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Westborough High School Library Learning Commons 

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Westborough High School Library Learning Commons 

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Westborough, MA

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WestboroughHS Annual Report 2016-2017 | Piktochart Visual Editor

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Tulare City School District Library Impact Report 2016-2017

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Tulare City School District Library Impact Report 2016-2017

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Each school site has their own report using the same template created on google draw

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District  Library Impact report 2016-2017

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University Schools Elementary/ High School Library 2016-17

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University Schools Elementary/ High School Library 2016-17

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University Schools Elementary%2FHIgh School Library (5)

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Slightly modified, sent to principals and superintendent

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Copy of PA Library Annual Report 2016-2017

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Burnet High School 2017 Library EOY Report

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Burnet High School 2017 Library EOY Report

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Sent to administrative team, district leaders, posted on website blog & social media.

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Video made with Biteable. The World's Simplest Video Maker

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Created in Word, shared as PDF

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*From my first year (2013-2014 school year) so not super current but may be helpful?

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Katy ISD, TX
Memorial Parkway Junior High

EOY Report

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What a whirlwind year it has been! I have absolutely loved being at MPJH and creating the library as the true "heart" and center of the school. I have enjoyed working with so many teachers and getting to know the students this year!

I established a regular schedule for the ELA teachers to bring their classes for checkout and lessons. During these visits we watched book trailers, learned about Tweens Read and Teen Book Con, built excitement for book fairs, learned about March Book Madness, participated in Speed Book Dating sessions, and even tied to their classroom content during their mythology and poetry units.

I introduced students and teachers to many digital resources this year. I purchased Capstone ebooks, and showed the Strategic Reading and Resource classes how to access them at school and home. I had research and database sessions with every grade level this year and taught them about One Search, which allows students to search for a topic across all of our databases and save them for later use. Teachers were very impressed with the depth of our databases and the content improvements there! While discussing research, I also reminded them of citing sources by developing a Works Cited or Bibliography.

I loved working with other departments this year as well. Sixth grade social studies asked me to assist with their research project, as well as reading Sadako and the 1000 paper cranes and attempting origami cranes and a day of Mystery Skypes! Seventh grade Science worked with me to create a day of Severe Weather stations where we trained our students to be "Storm Chasers" and watch for extreme weather. And I loved when other departments used my space for their lessons too! Sixth grade Math often came to do station work in the teaching area, and Eighth grade Science used the library to share their Periodic Table tshirts. Not to mention ELA technology stations and Poetry Slam Days! It was a happening place to be!

We participated in many events this year!

September brought Dot Day

October a group of MPJH students attended Tween Reads

November was Picture Book Month and Scholastic Book Fair

December many students tried coding during Hour of Code

February many classes participated in World Read Aloud Day Skype sessions

March brought us March Book Madness voting

April had DEAR Day and Poem in Your Pocket Day, as well as a "Guess Who's Reading" contest

May we celebrated our Reading BINGO readers and Summer Reading plans

We hosted 2 wonderful authors this year. Barry Deutsch, author of the Hereville graphic novels, spoke to 6th and 7th graders about how he develops his ideas through both pictures and words. He even led a small group for art students to discuss further how to draw for cartoons and graphic novels. PJ Hoover was out Read It Forward author, and she spoke to 2 very enthusiastic groups who enjoyed her books this Spring! She talked about mythology, technology, and how sometimes you don't know how your journey will end up!

I can't believe we are at the end of the year already and can't wait to see what next year brings!

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What a whirlwind year it has been! I have absolutely loved being at MPJH and creating the library as the true "heart" and center of the school. I have enjoyed working with so many teachers and getting to know the students this year!

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* Sent to admin, district leaders, teachers, posted on website & shown to students

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PDHS 2016-17 EOY Library Report | Piktochart Infographic Editor

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Aligned with FRL framework.

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Design and share beautiful flyers just like this one!

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2016-17

Future Ready Librarians

This past summer at the ISTE and ALA annual conferences, Future Ready Schools announced a new framework for Future Ready Librarians. Led by Bill Bass and continuing the work started by Dr. Marty's commitment to Parkway Schools becoming Future Ready, the Parkway librarians' professional development for the past year has focused on how to apply this initiative to drive the direction of our libraries.
In this annual year-end report, I will focus specifically on how I used Future Ready Librarians initiatives during our most recent year in the Claymont library.
Additionally, information will be included from

1. my Year 3 Student Survey

2. details from my time spent on Parkway's Library Program Evaluation Team

3. how I am including Parkway Cares in our library program

We have continued to grow the use of our makerspace as a collaborative space. Students are currently guaranteed the opportunity to tinker and create each week. (This initiative will be described more under Empowers Students as Creators.)

Another way we have built community in our library is by adding puzzles and a chess board. Although the puzzles haven't been utilized as much as I had hoped, the chess set has been a huge success. Each morning, students have been hurrying inside to be the first to arrive at the chess board. Students across grade levels have connected over a common interest.

Students have also gained increasingly more opportunities to show ownership over the library. Our student volunteers, otherwise known as Library Minions, come each morning to set up computers, check in books, and clean the makerspace. I have provided them with opportunities to share their favorite books in a This Minion Recommends... book display. Mosaics students have also shown off projects on topics such as the Seven Wonders of the World, and a Girl Scout troop shared their knowledge of conserving water. After viewing these materials, several students have been inspired to learn more and utilize our nonfiction resources.

Some classes have begun to realize to the value of our space and have held classes in the library, specifically on days when students are selecting research topics or locating informational texts. With two teachers and a vast amount of resources, students are walking away with the tools they need to complete their assignments successfully.

Julie Boatner

Library Media Specialist

Claymont Elementary

Parkway School District

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Design and share beautiful flyers just like this one! Spread the word with an online flyer. They're easy to make and impossible to mess up :) Try it now 2016-17 This past summer at the ISTE and ALA annual conferences, Future Ready Schools announced a new framework for Future Ready Librarians .

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Professional Learning Plan using Charlotte Danielson's AFTL framework shared with admin, staff and parts with students https://www.smore.com/qvw8d