Eileen Kern, PSLA President

Allison Mackley, Hershey High School Librarian

PA Forward Information Literacy SummitJuly 2013

Model Curriculum for Pennsylvania School Library Programs

• Common Core and PA Common Core

• Development of the Model Curriculum

• Implementation of the Model Curriculum

Engineering: Planning and

ProgressA Look at Today’s Agenda

• How are Common Core Standards different from previous academic standards?

• How does the PA Common Core impact high school students who will be transitioning to college?

Building BridgesPart 1: Common Core and PA Common Core

The English Language Arts Standards: Key Changes and Their Evidence

Common Core Shifts: Text

Text Complexity

Analysis, inference, and evidence

Writing to sources (research)

Mastery of writing

and speaking

Academic vocabulary

Text Complexity

Reader and Task

Common Core Shift

Literature30%

Literary Nonfiction

70%

Grades 9-12

• English Language Arts, Grades PreK-5

• English Language Arts, Grades 6-12

• Reading for Science and Technology Subjects, Grades 6-12

PA Common Core

• Writing for Science and Technology Subjects, Grades 6-12

• Reading for History and Social Studies, Grades 6-12

• Writing for History and Social Studies, Grades 6-12

PA Common Core

Standards PK-2 3-5 6-8 9-12

ELA 55 56 54 54

RW Science

& Technical

Subjects

0 0 19 19

RW History

and Social

Studies

0 0 19 19

Math 16 17 17 46

TOTAL 71 73 109 138

PA Common Core Standards

• Why was it created?

• How was it created?

• What are the different parts?

• What are school librarians required to do with it?

Building Bridges: CurriculumPart 2: Development of Model Curriculum

PA State Board of Education Study in Fall, 2011

• PDE Staff

• School Librarians

• PSLA

PA Board of Education

Library Model Curriculum Writing Team

Year 1

Year 2

http://pdesas.org

Standards Aligned System Portal

Building the Framework

Unpacking: Blueprint for Success

PA

Common Core

PA CC

ELA

19

PA CC

RWST

8

PA CC

RWHS

S

8

PA AS

BCIT

9

Aligned

Standards

4459 19

19 37

134

Thinkers

Listener

s

Researchers

Big

Ideas

Writer

s

Readers

Responsible

21st-Century

Citizens

Phase One of Curriculum Framework

Collaboration

(Happens More Frequently

with

a Flexible Schedule)

Isolated

(Often the Case with a

Fixed Schedule)

Instructional

Time

Resource

s

Curriculum Framework

Library Information Concepts

• How do you begin using the PA Model Library Curriculum?

• What benefits do you see to using the PA Model Library Curriculum?

• What problems do you foresee occurring with implementation of the curriculum?

Building Bridges: ConnectionsPart 3: Implementation of Model Curriculum

Frustration or Freedom?

Measuring Up & Making Changes

Building Bridges: Convergence

A School Library Program Impacts

Student Achievement

Professional Development

3 year plan

Curriculum Committee

Professional Development Committee

PA Library Model Curriculum Writing Team

Building Bridges with Conversation

Some of the school library photos in this presentation were taken by Stuart Goldenburg as part of the PA School Library Project, a National Leadership research grant project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Photo Credits

Resources

AASL - http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards-guidelines/learning-standards

BTIC - http://www.pdesas.org/Main/News/442801

The Hunt Institute - http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHuntInstitute?feature=watch

ISTE - http://www.iste.org/standards

PA Model Library Curriculum -http://www.pdesas.org/module/sas/curriculumframework/librarymodelcurriculum.aspx