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Aligning Evidence-Based Library Planning with School GoalsMary Virginia Meeks T.C. Marsh Middle School, Dallas ISD
Maria Cahill, PhDTexas Woman’s University
What is evidence based library practice?
Know Students’
Needs
Find Existing Evidence
Apply Best Practice
Collect Evidence
Evaluate, Communicat
e, Plan
Why Implement Evidence-
Based Practice?
STUDENTS
Applying Evidence-based Practice
Determine needs
Consult stakeholders
Brainstorm strategies
Implement a plan
Collect evidence
Evaluate
Communicate
Repeat
Needs
“To be thought of as essential we must contribute to solving the needs of the School Board. The politics of scarce resources is fickle. All departments and members of the educational community are fighting for the same resources of time, money, and visibility. So, what needs to be done is to figure out what is the most important goal, agenda item, objective of your local school board. Once you find that out then show how the library helps to meet that goal. “
Ann M. Martin, August 2009
Determining Campus Goals
Campus Improvement Plan
Conversations with administration
Conversations with teachers
Conversations with students and parents
School Board minutes
PlanningFormulate preliminary library
goals based on campus goals (CIP)
Create preliminary strategies
Solicit input from stakeholders
Share your plan
Planning Details
Prepare a plan for measuring your effectiveness (i.e. what evidence will you collect and how will you collect it?)
Implement Strategies
Create a schedule for routine procedures addressing goals and adhere to it;
Create a schedule for collecting and analyzing data;
Carry out all strategies related to accomplishing goals;
Collect evidence to evaluate each strategy
Communicate
Get evaluative information from your stakeholders and share with them that which you collect;
Communicate the activities and evaluative data with ALL stakeholders regularly;
Address Shortcomings
Identify the shortcomings of your plan;
Repeat the EBP process.
Let’s PRACTICE
Developing Goals
Sample Campus Goals (from CIP)
1. Increase cohesiveness
2. Increase technology use
3. Increase college readiness/awareness
4. Increase school-wide AVID use
5. Increase extra-curricular participation
6. Increase academic behavior
Developing Goals cont.
Sample Library Goals (Based on Campus Goals)
1. Increase cohesiveness
2. Increase technology use
3. Increase college readiness/awareness
4. Increase school-wide AVID use
5. Increase extra-curricular participation
6. Increase academic behavior
Create Objectives
Sample Library Goal and Objectives
1. Increase cohesiveness
Among staff
Among students
Among parents
Partnering with Stakeholders to Implement Plan:
Brainstorm Strategies for Objectives
1. Strategies to implement for “Increasing Cohesiveness” GOAL:
Staff: initiate collaborative lessons, attend campus and department meetings, host monthly coffee,…
Students: Fine waiving, give “permanent passes,” have library make-over days, clubs and events…
Parents: Host coffees, email/newsletters, volunteer group, …
Sources of Evidence
GOAL: Increasing Staff cohesiveness
1. Checked Curriculum Central weekly and approached 5 teachers per month with collaborative ideas/support; resulted in a 200% increase in staff collaborations overall.
Sources of Evidence
GOAL: Increasing Staff cohesiveness cont:
2. Hosted monthly staff coffees with increased attendance yearlong; end-of year surveys indicated increased satisfaction in personal and professional relationships school wide.
Your Turn, Partners!
GOAL: Increase extra-curricular participation
Strategies?
Evidence?
Sources of Evidence
Rubrics
Exit slips
Surveys (formal and informal)
Benchmark tests (with caution)
TEKS objectives
Other feedback
• Demonstrated mastery of info literacy skills (staff and students)
Traditional library stats (WITH other evidence)
National studies/expert opinions (WITH other evidence)
Find Sources of Evidence in sample strategies:
Book Club
Mini-Lessons/Story-time
Collaborations
Book trailers
Family Literacy program
Reading Incentive Programs/Activities
Website
Parent Coffee
Communicate “You are what people see you do.” –Anonymous
6 Weeks Updates to LMS and stakeholders
-Examples on next slide
-Doug Johnson’s wiki: https://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com/AllAboard
-Share with each other!
Video
Website/Blog
Local news
PA announcement
Flyer/mini-poster
Stickers/t-shirts on kids
Photos/callouts
6 Weeks Update forms for LMS
Items that may be included on the update form:
Circulation Statistics
Research Statistics (database use, databases taught)
Library Use (grade levels, subjects, drop ins, etc)
Collaborations (types, how many, etc)
Evidence of contributing to campus goals
Other possible info: Meetings attended, library closures, librarian leadership demonstrated
Six Weeks Update for Stakeholders
More sites to visit for communication formats
The Unquiet Library (print and Animoto formats)http://www.theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/cat.php?cid=19980
Library Girlhttp://lib-girl.blogspot.com/2011/06/its-bird-its-plan-its-our-annual-report.html
Springfield Township HShttp://issuu.com/joycevalenza/docs/annualreport11
Possible Issues in Implementing Evidence-
Based Practice
Time consuming
“Bad” evidence
Change can be slow
Concluding Remarks and Questions
Maria Cahill, Ph.DAssistant Professor School of Library and Information Studies Texas Woman’s University Denton,TX [email protected]
Mary Virginia MeeksLibrarianThomas C. Marsh Middle School Dallas ISDDallas,TX [email protected]