Implementing the ALA School Library Media Program

Assessment Rubric for the 21st Century:

Targeting Exemplary!

Hanover County Library Media Specialists

January 26, 2007

Moving from Good to Great…

• My role today?– Facilitate discussion of

rubric target indicators– Offer suggested resources

• Your role?– Examine your scored ALA

Assessment Rubric– Select three (3) non-

exemplary level targets– Develop S.M.A.R.T. goals

with strategies for these three

S.M.A.R.T. Goals• Specific• Measurable• Agreed Upon• Realistic• Time-BasedYour end goal today is

to develop three

From Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning, ALA, 1998, p. 48

Assessment Rubric for the 21st Century

• Twenty-five (25) total elements

• Three areas– Teaching and Learning– Information Access and

Delivery– Program Administration

• Three levels (p. 33)– Basic– Proficient– Exemplary

Rubric and Resources

S.M.A.R.T. Goal: Examples

Goal of choice: B. Information Access and Delivery, 1b—Resources• S.M.A.R.T. Goal: To increase

usage of subscription databases

• Two strategies:1. Add database information to

library Web page2. Hold staff development for

teachers

For each strategy, Who? When? How assessed?

Goal of choice: C. Program Administration, 2. Administrative Support• S.M.A.R.T. Goal: To increase

principal’s awareness of instructional role of library media specialist

• Two strategies:1. Meet to discuss Academic Success

@ Your Library brochure2. Submit monthly report that not only

shows numbers but also connects library activities to SOL and content instruction and schedule follow-up discussion

For each strategy, Who? When? How assessed?

Task:

• Choose three (3) target indicators to move to exemplary.

• For each, develop a S.M.A.R.T. Goal.

• For each S.M.A.R.T. Goal, develop two strategies.

• For each strategy, tell who, when, and how to be assessed.

Audrey ChurchCoordinator, School

Library Media ProgramLongwood Universitychurchap@longwood.edu434-395-2682