School Library Competencies
Students will be responsible for demonstrating the following proficiencies through their portfolios.
1. Reflective Practice
Take a systems view
- Collection Development
- Field Experience Reflection and Log
- School-wide Initiatives
Demonstrate tools for problem solving (with documentation for accountability and shared reasoning)
- Action research
- Collection Map
- Strategic Plan
Promote collaboration, partnerships, and relationships for program development and increased student achievement
- School-wide Collaborative Lessons and Initiatives
- Cooperative Collection Development
- Advocacy Plan
Be a lifelong learner and professional
- Presentation at conferences
- Participation on state and national committees
2. Program Planning and Analysis
Conduct a needs assessment for learning or program development.
- Collaborative Lessons
- Action Research Plan
- Strategic Plan
Conduct instructional analysis.
- Action Research
- Curriculum development
Promote ethical use of information.
3. Design and Development
Apply current research and best practices to design instructional materials.
- Collaborative Plans
- Reflection Statements and Field Experience Logs
- Children’s Literature Creative Project
- Adolescent Literature final project
- Action Research Plan
Use differentiated learning strategies that address the needs of diverse learners such as cultural, learning needs, gender, etc.
- Collection Mapping
- Collection Development Plan
- Collaborative Lessons
Develop products and resources to support learning and performance with appropriate tools.
- WebQuest
- Pathfinders
- Scavenger Hunts
- Job Aids
- Research Manual and Style Guide
4. Evaluation and Assessment
Evaluate effectiveness of programs, products, or practices.
- Collaboration Plan
- Collection Map
- Creative Project in Children's Literature
- Adolescent Literature Final Project
- Action Research Plan
Assess student/participant learning.
- Collaborative Plan
- Instructional Design Project
- Collaborative Lessons
Utilize research methods to investigate a learning or performance problem, issue, or trend.
- Action Research
- Strategic Plan
- Leadership Project
5. Implementation and Change
Applying theories of change to a local problem.
- Action Research
- Strategic Plan
Participate in an implementation process or change strategy.
- School-wide Initiatives
- Leadership Project
- Action Research
6. Management
Employing effective strategies to administer the school library program.
- Strategic Plan
- Cataloging Projects
- Online Database Selection
- Selection Bibliography
Demonstrate the use of data in the improvement of the school library program.
- Collection Development
- Action Research Plan
- Strategic Plan
- Creative Project for Children’s Literature
- Adolescent Literature final project
- Field Experience Reflection
Demonstrate the use of technology in the improvement of the school library program.
- Job Aids
- Flow Charts
- Research Manual and Style Guide
Integrate principles of intellectual freedom.
- Collection Development Policies
- Ethical Issues Paper