How I developed my school library the GrandSlam way

03/28/17 João Paulo Proença - jp.proenca@sapo.pt1
How I developed myHow I developed my
school library” (?)school library” (?)
•The Grandslam way?The Grandslam way?
19th -25th November 2009
Druskininkai - Lithuania

Before starting…Before starting…
Concerning
the Slamit
Project

Before starting…Before starting…
Who am I?

Where I come fromWhere I come from

One of the reasons for being invited to work in the
Portuguese School Library Net in 2006 was the
success of the Grandsalm project.

The Portuguese SchoolThe Portuguese School
Library NetLibrary Net
1. Since 1996 ( 12th
anniversary)
2. 1900 (35%) Schools
supported
3. 70% of the students
supported
More information, in English: www.rbe.min-edu.pt

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B Á S I C A I N T E
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Charneca de Caparica
Almada

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EBI DA CHARNECA DE
CAPARICA - ALMADA
e-mail: ce@eb123-charneca-caprica.rcts.pt
página WEB: www.eb123-charneca-caparica.rcts.pt

EBI da Charneca de CaparicaEBI da Charneca de Caparica
• Basic school - compulsory
education with
• Students aged 6 to 16
• 3 cycles: 1st cycle (4 years)
2nd cycle (2 years)
3rd cycle (3years)
inaugurated in the school year of 1993/1994inaugurated in the school year of 1993/1994

inaugurated in the school year of 1993/1994inaugurated in the school year of 1993/1994
EBI da Charneca de CaparicaEBI da Charneca de Caparica
And there is the School
Library…

THE SL/LC LOROSAETHE SL/LC LOROSAE
http://crelorosae.no.sapo.pt

THE SL/LC LOROSAETHE SL/LC LOROSAE
SL/LC is an important part of our School and all
students, teachers and staff may use its facilities.
SL/LC develops its activities according to the
UNESCO SCHOOL LIBRARY MANIFESTO and is
integrated in the Portuguese National Library Net and
in the Municipality Library Net.
The Learning Centre was named LOROSAE as a tribute
to East Timor people and means rising sun

Our starting point…Our starting point…
In September 2002, I became the new SL/LC
coordinator.
I’ve some facts…
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
SL Frequency loans (all scholl) computers room
frequency
documents
SL/LC in September 2002
Number of
students:
650 (aprox.)

I Have a dream
A song to sing…

I’ve some facts…
I have a TEAM working with me

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SL/LC StaffSL/LC Staff
A Team of different areas support the
activities of the Learning Centre
These teachers have as main tasks:
•support the students that use the centre,
•answer to their questions,
•give suggestions and inform them about the
centre learning facilities.
…

SL/LCSL/LC
The coordination TeamThe coordination Team
I’ve a Team of 4 teachers working more
closely with me…
We’ve weekly meetings where we:
- Organized the SL activities according
a plan of action
- Evaluated our work according with
the main goals of the SL
- …

And about…
Ideas ?

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The role of SL/LC in myThe role of SL/LC in my
SchoolSchool
The Learning Centre has
had an important role in the
learning process, promoting:
•Readging and Information
literacies
•The use of ICT
• the aquisition of reading
habits
• research skills
essential tools for
a long-life learning.

SCHOOL CHALLENGES IN A CHANGINGSCHOOL CHALLENGES IN A CHANGING
SOCIETYSOCIETY
The meaning of a Long-life learningThe meaning of a Long-life learning
It’s very important making studentsIt’s very important making students
understand:understand:
 Learning is more than learning by listening toLearning is more than learning by listening to
information produced by others.information produced by others.
 Learning also means the ability to access toLearning also means the ability to access to
information and deal with it.information and deal with it.
 Why and what the knowledge of the differentWhy and what the knowledge of the different
subjects is useful for.subjects is useful for.

Dimensions of learning
From George Siemens - University of Manitoba

Dimensions of learning
From George Siemens - University of Manitoba
Questions shaping future directions
Adopting a different framework for education
requires answering some critical questions. For
example:
•What would be the role of the educator?
•How would we teach
•What would be the role of the learner?
•Wayfinding, self-directe
How would curriculum be created? Shared?
•How would research be conducted?

HOW DO WE TRY TO FACE THISHOW DO WE TRY TO FACE THIS
CHALLENGE, SINCECHALLENGE, SINCE 19961996??
Trying a different school organization:
 Making different evaluation documents
(centred in the students’ skills)
 Searching new learning styles – promoting
abilities
 Improving teachers’ cooperative work in
the organization of students’ learning
processs

AT THE CURRICULARAT THE CURRICULAR
DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT
AT THE CLASSAT THE CLASS
COUNCILCOUNCIL
WORK ORGANIZATIONWORK ORGANIZATION
Improving
teachers’
cooperative work
Looking at the
syllabus according
to the skills referred
in the national
curriculuml
Building a class
curricular
project

SCHOOL CHALLENGES IN A CHANGING SOCIETYSCHOOL CHALLENGES IN A CHANGING SOCIETY
WHAT STRATEGIES FOR THISWHAT STRATEGIES FOR THIS
CHANGE?CHANGE?
 Promoting a new curricular approach
 Promoting directed training for students, teachers and
other school staff to use all the Learning Centre facilities
 Using the Learning Centre as a real learning centre
for students and teachers
 Bringing new learning spaces to the students’
timetables
 Motivating a higher cooperation among the class
teachers’ team

 The main objectives of the School Educational Project
(2002-2005) are: to prepare students to live as real citizens
and to prepare them for a long life learning.
 As far as The School Curricular Project (2003-2004) its
main objectives are the cooperative work (how to
reinforce), Reading as a pleasure (how to reach it) and
Health (how to preserve).
•A School main goal – The School Educational
project
SCHOOL CHALLENGES IN A CHANGING SOCIETYSCHOOL CHALLENGES IN A CHANGING SOCIETY
WHAT STRATEGIES FOR THISWHAT STRATEGIES FOR THIS
CHANGE?CHANGE?

