Libraries are the verbs in the content standards. Wherever verbs such as read, research, analyze, ex

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Libraries are the verbs in the content
standards. Wherever verbs such as read,
research, analyze, explore, examine, compare,
contrast, understand, interpret, investigate, and
find appear in the standards, Library Media
Teachers and library resources are involved.
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Welcome to the OHS Library!
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How do we make a difference in student
achievement?
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• A strong library instructional program
• Collaboration (lessons blend content standards
  with information literacy skills)
• AVID

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1. What makes a strong library program?In
1993, Dr. Keith Lance published the Colorado
Study and found that

• Academic Achievement was higher in schools when
• There was a professional library media teacher.
• The library media teacher collaborated with
  teachers to build exciting units of instruction.
• There was an abundance of resources.

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The Library Instructional Program
The OHS Vision

• Builds capable and avid readers
• Teaches every learner to become effective users
  of ideas and information
• Partners with teachers to create exciting
  learning experiences
• Prepares learners to compete in the information
  age

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In the OUHSD, Library Media Teachers

• Collaborate with teachers to build quality
  learning experiences
• Teach an average of four of their six hour
  instructional day
• Teach information literacy skills (finding,
  using, and communicating information effectively)
• Maintain a Virtual Library (or website)

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At the Oxnard High Library

• Mrs. Catherine Lewis is the Library Media
  Teacher.

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2. How does collaboration improve student
learning?

• It insures that lessons challenge students with
• Content area standards
• as well as
• Information literacy skills.

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The OHS Internet Resource Page offers students a
wide range of resources,
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pathfinders, online tools like Citation Machine,
subject links, and reading lists.
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The OHS Virtual Library expands a students
opportunity for learning, opening up topics
beyond the pages of the textbook, with

• Subscription Databases
• Quality LMT-selected Internet sites
• Standards-based reference books
• Materials meeting special needs
• Materials of high quality

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Dr. Paul Adalian and the CSUCI Librarians offer
workshops on research-based instruction and
annual updates so we are aware of what
information skills our students need to succeed.

• What are the tenets of Information Competence?
• Inquiry-based instruction
• Using a variety of sources
• Citing sources correctly
• Understanding and interpreting information

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3. How does teacher collaboration make a
difference?

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AVID students learn about and practice
information skills each year to prepare for the
AVID write off
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• Using Cornell notes, students paraphrase, quote,
  and question.
• Using Citation Machine, students create MLA
  citations to document their sources.
• Using the resources on the AVID Pathfinder,
  students analyze and evaluate a wide range of
  print and online resources.

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THIS YEARS AVID PATHFINDER
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At the heart of it all are AVID content standards

• Written expression-specific strategies for essay
  writing
• Inquiry based research
• Collaborative learning, study, and problem solving

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BACKGROUND STUDIES
Colorado I Lance, Keith C., Linda Welborn, and
Christine Hamilton-Pennell. The Impact of School
Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement.
Castle Rock, CO Hi Willow Research and
Publishing, 1993. Colorado II Lance, Keith C.,
Linda Welborn, and Christine Hamilton-Pennell.
The Impact of School Library Media Centers on
Academic Achievement. San Jose, CA Hi Willow
Research and Publishing, 2000. Krashen, Stephen.
The Power of Reading. Englewood, CO Libraries
Unlimited, 1993. McQuillan, Jeff. The Literacy
Crisis. Portsmith, NH Heineman,
1998. Pennsylvania Lance, Keith et al. Measuring
Up to Standards Greensburg, PA PCFBL, 2000.