Presentation from Adam Lancaster's session at the Librarians as Teachers conference held on 10th June 2015 in Birmingham.

1. IL &
LEARNING
*A symbiotic relationship to improve teaching and learning
Adam Lancaster
@Dusty_Jacket
www.readingeducator@wordpress.com

2. • Associate Assistant Headteacher
• DSP
• Literacy Coordinator
• School Librarian of the Year
• Shortlisted for 2015 Information Literacy Award
• Literacy & Reading Consultant
– Save the Children
– Civitas
– UNESCO
– Schools
– Publishers
– Book charities
WHO AM I?

3. • Lead on literacy & information literacy
• Assistant Headteacher – learning
walks/observations
• Collapsed timetable coordinator
• Safeguarding senior leader
• Governor
• MPS trainer
WHAT DO I DO IN SCHOOL?

4. FROM HOMEWORK TO PREP
Organised
Unorganised

5. FROM HOMEWORK TO PREP
Positive impact
on learning
Negative impact
on learning

6. FROM HOMEWORK TO PREP
Enhanced impact
on teaching
No impact on
teaching

7. FROM HOMEWORK TO PREP
Information literacy
integral
No information
literacy

10. TEACHERS
Their idea
Improve their teaching
or student outcomes
HoD
SLT link
Headteacher
Governors
MAKING ANYTHING
WHOLE SCHOOL

11. PART OF APPRAISAL
PROCESS & SLT
• All teaching staff as part of their appraisal have IL focus
• A feature of SDP
• A must on Department Action Plans
• Learning walk focus
• Book scrutiny focus
• SLT directed

12. INFORMATION LITERACY
Integral to teaching
and learning
Ad hoc

13. •Purpose
•Location
•Understanding
•Self Evaluation
THE PLUS MODEL

14. • A model for information literacy and
learning
OPUS
Why?
• If information literacy is linked to learning it will be more
successful in schools
• Searching for information and learning are already both
linked
• Integrating information literacy into the curriculum is a
highly beneficial model

15. OPUS
•Objective
•Plan
•Understanding
•Synthesis

17. • Learning to LearnOBJECTIVE
• Thinking about the process
• What is being asked of me?
• What do I already know about this?
• What do I still need to find out?

18. • EnablingPLAN
• This is where I might find the information
• This is what it will look like
• This is how I will undertake the task

19. • DiscoveryUNDERSTANDING
• I have found the information that I need
• I have gained the knowledge required
• I can apply this understanding to the original question

20. • ApplicationSYNTHESIS
• I can create based around my understand
• I can see the wider links of this knowledge
• I can explain my understanding

24. Info-Lit Learning

25. Adam Lancaster
@Dusty_Jacket
www.readingeducator@wordpress.com