K-12 Library Media
Curriculum Framework
Revised 2013
Cassandra Barnett
Arkansas Department of Education
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
Presentation Objectives
To review the framework revision process
To become familiar with the newly revised
frameworks
To provide participants with resources
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
Framework Revision Process
Comply with legislative and regulatory requirements
Obtain input from Arkansas Educators, appropriate experts & other
stakeholders
Ensure the Arkansas Library Media Framework is aligned with
Reflects current research in the field
Current national standards
Common Core State Standards
Ensure appropriate scaffolding & increased rigor
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
Regulatory Requirements
Rules Governing Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas
Public Schools and School Districts
July 2009
16.0 STANDARD XI
SUPPORT SERVICES
16.02.3
• The role of the library media center shall support technology as a tool for
learning.
• The media specialist(s) shall assist students in the development and use
of research skills.
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
Regulatory Requirements
Rules Governing the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing,
Assessment and Accountability Program
And the Academic Distress Program
• Set clear academic standards periodically reviewed and revised
• Establish professional development standards
• Participate in the Common Core State Standards for ELA & Math
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Legislative Requirements
• Public School Library Media and Technology
Act
Provide assistance, learning opportunities and
instruction in information literacy, technologies
and the use of the library.
Develop and implement a plan that ensures skills
are taught in a logical sequence for K-12
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
Obtaining Input
• Surveys
Library Media Specialists
Other Educators
Workforce
• Experts in the field
David Loertscher
Barbara Stripling
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
Surveys
• K-12 Educators
– 517 responses
• College/University Library Faculty
– 16 responses
• Arkansas Employers
– 36 responses
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Curriculum & Instruction
K-12 Educator Survey
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Administrators
Elementary teachers
Elementary school librarians
Middle school librarians
Secondary teachers
Secondary school librarians
K-12 school librarians
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Curriculum & Instruction
How very useful or useful
were the 2007 LM Frameworks?
80%
• Planning daily instruction
85%
• Overview of progression &
sequence of key ideas
52%
• Assessing student
achievement
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Curriculum & Instruction
How very useful or useful
were the 2007 LM Frameworks?
72%
• Meeting needs of all students
73%
• Achieving consistency/alignment
with other grade level courses
73%
• Preparing students for 21st
century living & working
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
How very useful or useful
were the 2007 LM Frameworks?
72%
• Necessary foundation for
college-and-career readiness
59%
• Teacher flexibility/creativity
in designing instruction
73%
• Preparation for life/work
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Curriculum & Instruction
Recommendations
• Align with Common Core
• Align with AASL’s National Standards for the
21st Century Learner
• Greater focus on technology- related skills,
website evaluation & researching online
• Higher expectations of students
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Higher Education
– incoming freshmen
16 responses
Vs.
Workforce
– new employees
36 responses
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Higher Education
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Curriculum & Instruction
Recommendations
• Greater emphasis on information literacy
instruction in high school
• Greater emphasis on digital literacy
instruction in high school
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Curriculum & Instruction
Workforce
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Curriculum & Instruction
Recommendations
• Build critical thinking and basic life skills
• Provide more opportunities for inquiry
• Focus on searching, evaluating & applying information
• Increase reading for life-long learning
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Curriculum & Instruction
What did the experts say?
• Dr. David Loertscher
• Ph.D. from Indiana University
• The University of Arkansas, The University of Oklahoma, and now at San Jose
State University
• Publisher--Libraries Unlimited, Hi Willow Research & Publishing (distributed by
LMC Source at www.lmcsource.com)
• Past president American Association of School Librarians
• Dr. Barbara Stripling
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Assistant Professor of Practice at Syracuse University
Current president of ALA
Past Director of Library Services at New York City Department of Education
Director of Library Programs at New Visions for Public Schools, New York City
Director of Instructional Services at Fayetteville (AR) Public Schools
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Loertscher’s Recommendations
1. Reading fluency in both
fiction and informational
texts, including complex
texts and reading online
2. Developing the love of
reading, writing, viewing,
listening, critiquing, and
discussion of many genres
and formats
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Loertscher’s Recommendations
3. Inquiry in its broadest
sense both in formal and
informal learning
4. Digital citizenship
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Curriculum & Instruction
Loertscher’s Recommendations
5. The creation and use of
many forms of media such
as video, audio, mashups,
and augmented reality, as
well as the creation of
texts in a host of digital
environments such as
digital curation and
storytelling
6. The successful use of
Web 2.0 tools in ways that
actually boost teaching
and learning
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Curriculum & Instruction
Loertscher’s Recommendations
7. Encouragement to use
project-based learning,
personalized learning, selfdirected learning, gamebased learning, badges,
creativity, critical thinking,
flip education and a host of
