1. Highly Effective School
Library Programs
Creating a Recipe for Success
Month Day Year

2. Outcomes
 Elements of the revised and rebranded program
 Key ingredients for success
 Shifts in Practice for 21 st century

3. Great School Library Ingredients?
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4. Highly Effective School
Library Program
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/HighlyEffective/index.htm

5. • Use the Evaluation Rubric to assess
your program.
1.
• Select two or three areas for
improvement and formulate these
into goals aligned with your school’s
2. SIP.
• Use these goals to fill out the Action
Plan and upload on the HESLP wiki
3.
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6. Teacher-Leaders View Principal
as a Collaborative Partner

7. We do not ask your overall rating
I got 15 ineffectives!!

8. Action Plan Template

9. Participation
 More inclusive than Power Library Model
 Cohort for anyone to participate (pilot year)
 Access to HESLP wiki to view others’ action
plans, see web presence ideas, view applications
of those who earned recognition….

10. Recognition

11. • Multimedia presentation (3 minutes)
1.
• Two letters of recommendation (one has
to be from principal or direct supervisor).
2.
• Your Action Plan
3.

12. Recognition – Rigorous Process with
Higher Rewards

13. Key Ingredients
Risk-Taking Leader Persistent Collaborator

14. Key Ingredients
Instructional/Digital Literacy Coach - Innovative (Risk-Taker)
Persistence and Patience needed!

15. “Traditional libraries were viewed as
the grocery store…”

16. ....but, 21 st century libraries
are viewed as the kitchen.” J o y c e
Valenza

17. Shift in Practice is Essential

18. Ensure Today’s Students Thrive
in 21 st -century Workforce

19. Outcomes
 Elements of the Revised/Rebranded Program
 Key Ingredients for Success
 Shifts in Practice for 21 st century

20. CONTACT INFORMATION
Becky Russell, MLIS |Certified School Librarian/21st C. Skills
Specialist | Colorado Department of Education | 303.866.6772 |
russell_b@cde.state.co.us OR brussell@coloradostatelibrary.org
|www.coloradostatelibrary.org
Judy Barnett| Highly Effective School Library Coordinator |
Colorado Department of Education | 719.964.5352 |
barnejm@comcast.net or barnett_j@cde.state.co.us |
http://highlyeffectiveschoollibraryprogram.wikispaces.com/