And about…
Ideas ?
The GrandSlam Project

TheThe GrandSlam projectGrandSlam project and theand the
development of the SL/LC Lorosaedevelopment of the SL/LC Lorosae
During three years we’ve learned/shared lots of very
important ideas during our
meetings/conferences/informal talks:
• The SL is an idea, not a space. All school could/should be a SL/LC
• If the SL closed one day, what would change at school?
• The SL did not happen by chance
• The resources are important , but more important is what you do with them

During three years we’ve learned/shared lots of very
important ideas during our
meetings/conferences/informal talks:
• Transforming information into knowledge is the main goal of the SL
• We are facing the same challenges in all Europe, concerning Education
and the place of the SL at School
• In all Europe we are trying to promote reading habits (reading for
fun/pleasure)
• The SL Development  The School Development

School Library
Printed based materials
Multimedia
Centre
Print
Multimedia
CD-DVD
Audio visual
ICT
GrandSLAM
Learning and Information
Center
focus on eLearning
Independent Learning
Supported self study
New learning styles
Lifelong Learning
The progression from School Library to Learning and Information Centre
A conceptual change incorporating changes in learning style and promoting the
development of lifelong learning skils
TheThe GrandSlam projectGrandSlam project and the developmentand the development
of the SL/LC Lorosaeof the SL/LC Lorosae

The SL/LC has developed a lot of
activities in accordance with the
GrandSlam main aims (and the School
Educational Project )
The Plan of action:

 Plan of action:

Specifically we will (plan of action)
1.Plan activities in articulation with the pedagogical council
and our school curricular project in order to make changes
in the school
2.Plan activities in articulation with the curricular
departments to promote changes in curricular approaches.
3.Plan and practise “small scale” projects with other
GrandSlam partners, in order to investigate new learning
styles and to set up offers for special user groups.
4.Promote training for the users of the Learning Centre
(teachers/students).
5.Make guides for the users of the Learning Centre.
6.Buy basic equipment in order to support new learning
styles
7.Share our “best practices” with the other partners of the
Grand Slam Project.

 In order to ensure that the proposal for the
students’ use of ICT technology at least when
they present their final work, and to make the
integration of ICT easier in their learning
activities (as approved by the Pedagogical
Council on the 6th
November) the SL/LC
supported /promoted:
An example – The use of ICT

An example – The use of
ICT
 The activity called “A window for the
world” has been continued with good
results (see
www.eb123-charneca-caparica.rcts.pt).
(Each week a class had to provide a
Power Point Presentation about a
chosen topic).

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SL/LC ACTIVITIES 2003-2006SL/LC ACTIVITIES 2003-2006

Statistics show how SL/LC had an important
role to achieve the School Project and
SL/LC targets:
 Put the students in touch with new
technologies, using ICT in their
learning as a condition to get success
in a changing society
 Reading pleasure- How to succeed?

SL/LC ATTENDANCE IN THE DIFFERENT
SCHOOL YEARS
School Library frequency
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
01 02 02 03 03 04 04 05 05 06 06 07 07 08
school years
frequência
Number of
students:
650 (aprox.)

ICT ROOM/ROOMS ATTENDANCE IN THE
DIFFERENT SCHOOL YEARS
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
school years
visitors
Number of
students:
650 (aprox.)

ICT ROOM/ROOMS ATTENDANCE IN THE
DIFFERENT SCHOOL YEARS

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LOANS (HOME REQUISITIONS) IN THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL
YEARS
Loans - all school
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
00 01 01 02 02 03 03 04 04 05 05 06 06 07 07 08
school years
requisições
Number of
students:
650 (aprox.)

HOME REQUISITIONS – 2nd and 3rd cycles
Loans 2nd and 3rd Cycles
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
00 01 01 02 02 03 03 04 04 05 05 06 06 07 07 08
School years
nºofloans
Number of
students:
650 (aprox.)

PRINTED DOCUMENTS
Number of printed documents
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
until 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Years
nºofdocuments
Number of
students:
650 (aprox.)

Collection Development PoliciesCollection Development Policies
 At the end of the
GrandSlam project
our S.L. had their
document:
 Collection Development Policies

Last News:Last News:
 It means that we can organize our
school in some fields in a different way
trying to promote the students’ success.
 It was the end of a evaluating process of
my school in which the SL was also included.
Last year my school and more nineteen
schools (in a total of 7000 schools) signed
the first “autonomy contracts” in my country.

The Grandslam way?The Grandslam way?
 Until now, I’ve been in touch with hundreds
of teachers in a training context.
You must be sure that some of the best
Grandslam ideas have been disseminated
One of the reasons for being invited to work in the
Portuguese School Library Net in 2006 was the
success of the Grandsalm project.

The GrandslamThe Grandslam
way?way?

The Grandslam way?The Grandslam way?

A poemA poem and a songand a song
Abba - I Have A Dream
I have a dream
a song to sing
to help me cope
with anything
if you see the wonder
of a fairy tale
you can take the future
even if you fail
I believe in angels
something good in
everything I see
I believe in angels
when I know the time
is right for me
I’ll cross the stream
I have a dream

•How didHow did WEWE developdevelop
my school library”my school library”
Let’s return to the beginningLet’s return to the beginning
More information (in English) can be found at the web
page of the CRE Lorosae SL/LC: http://
crelorosae.no.sapo.pt

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