school librarian participation in curriculum planning

"Practicing librarians and library educators demonstrate the power of inquiry to achieve the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and promote school librarians as key partners in implementing this type of critical teaching and learning in K-12 schools"--Provided by publisher.

Provides seventy-five standards-based lessons for kindergarten through eighth grade library media specialists.

Introduces a five-step model for planning information skills learning activities and evaluating student work, covering the framework's theoretical background, related research, and implementation and providing lesson plans for prekindergarten through twelfth grade and a CD-ROM containing teacher and student handbooks, a collaborative planning template, and other tools.

Explains how teachers and library media specialists can work together to build library collections that complement curriculum and incorporate standards.

Explores the role of the media specialist in the curriculum, examining the collaboration of media specialists with classroom teachers, administrators, students, and the community, and discussing three areas of the curriculum, the needs of special student populations, and educational trends.

Presents techniques and supporting materials to assist high school students in research, includes detailed project lessons, student handouts, and assessment tools.

Examines the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and school libraries, covering what the IBDP is, a profile of the learner, how school libraries fit into the program, and more.

Provides strategies and lesson plans for using multicultural literature in middle and secondary classrooms; discussing the cultivation of readers, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, religion, socioeconomics, geographic orientation, language and country of origin, popular culture, and advocacy. Includes book list and suggestions for classroom use.

A project-based approach to learning that offers high school media specialists practical strategies for collaborating with teachers to help students in every curriculum area.

Contents: I. Building Independent Learners; II. Mapping the Curriculum; III.Teaching and Assessing; IV. Creating Colaborative Learning Communities.