Blue Valley School District, USD 229Johnson County, KSKansas City metro area

2012/2013 22,154 students20 elementary schools (1 full-time librarian, 1 full-time para)9 middle schools (1 full-time librarian, 1 full-time para)5 high schools (2 full-time librarians, 2 full-time paras)

Beginnings..How Coffee Connects to College Readiness

Once upon a time... 

there were two librarians who liked to

talk, dream, drink coffee and  talk some

more about...  

What was going on?  How could this be?  Hey..WE were prepared for our freshman year ;-)

Shared experiences and moanedabout how unprepared many freshman appeared to be forbasic research

Inquiring Minds Wanted to Know....

How were Information Literacy Standards incorporated into the curriculum of high schools and higher education?

What were the challenges high schools  were facing in their efforts to develop information literacy competencies?

How can librarians and fellow educators collaborate to bridge the perceived gap in critical thinking skills?

A College Readiness Dialogue

Oct. 2010

Get Your Administration Involved

Teacher Buy-in

2nd annualCollege Readiness DialogueNov. 2011

9:00 – 4:00

New additions:oSkype-ingoPublic LibrariansoBest Practices

3rdCollege Readiness DialogueApril 2013

9:00 – 4:00

New additions:oKauffman FoundationoCommon CoreoSpecial Librarians

What's Next...

4th College Readiness Dialogue  • April 1st, 2014• Location: Kauffman Foundation

Conference Center, KC, MO• Librarians and fellow educators

from high schools, middle schools, higher education as well as public & special librarians

• Emphasis on Information Literacy

 

 Visit the College Readiness Dialogue

webpage

http://bvhlearningcommons.bluevalleyk12.org/collegereadinessdialogues 

2002

http://bvhlearningcommons.bluevalleyk12.org/collegereadinessdialogues

kstewart@bluevalleyk12.org

Get a co-host from the other side (Academic or Secondary)

Mileage: How far would you drive for this? (But post on state listservs)

Enlist the support of school administration! (Facility fees)

Don’t rely on school/library websites for names or email addresses; use primarily for phone numbers

Keep the first meeting simple as far as agenda goes