Standards for the 21st Century Learner : Standards for the 21st Century Learner SLMS Leadership Retreat
August 3-4, 2008
Gail Dickinsongdickins@odu.eduBarbara Striplingbstripling@schools.nyc.gov : Gail Dickinsongdickins@odu.eduBarbara Striplingbstripling@schools.nyc.gov
Learning Standards vs. Guidelines : Learning Standards vs. Guidelines Learning Standards define what we expect students to be able to do as learners
Learning Standards vs. Guidelines : Learning Standards vs. Guidelines Guidelines define what an exemplary school library media program looks like.
Get Ready! : Get Ready!
Foundation of Beliefs : Foundation of Beliefs
The Framework : The Framework Standards
The Standards : The Standards Learners use information literacy skills, resources and tools to:
Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.
Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.
Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.
The Framework : The Framework Standards Strands
Strands : Strands Four parts of each standard
Skills
Dispositions in Action
Responsibilities
Self-Assessment Strategies
Skills : Skills Key abilities needed for understanding, learning, thinking, and mastering subjects.
Multiple literacies
Critical thinking
Social learning
Inquiry-based
Content context
Dispositions in Action : Dispositions in Action Ongoing beliefs and attitudes that guide thinking and intellectual behavior that can be measured through actions taken.
Curious
Resilient
Flexible
Imaginative
Critical
Reflective
Self-evaluative
Responsibilities : Responsibilities Common behaviors used by independent learners in researching, investigating, and problem solving.
Follow ethical & legal guidelines
Respect principals of Intellectual Freedom
Pursue multiple perspectives & balance of viewpoints
Practice safe behaviors
Contribute to the exchange of ideas
Respect ideas & experiences of others
Self-Assessment Strategies : Self-Assessment Strategies Reflections on one’s own learning to determine that the skills, dispositions, and responsibilities are effective.
Processes of learning
Products of learning
Three-directional
Summative
Formative
Predictive
The Framework : The Framework Standards Strands Indicators
Indicators : Indicators Sub-categories that describe what abilities students should demonstrate within each of the four strands of each standard.
Indicators : Indicators
The Framework : The Framework Standards Strands Indicators Benchmarks
Benchmarks : Benchmarks Abilities students should demonstrate by the end of grades 2, 5, 8, 10 & 12+ for each indicator.
Benchmarks : Benchmarks
Standards for the 21st Century Learner : Standards for the 21st Century Learner ALA | AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
The Standards : The Standards Learners use information literacy skills, resources and tools to:
Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.
Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.
Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.
Get Set! : Get Set!
Lesson: Standards 3 & 4 : Lesson: Standards 3 & 4 Possible Units:
Elementary unit on immigration
Elementary through high school unit on theme of belonging and personal and cultural identity
Book discussion group for elementary through high school
Decision: Book discussion group to introduce concepts of personal and cultural identity
Standard 3: Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society. : Standard 3: Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society. Skill: 3.1.2: Participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual network of learners.
Disposition in Action 3.2.2: Show social responsibility by participating actively with others in learning situations and by contributing questions and ideas during group discussions.
Standard 4: Pursue personal and aesthetic growth. : Standard 4: Pursue personal and aesthetic growth. Skill 4.1.1: Read, view, and listen for pleasure and personal growth.
Responsibility: 4.3.1 Participate in the social exchange of ideas, both electronically and in person.
Contribution to Group Discussion : Contribution to Group Discussion What is the main idea that I contributed to the group discussion?
What two ideas from others caused me to rethink my own ideas?
How did I help the group reach consensus?
What did I do to make sure that the group discussion included and respected all members?
Curriculum Integration : Curriculum Integration Pick one unit currently being done in your school that would be a good opportunity for integration of a skill, disposition, a responsibility, and/or a self-assessment strategy.
Development of Lesson : Development of Lesson Use the Lesson Plan Template to design a lesson to teach a skill within your unit.
You may also decide to include a disposition, responsibility, or self-assessment strategy.
(You may copy the template onto chart paper.)
Gallery Walk : Gallery Walk
Action! : Action!
Presenting the Standards to Others : Presenting the Standards to Others Constituencies
Principal
Teachers
Students
Parents
Librarians
District/BOCES
School Board
Legislators
Professional Assns Needs
Strategies
Top Ten Strategies : Top Ten Strategies
Developing An Action Plan : Developing An Action Plan Use Action Plan Grid to help you focus on what will be your first three actions to implement the new standards in your school or other work situation.
Slide 36: Thank you!
Go forth and spread the word of the AASL National Standards for the 21st-Century Learner