[ISLMA-Share] Literacy Centers in High Schools

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We have something similar (main focus is on writing) called the Academic
Resource Center (ARC) <https://www.glenbrook225.org/gbn/Academics/The-ARC>.
It also runs a peer tutoring program.  It's staffed by a paraprofessional
all day, but overseen by an English teacher and the head librarian (who
each have shifts there a few days a week).

I think this book was helpful, so you may want to check it out:

Centers for Learning: Writing Centers and Libraries in Collaboration
<https://www.amazon.com/Centers-Learning-Collaboration-Publications-Librarianship/dp/0838983359/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475768396&sr=8-1&keywords=writing+centers+and+libraries+in+collaboration>

On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Gail,
> We have literacy centers at Niles North and Niles West. They are places
> students can go to to receive help in any of the core subject areas.
> Teachers can also request student tutors in their classrooms. It is staffed
> by teachers and by student tutors. The Library and The Point (North
> literacy center) are located across from each other in a hallway with other
> student support services, so students often go back and forth between The
> Point and the Library, depending on what resources they need. HERE
> <https://sites.google.com/a/d219.org/the-point/> is the link to The
> Point's website for more information. It is an amazing resource for
> students and staff.
> Bev
>
> Beverly Zbinden
> Teacher / Library Coordinator
> Niles North High School
> 9800 N. Lawler Avenue
> Skokie, IL 60077
> (847)626-2183
>
> "What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks
> about education."
>   - Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> We've been having some informal discussions about the need for a Literacy
>> Center in our High School.  The question that's arisen among a few teachers
>> is how does the Literacy Center differ from the library?  For example, one
>> teacher said in her own children's high school, the Literacy Center is
>> where teachers can bring classes for assistance with writing a paper,
>> citing sources, etc.  To me, that's a service the library provides (and we
>> already do here).
>>
>> For those of you in a high school with a literacy center that runs during
>> the day, how does it interact with the role of the library in the school
>> and curriculum?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Gail Meyer, Librarian
>> TF South High School
>> gmeyer at tfd215.org
>>
>>
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-- 
Kristen Schoenberger
Teacher Librarian
Glenbrook North High School
2300 Shermer Rd.
Northbrook, IL 60062
847.272.2574
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