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Main Author: Gewertz, Catherine
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ998242
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contents Common Core Thrusts School Librarians into Leadership Roles Gewertz, Catherine Literacy Leadership Library Services Nonfiction Elementary Secondary Education Librarians Leadership Role Librarian Attitudes Library Materials School Libraries Public Libraries Academic Standards State Standards Librarians say they view the common core, with its emphasis on explanation, complex text, and cross-disciplinary synthesis, as an unprecedented opportunity for them to really strut their stuff. Adopted by all but four states, the standards have prompted coordinating discussions among the library-association divisions that represent librarians in public schools, city libraries, and higher education. All librarians are affected by the new expectations: those who help at K-12 schools, at city libraries during the after-school and weekend hours, and those on college campuses, who have had to support students unequipped for college-level research and inquiry. The common standards have prompted school librarians to "take a hard look" at their collections to weed out dated material and bolster challenging fiction and nonfiction resources. In doing so, they are looking especially closely at the rigor of the readings they offer, since the standards emphasize assigning students "on-grade-level" texts, even if that means extra supports are needed to help them. Librarians are also looking to better balance their collections with high-quality nonfiction since the standards use such texts as content-builders and vehicles for the teaching of discipline-specific literacy skills.
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spellingShingle Common Core Thrusts School Librarians into Leadership Roles
Gewertz, Catherine
Literacy
Leadership
Library Services
Nonfiction
Elementary Secondary Education
Librarians
Leadership Role
Librarian Attitudes
Library Materials
School Libraries
Public Libraries
Academic Standards
State Standards
Common Core Thrusts School Librarians into Leadership Roles Gewertz, Catherine Literacy Leadership Library Services Nonfiction Elementary Secondary Education Librarians Leadership Role Librarian Attitudes Library Materials School Libraries Public Libraries Academic Standards State Standards Librarians say they view the common core, with its emphasis on explanation, complex text, and cross-disciplinary synthesis, as an unprecedented opportunity for them to really strut their stuff. Adopted by all but four states, the standards have prompted coordinating discussions among the library-association divisions that represent librarians in public schools, city libraries, and higher education. All librarians are affected by the new expectations: those who help at K-12 schools, at city libraries during the after-school and weekend hours, and those on college campuses, who have had to support students unequipped for college-level research and inquiry. The common standards have prompted school librarians to "take a hard look" at their collections to weed out dated material and bolster challenging fiction and nonfiction resources. In doing so, they are looking especially closely at the rigor of the readings they offer, since the standards emphasize assigning students "on-grade-level" texts, even if that means extra supports are needed to help them. Librarians are also looking to better balance their collections with high-quality nonfiction since the standards use such texts as content-builders and vehicles for the teaching of discipline-specific literacy skills.
title Common Core Thrusts School Librarians into Leadership Roles
topic Literacy
Leadership
Library Services
Nonfiction
Elementary Secondary Education
Librarians
Leadership Role
Librarian Attitudes
Library Materials
School Libraries
Public Libraries
Academic Standards
State Standards
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ998242