Libraries Supporting Learners Toolkit School Version

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Background The Scottish Library and Information Council and HMIe worked to together to develop Libraries Supporting Learners. Almost all Scottish Secondary Schools are staffed by a single, professionally- qualified and often Chartered librarian. In primary and Special Schools, access to professional advice varies from authority to authority and is generally offered by a central team. Role Librarians have traditionally supported the learning and teaching in schools by providing and managing a range of curriculum resources, as well as access to good quality information. Librarians actively support the development of literacy skills, with home reading assignments, leisure reading and Live Literature Scotland programmes. Librarians have contributed to the information and study skills programme of many schools and are involved in study and homework clubs. Librarians are also involved in supporting the development of core skills by learners and teachers’ professional skills by resourcing their knowledge-base. School librarians can make a contribution to raising standards in secondary schools, particularly in areas of literacy, information literacy and ICT. HMIe agreed to How Good is Our School was published by HMI in 1996 and used as self-evaluation toolkit for assessing aspects of education and management performance in schools. Taking A Closer Look at the School Library Resource Centre was part of the education community’s response through customisation for aspects of service delivery. Education policy has changed and developed and new frameworks have evolved to support the development of services. This included the quality improvement agenda, National Priorities and How Good is Our School 2002, with quality indicators rather than performance indicators. Libraries Supporting Learners SLIC has established this working group to re-align “Taking a closer look at school library services” with the changes made to How good is our school 2002.

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Libraries Supporting Learners Toolkit School Version - Presentation Transcript

Libraries Supporting Learners
- Background
- Role
- Taking a closer look at the school library resource centre
- How good is our school? 2002 edition
- Libraries Supporting Learners
Methodology
- Remit
- 9 meetings
- Support from HMIe
- Masterclass school librarians
- 2 consultatives meeting with Heads of School Library Services
- Draft document circulated to head teachers and colleagues
Structure
- Choice of Quality Indicators
- Structured for use in primary, special and secondary schools
- 2 audiences
- Supporting material includes links to the National Priorities, guidance on where to find the evidence, grids and case studies
Quality indicators for school library staff
- QI 1.2 Courses and programmes
- QI 2.1 Overall quality of attainment
- QI 3.3 Pupils’ learning experiences
- QI 3.4 Meeting pupils’ needs
- QI 5.1 Climate and relationships
- QI 5.2 Expectations and promoting achievement
- QI 7.2 Self evaluation
Quality indicators for school managers
- QI 2.1 Overall quality of attainment
- QI 6.5 Effectiveness and deployment of staff
- QI 7.3 Planning for improvement
- Case studies
- Worked with Heads of School Library Services and Masterclass librarians to identify case studies
- Includes examples from primary, special and secondary schools
Future
- The guide is published at one of the HMIe Guides to Self-Evaluation
- Copies will be circulated to schools
- Will be promoted at CILIPS Conference by School Libraries Group, School Library Association Conference and journal coverage in TES, Information Scotland and Update
- Support package for local authorities to use with their school librarians is on www.slainte.org.uk
- New case studies will continue to be collected