Fran Bullington said in a blog post, "School librarians are often so busy teaching that they forget to assess the learning taking place. Can you imagine a classroom teacher NOT assessing student learning?"
This statement certainly resonates with me as I do often feel too busy to fit assessment into the 40-minute block of class time that includes both a mini-lesson plus a book exchange. Classroom teachers are given curriculum and assessments to use (on top of regular state testing). Librarians have to develop their own lesson plans and assessments. We are both library administrators and teachers who are often expected to teach all day and to perform library administration tasks (without a library aide) with whatever time is left. So, time management is a genuine challenge. I agree that assessment is important because it helps inform my instruction and provides data to prove that I'm impacting the teaching and learning at my school. However, my experience has also taught the following:
In addition, I use a bulletin board in the hallway to display student work. In the past I have also sent a survey to faculty/staff to solicit their feedback on the library program, bribing them with a gift certificate from the book fair! As a result of this study on the topic of evidence-based practice, I have done or plan to do the following:
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Polly-Alida Farrington
5/6/2019 12:19:38 am
I'm so pleased you chose to focus 2 lessons on this topic. It's a big topic and a lot of work. It's clear you did a lot of thinking and planning as a result. Well done!
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