Existing+Personnel,+Policies,+and+Resources

Personnel
For the success of this program, it is detrimental the school administration, classroom teachers, and the school media specialist work together in integrating information literacy skills into the core curriculum. For this to happen, the school administration must be supportive and champion this mission. The school media specialist must also promote the advantages of instilling this program for all involved, including students; classroom teachers; parents; and district-level stakeholders.

Policies
There are no existing policies in place that advocate the integration of information literacy skills into the curriculum. This program is striving to initiate a specified policy for technology integration, and information literacy skills. The existing media center policy, a fixed schedule, potentially, may pose a threat to the success of this program. It is hoped, through the establishment of this program, the fixed schedule will be modified to a more flexible/open model of operation.

Resources
There will be numerous resources that will need to be accessed to validate the importance of this program, especially in obtaining advocacy from school administration. These resources will be available on the school website, as well in hard copy format in the, newly established, Professional Resources portion of the school media center. School Library Research Summarized: A Graduate Class Project (2011) by the School of Library and Information Technologies Department at Mansfield University School Library Impact Studies: The major Findings (2011) by the School of Library and Information Technologies Department at Mansfield University "How Idaho Librarians, Teachers, and Administrators Collaborate for Student Success" (2009):

"[|Student Learning Through Wisconsin School Library Media Centers" in which the following statements were made]" (2006): "Information Empowered: The School Librarian as an Agent of Agent of Academic Achievement in Alaska Schools" (2000): ﻿"Measuring Up to Standards: The Impact of School Libraries and Information Literacy in Pennsylvania Schools" (2000):
 * "Where principals and other administrators rated the teaching of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) standards as excellent, students at all three grade levels—elementary, middle and high school—were consistently more likely to earn advanced scores on the ISAT reading and language arts tests."
 * "School librarians help students acquire unique skills not taught in the classroom and information and technology skills essential for students in the 21st century."
 * "Schools where the librarian spends more time on instructionally-related student and teacher activities have higher WKCE scores."
 * "In terms of student usage, the more time students spend receiving instruction in the area of library/information literacy in which the library media staff are involved, the higher their test scores."
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