other constructivist
strategies as the main
feature of the
library/learning commons
program
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Curriculum & Instruction
Loertscher’s Recommendations
9. The acceptance of
BYOD in access to the
highest quality of
information and
technology tools
8. The building of personal
expertise, cooperative
group work, and
collaborative
intelligence
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Curriculum & Instruction
Loertscher’s Recommendations
10. The realization that
children and teens are as
much teacher as they are
learner
11. The development by
each young person of a
personal learning
environment
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Curriculum & Instruction
Loertscher’s Recommendations
12. The encouragement of
informal learning
alongside formal learning
13. The need to fold social
media skills over into
academic skills
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Curriculum & Instruction
Loertscher’s Recommendations
14. The enlargement of
the concept of a library
website into the concept
of a virtual learning
commons
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Curriculum & Instruction
Stripling’s Recommendations
1. Broaden the Context of
the Information World—
go beyond print
• look at the skills required for
accessing, evaluating, and using
information presented in formats
other than print
• Include how information on the
Web is organized and accessed
• Address organization of
information within a resource:
skills of navigation and
interpreting the organization of
information
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Curriculum & Instruction
Stripling’s Recommendations
2. Increase Emphasis on Student
Critical Thinking, Creation and
Production
• The Common Core emphasizes
the critical thinking skills that are
necessary for performing inquiry
or pursuing thoughtful research:
– Refining a topic, drawing
conclusions, and creating
original ideas
• Application of critical thinking to
produce
– their own conclusions, lines
of argument, innovative
solutions, and creative ideas
– presentations in multiple
formats
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
Stripling’s Recommendations
• Formative assessment should be
integral to this curriculum
framework
• A verb like “recognize” cannot be
assessed as easily as “identify”
• Consider developing graphic
organizers for priority benchmark
skills
3. Include Attention to
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Assessment
Stripling’s Recommendations
4. Redefine the Role of the
Library in Reading and
Literacy
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Reading has expanded to the concept
of literacy
Includes comprehension, fluency,
analysis, interpretation, evaluation,
multiple literacies, writing and
producing, and the whole process of
making meaning from text as it is
presented in any format
Connect the broader concept of
literacy and the information skills
that are integral to that concept
Librarians have a prominent role in
developing the dispositions and
motivation for independent reading.
Independent reading = Personal
Growth
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
Stripling’s Recommendations
5. Align the Arkansas
Framework with the Skills of
the Common Core
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Skills taught through the library are
broader than the skills of the
Common Core
Are organized in an inquiry/library
framework that is different from a
literacy framework
Research in the Common Core is
actually inquiry, not finding and
copying information.
Some of the skills in the Common
Core have not traditionally been a
part of a library curriculum, but
they could (and should) be
incorporated (e.g., developing a
line of argument).
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
Framework Committee Tasks
Ensure the Arkansas Library Media Framework is aligned with
Reflects current research in the field
Current national standards
Common Core State Standards
Consider input from appropriate sources
Other state and national standards and CCSS
Implications of current research
Results of the educator and workforce surveys
Recommendations by experts
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
Committee Composition
• 32 members
29 K-12 school librarians
2 college-level faculty
1 administrator
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All five ACTAAP regions represented
All grade levels represented
Urban, suburban and rural districts
Experience working in school libraries - 3 to 41
years
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Curriculum & Instruction
Revision Process
Committee met two weeks in June-July 2013
Reviewed the source documents
Four grade-level subcommittees
K-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
Entire group critiqued final drafts
ADE staff members facilitated all tasks
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Curriculum & Instruction
Revision Process
• ADE staff performed finishing tasks
– Formatted all documents
– Proofread all drafts for grammar, speling, accuracy,
etc.
– Cross-referenced drafts to ensure consistency
• State Board of Education adopted revised
framework on March 20,2014
• Newly revised framework will be implemented
starting in fall 2014
• Professional development will be provided during
summer 2014
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Finding the Framework
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Resources for
Implementing the Frameworks
• Hoorayforbooks Wiki
• AASL website
• Arkansas State Library website
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Source of
complex texts
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What’s Next?
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Train the trainers
Workshops at Co-ops this summer
Resources on the Hooray for Books wiki
Session at ArASL Summer Workshop
Pre-conference at ArLA
Frameworks-in-Action
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Curriculum & Instruction
Questions?
Arkansas Department of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction
Contact Information
Curriculum & Instruction
501-682-7442
Cassandra Barnett
501-682-6576
Program Advisor for School Libraries
cassandra.barnett@arkansas.gov
Dr. Tracy Tucker:
501-682- 7442
Director of Curriculum & Instruction
tracy.tucker@arkansas.gov
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Curriculum & Instruction