Casey - I love your SLOs! 

Here's what the high school librarians in Milford have been using for the past few years. We work in conjunction with our Health teachers in assessing students' ability to both locate academic informational resources and to provide an evaluation of the quality of those resources. The students are also assessed on their ability to extract and incorporate information into Health's decision-making model. 

SLO:

Students will demonstrate proficiency in the use of print and digital media to gather, evaluate, use and present information.Student Learning Objectives will focus on the following aspects of the research process: Identification and selection of appropriate resources, extraction of relevant information, synthesis of information, proper citation of sources and presentation of information.

Our IAGDs differ depending on the data we receive from the initial common assessment. We need to set three IAGDs each semester. Last year this is what I had to work with for Semester One:

IAGDs:


1. By the end of Semester 1, 100% (64) of the Grade 9 Health Education students who earned a 3 or lower on Selection of Resources (Good, Satisfactory, Needs Improvement) on the first common assessment will demonstrate growth and learning by moving one or more levels higher on the Selection of Resources marker as determined on the district rubric.


2. By the end of Semester 1, 100% (51) of the Grade 9 Health Education students who scored a 2 or lower on the district rubric for Determination of Resource Quality on the first common assessment will achieve a 3 or higher (Good or Exemplary).


3. By the end of Semester 1, 16 of the 16 (100%) Grade 10, 11, and 12 Health Education students will move at least one level higher on Selection of Resources as determined by the district rubric. (One student already achieved a 4 on Selection of Resources; therefore this student must maintain the 4 on this indicator.) 


On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 9:01 AM, LaPlante, Casey <LaPlanteC@granby.k12.ct.us> wrote:

For my HS Librarian colleagues:

 

Here are the SLO’s I have used for the past 2 years.  I have the leeway to use the staff as my “students” because I am the Technology Coach for the building. 

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11BgXd6PqWfCErQ8XXxz6h_fjVH-FdSyXBg98Y1uOC4E/edit?usp=sharing

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w3iCcerG-ySDMppQCN1kYtlVmqFiMXtkd59yI5K0DO8/edit?usp=sharing

 

These definitely aren’t amazing, life-changing examples, but they’ve gotten me this far! J

 

Casey LaPlante

Granby Memorial High School

Granby, CT

 

 

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Subject: Re: [CASL-L] SLO ideas for the year

 

Would love to see some high school SLOs too!

 

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 8:43 AM, Farrales, Christine <cfarrales@east-haven.k12.ct.us> wrote:

Would people please share their ideas about SLOs and IAGDs around independent reading/SSR. I am a middle school librarian (grades 6 through 8) but I believe a SLO and IAGDs for independent reading are not dependent on the grade level.

 

Thank you,

Christine Farrales

Joseph Melillo Middle School

East Haven Public Schools 

 

 

On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Emily Boisvert <ebov@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

I hope everyone is staying dry today....I wanted to be sure I shared the SLO ideas that people shared with me based on my message about a month ago......

 

CCSS.RL1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of text types.



AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner:

4.3.2 Recognize that resources are created for a variety of purposes.




SLO: Recognizing  that resources are created for a variety of purposes, all Grade One students will improve in their ability to distinguish between fiction and non-fiction text.




IAGD 1: Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction books.

IAGD 2: Provide 2 reasons why a book is fiction or non-fiction.



 



AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

2.1.6 Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings.

2.2.4 Demonstrate personal productivity by completing products to express learning.

4.1.3 Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas in various formats and genres.

CC.2.W.1 Text Types and Purposes: Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.

SLO: Students will write book reviews in which they think critically and express supported opinions. 



IAGD #1: Second-grade students will improve their ability to express an opinion of a book they read,using the K-2 shared rubric for written expression.

IAGD #2:

Second-grade students will improve their ability to support their opinions of a book they read, using the K-2 shared rubric for written expression.

 

5th grades in the computer lab on opac.   Now I teach destiny and students use it successfully; I no longer use it for my slo. My point if you have enough computers it is a good slo.


 I currently do my slo. Grade 2 text features and grade 4 genres

 

My evaluator encourages me to reuse my SLOs with the same grade level every year.

 

I'm still attempting to develop a goal possibly for K, 1 or 2 about their ability to successfully navigate the library related to introducing Destiny. If anyone has anything specific they used/strategies/assessments related to this, I would love to hear about it!

 

Emily Boisvert

Library Media Specialist

Melissa Jones Elementary

Guilford, CT

 

On Monday, August 7, 2017 4:20 PM, Emily Boisvert <ebov@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

 

Happy Monday, everyone!

 

It's that time in the summer when I start to think about everything that will be beginning very soon with a new school year, including new ideas for SLOs. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels like it's an exercise in reinventing the wheel every year to create SLOs that are engaging, rigorous enough, relevant and attainable for students. I thought we could put our collective mindpower together and share out some SLO ideas to help each other. After all, in my school at least, grade level teachers collaborate on their SLO goals, so given our unique role in our schools, what has worked well for you?

 

Has anyone had success in assessing student ability to navigate the library using your catalog system? (Destiny?) Even with K, 1, 2?

 

 I would appreciate any ideas or input shared.......

 

 

Emily Boisvert

Library Media Specialist

Melissa Jones Elementary

Guilford, CT

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