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Current through June, 2024
INTRODUCTION
The effective school librarian focuses on students'
						long-term development into responsible and independent learners. Effective
						students acquire the basic skills and dispositions necessary to achieve
						autonomy, literacy, responsibility to self and other, and lifelong learning.
						The ultimate goal is for students to become positive, confident, competent,
						caring learners who demonstrate initiative, solve problems, set goals, and make
						decisions that help them to function successfully in a rapidly changing
						technological society. The educational system must develop citizens who can
						govern themselves and have a global perspective. The citizens must be flexible,
						resourceful, and able to deal with open-endedness, complexity, information
						explosion, and accelerated growth in technologies while maintaining a set of
						values, individual stability, and integrity.
Standard 1: Teaching for Learning
School librarians are effective teachers who demonstrate
						knowledge of learners and learning.
They model and promote collaborative planning,
						instruction in multiple literacies, and inquiry based learning, enabling
						members of the learning community to become effective users and creators of
						ideas and information. They design and implement instruction that engages
						students' interests and develops their ability to inquire, think critically,
						gain and share knowledge.
1.1 Knowledge of learners and learning
School librarians demonstrate knowledge of learning
						styles, stages of human growth and development, and cultural influences on
						learning. They assess learner needs and design instruction that reflect best
						practices in teaching. They support the learning of various members of the
						educational community including those with diverse learning styles, physical
						and intellectual abilities and needs. School Librarians base instruction on
						interests and needs and link it to the assessment of student
						achievement.
1.2 Effective and knowledgeable teacher
School librarians implement the principles of effective
						teaching and learning that contribute to an active, inquiry-based approach to
						learning. They use a variety of instructional strategies and assessment tools
						to design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments in
						partnership with classroom teachers and other educators. They document and
						communicate the impact of collaborative instruction on student
						achievement.
1.3 Instructional partner
School librarians model, share, and promote effective
						principles of teaching and learning as collaborative partners with other
						educators. They participate in curriculum development, engage in school
						improvement processes, and offer professional development to various members of
						the educational community as it relates to library and information use.
1.4 Integration of twenty-first century skills and
						learning standards
School librarians advocate for twenty-first century
						literacy skills to support the learning needs of the school community. They
						collaborate with other teachers to plan and implement instruction based on of
						the AASL Standards for the 21st-century Learner and curriculum standards. They
						employ strategies to integrate multiple literacies with content curriculum.
						School librarians integrate the use of technologies as a means for effective
						and creative teaching and to support PreK-12 students' conceptual
						understanding, critical thinking and creative processes.
Standard 2: Literacy and Reading
School librarians promote reading for learning, personal
						growth, and enjoyment. They use a variety of strategies to reinforce classroom
						reading instruction to address the diverse needs and interests of all
						readers.
2.1 Literature
School librarians are familiar with a wide range of
						children's, young adult, and professional literature in multiple formats and
						languages to support reading for information, reading for pleasure, and reading
						for lifelong learning.
2.2 Reading promotion
School librarians use a variety of strategies to promote
						reading for learning, personal growth, and enjoyment.
2.3 Respect for diversity
School librarians develop a collection of reading and
						information materials in print and digital formats that support the diverse
						developmental, cultural, social, and linguistic needs of PreK-12 students and
						their communities.
2.4 Literacy strategies
School librarians collaborate with classroom teachers to
						reinforce a wide variety of reading instructional strategies to ensure PreK-12
						students are able to create meaning from text.
Standard 3: Information and Knowledge
School librarians model and promote ethical, equitable
						access to and use of physical, digital, and virtual collections of resources.
						They provide a variety of information sources and services that support the
						needs of the diverse learning community. They use a variety of research
						strategies to generate knowledge to improve practice in school libraries.
3.1 Efficient and ethical information-seeking behavior
						School librarians identify and provide support for diverse student information
						needs. They model multiple strategies for students, other teachers, and
						administrators to locate, evaluate, and ethically use information for specific
						purposes. They collaborate with students, other teachers, and administrators to
						efficiently access, interpret, and communicate information.
3.2 Access to information
School librarians support flexible, open access for
						library services. They develop solutions for addressing physical, social and
						intellectual barriers to equitable access to resources and services. They
						facilitate access to information in print, non-print, and digital formats. They
						model and communicate the legal and ethical codes of the profession.
3.3 Information technology
School librarians design and adapt relevant learning
						experiences that engage students in the use of digital tools and resources.
						They model and facilitate the effective use of digital tools to locate,
						analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research, learning,
						creating, and communicating in a global society.
3.4 Research and knowledge creation
School librarians use evidence-based, action research to
						collect data. They interpret and use data to create and share new knowledge to
						support and improve practice in school libraries.
Standard 4: Advocacy and Leadership
School librarians advocate for dynamic school library
						programs and positive learning environments that focus on student learning and
						achievement by collaborating and connecting with teachers, administrators,
						librarians, and the community. They are committed to continuous learning and
						professional growth and lead professional development activities for other
						educators. They provide leadership by articulating ways in which school
						libraries contribute to student achievement.
4.1. Networking with the library community School
						librarians participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual
						network of learners. They establish partnerships with other libraries for
						resource sharing and networking.
4.2 Professional development
School librarians model a strong commitment to the
						profession by participating in professional growth and leadership opportunities
						through joining library associations, participating in professional
						conferences, reading professional publications, and exploring Internet
						resources. They plan for ongoing professional growth.
4.3 Leadership
School librarians articulate the roles and relationships
						of the library program's support of student academic achievement within the
						context of current educational initiatives. Utilizing evidence based practice
						and information from education and library research, they communicate ways in
						which the library program can enhance school improvement efforts.
4.4 Advocacy
School librarians identify stakeholders within and
						outside the school community who impact the school library program. They use a
						range of strategies to advocate for school library and information programs,
						for resources, and for services.
Standard 5: Program Management and
						Administration
School librarians plan, develop, implement, and evaluate
						school library programs, resources, and services in support of the mission of
						the library program and the school according to the ethics and principles of
						library science, education, management, and administration.
5.1 Collections and Information Access
School librarians evaluate and select print, non-print,
						and digital resources using professional selection tools and evaluation
						criteria to develop and manage a quality program of information access designed
						to meet the diverse curricular, personal, and professional needs of students,
						teachers, and administrators. They organize school library collections
						according to current library cataloging and classification principles and
						standards.
5.2 Professional Ethics
School librarians practice the ethical principles of
						their profession, advocate for intellectual freedom and privacy, and promote
						and model digital citizenship and responsibility. They educate the school
						community on the ethical use of information and ideas.
5.3 Personnel, Funding, and Facilities
School librarians apply best practices related to
						planning, budgeting, and evaluating human, information, and physical resources.
						They organize library facilities to enhance the use of information resources
						and services and to ensure equitable access to all resources for all users.
						They develop, implement, and evaluate policies and procedures that support
						teaching and learning in school libraries.
5.4 Strategic planning and assessment
School librarians communicate and collaborate with
						students, teachers, administrators, and community members to develop a library
						program that aligns resources, services, and standards with the school's
						mission. They make effective use of data and information to assess how the
						library program addresses the needs of their diverse community.