Re: [LM_NET] Reflection on AASL's new standards

[Paula Yohe <paula_yohe@YAHOO.COM>]

I agree and I had an article in Library Media
Connection Nov./Dec. issue about too many standards..


--- Judi Moreillon <storypower@THERIVER.COM> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
> I have always felt that classroom teachers are SO
> overburdened with
> standards that adding AASL standards to our
> collaborative lesson plans was
> off-putting - and redundant. (I don't think
> administrators are much
> interested in additional standards either.)
>  
> As someone who committed the 1998 standards to
> memory and took them to
> heart, I "translated" them and "discovered" them in
> each classroom teacher's
> curriculum standards. That way, they were part of
> our daily practice -
> through collaboratively planned and cotaught lessons
> and units of
> instruction.
>  
> Like Sharon Grimes, I believe that teaching reading
> comprehension strategies
> is a large part of what we do in school libraries -
> at all levels. To that
> end, I created a matrix that aligns the new AASL
> standards with seven
> reading comprehension strategies.
>  
> http://storytrail.com/Impact/matrix.htm
>  
> I believe this is, as per Jacquie's request, a
> practical place to begin.
>  
> Best,
> Judi
>  
>  
> Judi Moreillon, M.L.S., Ph.D.
> Literacies and Libraries Consultant
> Author:  <http://tinyurl.com/yzvy5g> Collaborative
> Strategies for Teaching
> Reading Comprehension: Maximizing Your Impact
>  <http://storytrail.com> http://storytrail.com
>  <mailto:info@storytrail.com> info@storytrail.com
>  
> I must say that Sharon's post has really made me
> think & has helped me to
> understand why I feel so uncomfortable with the new
> standards.  I expected
> to LOVE them, because of their emphasis on
> twenty-first century learning.
> Instead - they feel very "slippery" to me.  I have
> assumed the problem was
> because I have not yet studied them as thoroughly as
> I should - but perhaps
> there really IS little to grab onto.  
>  
> Of course I plan to study the standards more
> carefully.  But what if I
> decide that I prefer the "old" standards?  Do I
> continue using the standards
> which have been serving my program so well?  Or am I
> somehow obligated to
> use the new standards?  I tend to be an early
> adapter - so I feel really out
> of my comfort zone with this whole issue.
>  
> I hope this post will generate a lot of discussion. 
> I particularly look
> forward to hearing from people who really like the
> new standards and have
> ideas about how to translate them into practical
> teaching techniques and
> curriculum frameworks.
>  
>  
> Jacquie
>  
> "The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to
> keep life safe for poetry
> and to put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the
> American way."
>  
> From The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jacquie Henry, MLS
> Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS)
> Gananda Central School District
> 3195 Wiedrick Road
> P.O. Box 609
> Macedon, NY  14502
> 315-986-3521 x 3144
> jhenry@gananda.org
> Library Page:
>
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/indexgcl.htm
> Blog:
>
http://nlcommunities.com/communities/wanderings/default.aspx
> 
>
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Paula Yohe
Director Of Technology/Library Media Center
Dillon School District Two
405 West Washington Street
Dillon, SC 29536
Phone: 843-841-3604 Fax:843-774-1214
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