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Practicum Requirements Part I. The following are required components of the practicum.
 * ISTC 789 Practicum Guidelines **

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1. Collaborate, as instructional partners, with the School Library Media Specialist and P-12 teachers to design and implement instruction that integrates information literacy skills across the curriculum. Lesson design documents include clear labeling of all elements in the School Library Media Program Collaborative Planning Cycle and Rubric. Instruction will be assessed using the School Library Media Program checklist (document can be accessed through attachment #1, the Practicum Handbook). Collaborate with the School Library Media Specialist and classroom teachers to examine school and individual student pre-assessment data to determine any barriers to learning (e.g. specific learning disabilities) and students access to resources outside the school (e.g. Internet access at home) in the lesson design process. (ON-GOING) 2. Encourage flexible and open access of the library media center by providing appropriate accommodations for all learners. (ON-GOING) 3. Collaborate and assist P-12 students and classroom teachers in the selection and evaluation of materials in individual reference queries. Journal 1/31/11-2/4/11 Journal 2/28/11-3/4/11 4. Demonstrate strategies for locating materials using OPAC, online databases, and print materials to P-12. This can be in conjunction with large class instruction or in working with students and/or on an individual basis. Journal 1/31/11-2/4/11 5. Develop and implement at least one professional development activity for classroom teachers. Journal 4/11/11-4/15/11 6. Educate classroom teachers and students on legal and ethical guidelines in the research or multimedia production processes. Journal 1/31/11-2/4/11 7. Promote literature and reading by performing book talks. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Journal 1/31/11-2/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Journal 2/28/11-3/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; tabstops: list .5in;">8. Promote book clubs and other school library media based clubs and activities. (ON-GOING) School wide reading program <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; tabstops: list .5in;">9. Assist individual students and classroom teachers with one-to-one literature inquiries and selection <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Journal 1/31/11-2/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Journal 2/28/11-3/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; tabstops: list .5in;">10. Participate in school reading incentive programs or develop a reading promotion program to encourage reading. (Coordinator of Reading Program) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Journal 1/31/11-2/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Journal 2/28/11-3/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; tabstops: list .5in;">11. Encourage flexible and open access of the library media center through at least one of the following vehicles: a web site, morning announcements, school closed circuit video shows, school newsletters (including e-newsletters), library media newsletters, or some other mode of communication to reach the majority of the school library media community. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Journal 1/31/11-2/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Journal 2/28/11-3/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; tabstops: list .5in;">12. Assess a portion of the collection and make suggestions for weeding part of a collection. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; tabstops: list .5in;">Journal 4/11/11-4/15/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">13. Prepare a suggested order of print and/or non-print resources for the media center adhering to district policies or guidelines for selection and evaluation. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Journal 1/31/11-2/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Journal 2/28/11-3/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">14. Demonstrate access to resources outside the School library media center (e.g. Sailor – State of Maryland online resources). (AASL 3.1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Completed in Unit Plan <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">15. Coordinate daily operation of the school library media center including: instruction, circulation of materials, and coordination of staff and volunteers. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; tabstops: list .5in;">Journal 1/31/11-2/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Journal 2/28/11-3/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">16. Consistently demonstrate a positive demeanor and strong interpersonal skills with students and classroom teachers. (On- Going) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in;">17. Demonstrate the use of positive reinforcement in creating a mutually respectful and inviting school library media center atmosphere. (On-Going)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">AASL Standards for the Preparation of School Library Media Specialists

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates model strategies to locate, evaluate and use information for specific purposes. Candidates identify and address student interests and motivations. Candidates interact with the learning community to access, communicate and interpret intellectual content. Candidates adhere to and communicate legal and ethical policies. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 1/31/11-2/4/11 ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 2/28/11-3/4/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates are aware of major trends in reading material for children and youth. Candidates select materials in multiple formats to address the needs and interests of diverse young readers and learners. Candidates use a variety of strategies to promote leisure reading. They model their personal enjoyment of reading in order to promote the habits of creative expression and lifelong reading. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 1/31/11-2/4/11 ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 2/28/11-3/4/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates support flexible and open access for the library media center and its services. Candidates identify barriers to equitable access to resources and services. Candidates facilitate access to information in print, nonprint, and electronic formats. Candidates comply with and communicate the legal and ethical codes of the profession. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 1/31/11-2/4/11 ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 2/28/11-3/4/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates demonstrate ways to establish and maintain a positive educational climate in the library media center. Candidates identify relationships among facilities, programs, and environment that impact student learning. Candidates plan and organize library media centers <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">according to their use by the learning community. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 1/31/11-2/4/11 ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 2/28/11-3/4/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates design library media instruction that assesses learner interests, needs, instructional methodologies, and information processes to assure that each is integral to information skills instruction. Candidates support the learning of all students and other members of the learning community, including those with diverse learning styles, abilities and needs. Information skills instruction is based on student interests and learning needs and is linked to student achievement. