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Our
School Libraries – At a Glance Fall Quarter 2009 August 10 - October 9, 2009 |
The Numbers
- Students
borrowed over 150,000 items from their school libraries.
- Students
viewed over 37,500 full-text articles through SUSD
research databases.
- Students
had access to 21,695 new titles purchased with 2007
Capital Override funds, including audio books, DVDs and ebooks. Read
Capital Override details here.
- Students
participated in over 2,000 information literacy lessons
created through collaboration between classroom teachers and teacher
librarians.
- Studies
in 19 states have demonstrated, “A school library
program that is adequately staffed, resourced and funded can lead to
higher student achievement regardless of socioeconomic or educational
levels in the community.” School Libraries Work. Scholastic
Library, 2008.
www2.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/s/slw3_2008.pdf
The Stories behind the Numbers
- An
elementary school teacher librarian: “Thanks
to the monies allotted from the Capital Override, students are so excited
to read! Anytime I get new books, they want to read them, and thanks
to the thoughtful purchase of various curriculum-support materials,
students are reading great books that support their classroom learning!”
- An
elementary school teacher librarian: “Our
students love adding digital book reviews to the library catalog. They're
ready to be amazon.com reviewers!"
- A
middle school language arts teacher: “The
new audio books ordered have allowed some auditory learners success
in reading a novel for the first time.”
- A
high school student:
“I always seem to find just what I need whenever I come to the
library – I’m so glad you’re here!”
- More Stories - Read dozens of stories from schools throughout the district.
What makes it happen?
- There
are 28 school library programs in the Scottsdale Unified School District.
- Desert Canyon ES and MS share a library program
- Desert
Mountain HS is served by a shared-use facility managed by the City
of Scottsdale.
- Thirty-one
certificated teacher librarians help manage SUSD libraries guided by
the SUSD Library Media Program.
- Teacher
librarians continue to participate in staff development designed to
improve student achievement.
- Funds
from the 2007 Capital Override continue
to facilitate the improvement of library collections throughout the
district.
- A 2009-10
soft-capital allocation of $2.00/student has enabled teacher librarians
to purchase items in support of local programs.
- Teacher
librarians have implemented collection development policies during the
past two years resulting in an improvement in the average copyright
date in our libraries from 1989 to 1994.
- Support
from our school communities endorses strong programs. Budget cuts in
June 2008 eliminated library assistants at all but two schools.
- School
communities at 15 schools, most often with support from their parent
communities, have restored at least partial library assistant positions.
- School
communities at 15 schools, most often with support from their parent
communities, have restored at least partial library assistant positions.
- School
library web sites are designed to help students find, evaluate and
use information.
- The Resources
for Teacher Librarians page provides access to resources, tools
and information to assist teacher librarians in providing quality programming
for their students.
- Our students and teachers are curious and interested in learning. SUSD teacher librarians are fortunate to work with a community that supports literacy in all formats!
For more
information, contact:
Sharon Ewers
Lead Librarian, Scottsdale Unified School District
Teacher Librarian, Arcadia High School
sewers@susd.org