K-16 Info Literacy Collaboration in GA.ppt

K-16 Info Literacy Collaboration in GA Proposal for a joint GLA/GLMA committee The current state of K-16 IL collaboration in GA: Scattered local efforts by librarians: Athens, Rome, Carrollton: K-16 librarians meetings/workshops to assess the state of IL instruction in our localities. Separate but complementary ACRL/AASL standards Vision, goals, teaching methods and challenges virtually identical Overall Vision: IL as a lifelong learning skill that is acquired gradually, grade-by-grade and can’t be taught in scattershot fashion. Need for an articulated, assessable program of across-the-curriculum K-16 info literacy instruction. Goals: Embedded Information Literacy: in school and college curricula in teacher education programs In continuing education programs for teachers Design easily read, practical IL standards that speak to teachers and parents as well as librarians Create effective methods of assessing IL learning Teaching methods Sessions are integrated into class projects Hands on, active learning Collaborative learning Challenges Students IL skills vary widely Overcrowded lesson plans syllabi Not embedded in curriculum Administrative well-wishing but no practical support Inadequate ways of assessing IL learning Moving beyond local efforts: Getting involved with USG’s “Office of P16 Initiatives” program /p16/ Finding a fit within our state and national support organizations and institutions Examining K-16 collaborations in other states Bd of Regents P-16 Initiatives Programs:GSTEP: “Georgia Systemic Teacher Education Program” /gstep/ GOAL: Collaboration between teachers, administrators and college faculty to improve teacher prep programs FOCUS: Shaping the teacher education curriculum: 9 subject-based curriculum committees Supporting Induction Develop strategies to support teachers during their first 2 years of teaching Bd of Regents P-16 Initiatives Programs:PRISM: Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics 4 regi