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 1/31/11-2/4/11 ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 2/28/11-3/4/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates work with classroom teachers to co-plan, co-teach, and co-assess information skills instruction. The library media specialist as teacher of information skills makes use of a variety of instructional strategies and assessment tools. Candidates analyze the role of student interest and motivation in instructional design. Student learning experiences are created, implemented and evaluated in partnership with teachers and other educators. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 1/31/11-2/4/11 ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 2/28/11-3/4/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates employ strategies to integrate the information literacy curriculum with content curriculum. Candidates incorporate technology to promote efficient and equitable access to information beyond print resources. Candidates assist students to use technology to access, analyze, and present information. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 1/31/11-2/4/11 ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 2/28/11-3/4/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates demonstrate the potential for establishing connections to other libraries and the larger library community for resource sharing, networking, and developing common policies and procedures. Candidates articulate the role of their professional associations and journals in their own professional growth. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: large; tabstops: list .5in;">Journal 4/11/11-4/15/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates model, share, and promote ethical and legal principles of education and librarianship. Candidates acknowledge the importance of participating on school and district committees and in faculty staff development opportunities. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 1/31/11-2/4/11 **
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">**1. 1.** School library media candidates encourage reading and lifelong learning by stimulating interests and fostering competencies in the effective use of ideas and information. They apply a variety of strategies to ensure access to resources and information in a variety of formats to all members of the learning community. Candidates promote efficient and ethical information-seeking behavior as part of the school library media program and its services. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**1.1 Efficient and ethical information-seeking behavior**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**1.2 Literacy and reading**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**1.3 Access to information**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**1.4 Stimulating Learning Environment**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**2. Teaching and Learning.** School library media candidates model and promote collaborative planning with classroom teachers in order to teach concepts and skills of information processes integrated with classroom content. They partner with other education professionals to develop and deliver an integrated information skills curriculum. Candidates design and implement instruction that engages the student’s interests, passions, and needs which drive their learning. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**2.1 Knowledge of learners and learning**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**2.2 Effective and knowledgeable teacher**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**2.3 Information literacy curriculum**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**3****.** **Collaboration and Leadership****.** School library media candidates provide leadership and establish connections with the greater library and education community to create school library media programs that focus on students learning and achievement; encourage the personal and professional growth of teachers and other educators, and model the efficient and effective use of information and ideas. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**3.1 Connection with library community**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**3.2 Instructional partner**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Girls Night: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Family Game Night: || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates are able to articulate the relationship of the library media program with current educational trends and important issues. Candidates recognize the role of other educational professionals and professional associations. Candidates translate for the school the ways in which the library program can enhance school improvement efforts. Candidates utilize information found in professional journals to improve library practice. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">** Journal 4/11/11-4/15/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates select, analyze, and evaluate print, nonprint and electronic resources using professional selection tools and evaluation criteria to develop a quality collection designed to meet diverse curricular and personal needs. Candidates organize the library media facility and its collections – print, nonprint and electronic – according to standard accepted practice. Candidates support intellectual freedom and privacy of users. Candidates plan for efficient use of resources and technology to meet diverse user needs. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Journal: 2/28/11-3/4/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates develop and evaluate policies and procedures that support the mission of the school and address specific needs of the library media program, such as collection development and maintenance, challenged materials and acceptable use policies. Candidates apply accepted management principles and practices that relate to personnel, financial and operational issues. Candidates plan adequate space for individuals, small groups and whole classes. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Journal: 2/28/11-3/4/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Candidates collaborate with teachers and administrators to develop a library media program plan that aligns resources, services and information literacy standards with the school's goals and objectives. Candidates use data for decision-making. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 1/31/11-2/4/11 ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">** Journal: 2/28/11-3/4/11 ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Journal Entree Week of 1/31/11-1/4/11 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Journal Entree Week of 2/28/11-3/4/11  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Journal Entree Week of 3/28/11-4/1/11  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Journal Entree Reflection 4/11/11-4/15/11  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Journal Entree Reflection  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**3.3 Educational leader**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**4. Program Administration//.//** School library media candidates administer the library media program in order to support the mission of the school, and according to the principles of best practice in library science and program administration. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**4.1 Managing information resources: Selecting, Organizing, Using**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**4.2 Managing program resources: Human, financial, physical**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**4.3 Comprehensive and collaborative strategic planning and assessment**