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Blueprint 2.0 Goal
GOAL: Every student will experience high academic achievement and continuous growth by participating in a rigorous instructional program designed to raise the academic bar and close achievement gaps so that every student will become a globally competitive citizen in a culturally diverse world.
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2016-2017 Advocacy Plan
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Objectives:
Employ efforts to affirm the critical role of library media specialists and library media programs.
Enable library media specialists to build their own competencies and confidence through access to high quality professional development.
To improve instruction that is relevant, rigorous, and engaging through effective integration of resources that meet the diverse needs of all learners.
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Strategy
Create advocacy efforts in order to:
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deepen a library media specialist’s knowledge of instruction which utilizes an inquiry based approach and employs the effective and strategic use of 21st century resources and pedagogy.
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provide multiple and differentiated opportunities for library media specialists to engage active professional learning.
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enable library media specialists to acquire, practice, apply new knowledge and reflect on results with colleagues.
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correlate efforts to the school progress plans.
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Topic
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Responsible Person(s)
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Dates
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Budget/
Cost Benefit
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Outcomes/Evaluation/
Comments
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New Librarians’ Bootcamp
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ODL Leadership Team
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Fall 2016
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NA
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Survey
Observation of LMS Performance
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K-5 Library Media Curriculum
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ODL Leadership Team
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8/2016-6/2017
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Title II Funds -
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Survey
Administrator Feedback
Observation of LMS Performance
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Host League of Innovative Schools fall meeting with Innovative Libraries programming. http://showcase.bcps.org/innovative-libraries.html
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ODL Leadership
School based site visits
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November 2016
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Budget Neutral
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Participant feedback
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Provide yearlong high quality professional development to library media specialists. Archive resources via the wiki https://bcpslis.pbworks.com
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ODL Leadership
School library media specialists
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8/2016-6/2017
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Title II Funds
Operating Budget
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Survey data
Administrator Feedback
Observation of performance
Reflection Tools
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Advocate for systemic funding via annual budget cycle for funding for school library collections.
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ODL Leadership
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9/2017-May 2017
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Operating Budget
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Budget Meetings
Citizen’s Advisory Groups
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Advocate via MDK12 Digital Library Consortium for authoritative digital content for students, teachers and families accessible 24/7.
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ODL Leadership
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Ongoing
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Operating Budget
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Present at 5 area community advisory council groups regarding digital citizenship for K-12 students, privacy, safety, and security.
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ODL Leadership
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9/2016-6/2017
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Budget Neutral
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Participant Feedback
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Marketing and Advocating for Your Program
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ODL LeadershipTeam
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8/2016-6/2017
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Survey
Administrator Feedback
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School Progress Plans/Student Learning Outcomes and Library Media Specialists
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ODL LeadershipTeam
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8/2016-6/2017
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Survey
Administrator Feedback
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Communication- Promote school library programs via Twitter (#bcpslms) and BCPS website.
Feature School Library Month via profiles of LMS on BCPS website.
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ODL LeadershipTeam
Office of Communications
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8/2016-6/2017
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Community Engagement
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Provide texts of increasing complexity and assist teachers in selecting appropriate texts for instruction and connection to the core lessons.
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Reading Specialists
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8/2016-6/2017
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Teacher generated formative and summative assessments
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Provide parents, students and stakeholders with strategies that can be utilized at home to improve student comprehension and achievement through family night activities.
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Administration
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Reading specialists
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Library Media Specialist
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Classroom Teachers
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Public Library Partners
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Quarterly
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Parental Feedback
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Growing Up Digital Website as a resource for all stakeholders. http://www.bcps.org/growing_up_digital/
Provide parents, students and stakeholders with strategies that can be utilized at home to improve digital citizenship and ethical use of technology through family night activities.
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Administration
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Technology Liaison
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Library Media Specialist
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Classroom Teachers
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8/2016-6/2017
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Stakeholder Feedback
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Promoting and encouraging summer reading programs and/or opening the library in the summer to avoid the summer reading gap.
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Administration
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Library Media Specialist
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8/2016-6/2017
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Student Feedback
Parent Feedback
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Distribute a monthly Library Newsletter that highlights various websites or Web 2.0 resources that support the skills that are being taught from the curriculum during that month.
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Monthly
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Parent/Student Feedback
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Encourage reading by utilizing Destiny to provide students with an opportunity to create electronic book reviews
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Ongoing
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*Students’ book reviews
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*Submission of students’ completed book reviews in Destiny
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Promote individual student selection of reading materials by providing students with a choice of materials and regular access to the school library resources.
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Ongoing
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*Numbers of students checking out books from the library
*The circulation numbers from library data
*Use of databases which provide a number of topics to read as well as provides scaffolding for students who need help reading the material.
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*The circulation numbers from library data
*Daily use statistics
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Provide professional development for teachers in the area of reading, highlighting research-based best practices, current trends, as well as providing training in Digital Content, Web 2.0 tools, Destiny OPAC, and technology integration that supports reading comprehension.
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Administrators
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Reading Specialists
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Library Media Specialist
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Monthly, or as needed at grade level meeting.
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Research products created by students
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Provide self-selected professional development for teachers to support high quality instruction in digitally enhanced classrooms.
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Administrators
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Teachers
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Library Media Specialist
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Ongoing
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Reflections
Evaluation Surveys
Enrollment statistics
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