Performance Standards
- Georgia Department of Education
- Georgia Public Broadcasting
20Act locally!
- to support collaboration for common goals
- to promote libraries and GALILEO
21for a more educated
22Statewide Collaboration
- Finding partners /Pooling our efforts
23GALILEO
- GALILEO is the tool that binds us together
- Strong support from GALILEO administration
- GALILEO Planet newsletter
- Potential voice in GALILEO Reference or
Electronic Collection Development subcomittees? - Potential voice in K12 Advisory Committee?
- Potential role in GALILEO training workshops?
24Outreach to GA Colleges of Education
- Pilot projects get attention
- Work with TAs - often the most flexible
instructors - UGA Certificate in University Teaching
- Create K-16 teaching tools for assignments
- Example IL K-16 lesson plan checklist
- (This is a first, rough draft which borrows
heavily from Ryan and Capras Information
Literacy Toolkit Chicago American Library
Association, 2001.)
25Bd of Regents P-16 Initiatives ProgramsGSTEP
Georgia Systemic Teacher Education Program
- http//www.coe.uga.edu/gstep/
- GOAL Collaboration between teachers,
administrators and college faculty to improve
teacher prep programs - FOCUS
- Shaping the teacher education curriculum
- 9 subject-based curriculum committees
- Supporting Induction
- Develop strategies to support teachers during
their first 2 years of teaching
26Bd of Regents P-16 Initiatives ProgramsPRISM
Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics
- 4 regions university surrounding counties
- East Central/ Georgia Southern
www.georgiasouthern.edu/prism/ - Metro Atlanta Georgia State http//education.gsu.
edu/prism/ - Northeast University of GA www.coe.uga.edu/pris
m/ - Southeast Armstrong Atlantic www.prism.armstrong.
edu/ - Opportunities
- Monthly meetings
- Join Learning Communities, which team teachers
from schools and universities on specific
projects or problems
27Bd of Regents P-16 Initiatives ProgramsEarly
College
- Outreach to non-traditional high schools
- Gateway to College Academy at GA Perimeter
College - http//www.gpc.edu/gpcgway/
- High school first two years of college for at
risk students - Classic City High School (Athens)
- http//www.clarke.k12.ga.us/do/schoolView?id3522
- Alternative high school for at risk students
28Georgia Department of EducationK12 Library Media
Services
- http//www.glc.k12.ga.us/pandp/media/homepg.htm
- Opportunities
- Articles in their monthly Media Matters online
newsletter - Presentations at their conferences
- Input in their information literacy projects
- Challenges
- Bureaucracy!
- Current director retiring very soon
29GLA/GLMA
- Georgia Library Association
- Georgia Library Media Association
- Joint committee on K-16 information literacy?
- COMO
- Collaborative presentations at Education
conferences - Educause conference Jan 22-24, 2007
Atlantahttp//www.educause.edu/eli071
30National Guidance
- AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on
Information Literacy - Charge The joint AASL/ACRL Joint Committee on
Information Literacy will focus on how to prepare
K-20 students to be information literate and will
provide a channel of communication to the
respective divisions. In general, this joint
committee will be a forum for sharing ideas on
information literacy in K-20 environments and a
source of professional development opportunities
in this area.