The document outlines the importance of effective school librarians and their role in professional learning, emphasizing the evaluation of school-aligned growth plans and the recognition of instructional leadership. It describes the processes for personal and program evaluation, professional development, and recognition, including requirements for multimedia presentations and letters of recommendation. Additionally, it provides resources and contact information for further support in achieving leadership and growth in school library programs.

1. Highly Effective
School Librarians
• Growth Plans
• Professional Learning
(Focus: Cohort)
• HESL Recognition
Month Day Year

2. Evidence Outcomes
 Evaluate school-aligned growth plans:
 Recognize characteristics of high-quality goals
 Look for opportunities to provide at-a-glance
evidence for teacher evaluation
 Essentialness of instructional leadership
 Components/concepts of the revised
recognition award and the CO School
Librarian cohort

3. Leadership Is a Key Focus
What is one thing
you do that helps you
to be recognized as a
leader in your school?

4. Shift to Leadership is Essential

5. CDE Teacher Rubric
 CDE Model Teacher Rubric
 Measures of Student Learning Guidance
 Teacher-Librarian “Implementation Brief ” –
Summer 2014

6. HESL Rubric and Growth Plan
Multiple Possibilities
•
Evaluating you and your program
•
Professional Learning
•
Award – CDE Recognition
Ultimately, affects students while changing perceptions.
Our leadership actions speak for us.

7. I.
Evaluation of You/Your Program
Assess collaboratively with your principal

8. • Use the Evaluation Rubric to assess
your program.
• Select 2 or 3 areas for improvement
and formulate these into schoolaligned goals.
• Use these goals to fill out the Growth
Plan and upload on the HESLP wiki
(optional)
8

9. II.
Professional Development

10. •Personalized professional growth in 23 rubric areas with help of your peers
•Develop a school-UIP aligned Growth
Plan and upload to wiki
•Final product that shows measurable
evidence of how you met your goals
•Principal commits to 8 hour release
time, and gets wiki link of outcomes

11. III.
Recognition

12. Rigorous Process with Higher Rewards
CDE Commissioner

13. •Multimedia Presentation (3 minutes)
•Two letters of recommendation (one
from principal or direct supervisor)
•Your school-aligned “Growth Plan”
•A link to your library website

14. Ensure Today’s Students Thrive
in 21 st -century Workforce

15. Key Ingredients
Risk-Taking Leader
Persistent Collaborator

16. Shift in perception among TL’s/Non-TL’s
Instructional/Digital Literacy Coach

17. Evidence Outcomes
 Evaluate school-aligned growth plans:
 Recognize characteristics of high-quality goals
 Look for opportunities to provide at-a-glance
evidence for teacher evaluation
 Essentialness of instructional leadership
 Components/concepts of the revised
recognition award and the CO School
Librarian cohort

18. Resources
 CDE Teacher Evaluation (Ed Effectiveness Web Page)
 HESL Rubric/Application Information
 HESL wiki
 CO School Librarian Professional Growth Cohort Wiki
 CDE School Librarian Web Page – tinyurl.com/coschoollibraries
 21 st c. skills formative assessment links from Academy 20

19. CONTACT INFORMATION
Becky Russell, MLIS |School Library/Digital Literacy
Content Specialist | Colorado Department of Education |
303.866.6772 | russell_b@cde.state.co.us |
brussell@coloradostatelibrary.org
|http://tinyurl.com/COSchoolLibraries | @beckyjorussell
Judy Barnett| Highly Effective School Library Coordinator |
Colorado Department of Education | 719.964.5352 |
jbarnett@coloradostatelibrary.org
|highlyeffectiveschoollibraryprogram.wikispaces.com