[ISLMA-Share] ISBE Listening Tour...what to expect

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Thank you for attending in Moline tonight! Please use Lauren’s comments to guide you. But please also bring the talking points I sent directly to those attending this week as well to help guide you. If you’d like me to send those again, please email me directly at president at islma.org
Thank you,

Patti Fleser
Library Media Specialist
Deer Path Middle School
Lake Forest, IL
847-604-7433
@DPM_Library

President, Illinois School Library Media Association
"...a library is more than a collection of dusty old books. It is a place to learn, explore, and grow!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

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Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 9:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [ISLMA-Share] ISBE Listening Tour...what to expect

I'm going to the one in Moline tonight. Would it be inappropriate to copy and paste Lauren's statement into my testimony? I also am not good on the fly and was planning to write something.

On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
Lauren,
Thank you so much for your quick feedback. We weren’t sure of the format, so this gives us a better idea of how to help prepare everyone who attends these meetings.
Please copy me on what you send to isbe – you can send it to president at islma.org<mailto:president at islma.org>

And to everyone else – you can see HOW important this truly is. Please sign up to attend a meeting. We still have 2 meetings that no one has signed up for:
Sept 19 – Carbondale
Sept 21 – Quincy
If you’re in one of these areas and can attend, please sign up. (http://tinyurl.com/jjqnf8t)

Thank you!

Patti Fleser
Library Media Specialist
Deer Path Middle School
Lake Forest, IL
847-604-7433<tel:847-604-7433>
@DPM_Library

President, Illinois School Library Media Association
"...a library is more than a collection of dusty old books. It is a place to learn, explore, and grow!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

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Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 7:56 AM
To: "islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>" <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>>
Subject: [ISLMA-Share] ISBE Listening Tour...what to expect

Hi everyone--

I attended the ISBE "ESSA" Listening Tour in Freeport last night...and want to share with everyone how the format works.

There is a sign-in sheet with a spot for you to indicate that you wish to speak.

The first part of the evening was a slideshow presentation by ISBE of the work they have done so far in crafting a draft plan for the State of Illinois.  The plan is clearly in development...and there is a LOT of room to weigh in and provide feedback.  The slideshow is posted on the ISBE website...but honestly it would be difficult to make sense of it without listening to the narrative provided by ISBE.

After the slideshow, those people who wished to speak, "provide testimony," were given 3-5 minutes each.  ISBE would like written "testimony" to be submitted by everyone who chooses to speak at one of the stops on the listening tour...so your remarks become a part of the permanent record of the development of the state plan.  There are two people on laptops taking notes during the entire session, but if you don't have a written statement (I didn't), you can submit the written statement to this email:  essa at isbe.net<mailto:essa at isbe.net>

After the formal "testimonies," there was an open discussion forum and an opportunity to ask questions and raise issues.  In attendance were a state representative, regional superintendent, administrative and teacher representatives from various districts.  There were approximately 30 people in attendance.  The press was there right at the beginning, but did not stay for the actual presentation.

There were four people who provided actual "testimony" at the session last night and HALF of them were librarians (Jane Lenser and myself).

I am going to write up my testimony and submit it to ISBE...but here's the short version of what I had to say.  I was prepared to talk to the "talking points" that Patti sent out, but while listening to the slideshow presentation, it became obvious that there was an opportunity to make a very large point about school libraries that didn't fit into any of the provided talking points.

One of the things that the new state plan will provide is for a variety of indicators to be used statewide that will help to evaluate how individual schools are performing.  The working group has identified about 40 indicators that could be used (attendance, suspension rates, readiness for high school, etc.).  Nothing has been decided, and every "example" on the slideshow is just a hypothetical.  Many of the examples were difficult to quantify.  So here is what I said:

It is absolutely irrefutable that certified school librarians have a positive impact on student achievement.  We know this from over 30 studies that use hard, quantifiable data.  If ISBE made having a certified school librarian in an effective school library program one of those indicators, we know it would improve student achievement and at the same time it would provide schools with the incentive to hire properly trained school librarians in every single building in the state.  It would be easy to measure.  It would be effective.  It would transform the educational experience of an entire generation of students.

When I spoke about this, the people from ISBE were VERY interested...it seemed to me that this idea--using school libraries and certified school librarians as an indicator for individual school performance--had not been discussed, and they were intrigued.  The audience response was positive as well.

I will write this up and send it along to ISBE...

Patti:  do you want a copy of what I send to ISBE?  If so, please let me know what email to send it to...

Lauren



Lauren Collen, MLIS

Librarian

Machesney Elementary

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Subject: Re: [ISLMA-Share] NEW stop on the ESSA listening tour - Oct 5 in Sycamore

Thanks, I just signed up to go listen in DeKalb. I tried to find your earlier posts to remind me what I should be listening for or if I need to speak up.  Could you resend that information to me? cstracne at syc427.org<mailto:cstracne at syc427.org>

Peace,
Coni Stracner Teacher Librarian @SMS
​
​
I am reading:
​All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
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I just finished reading:
​Clan of the Cave Bear

by Jean M. Auel
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I am listening to:
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Love in the Time of Cholera
 by
​Gabriel Garcia Marquez​
Ask me about these books!

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
I’ve just learned that the ISBE has added another stop on the listening tour. For those of you in the DeKalb/Sycamore area, you can now sign up to attend the October 5 meeting. http://tinyurl.com/jjqnf8t

Patti Fleser
Library Media Specialist
Deer Path Middle School
Lake Forest, IL
847-604-7433<tel:847-604-7433>
@DPM_Library

President, Illinois School Library Media Association
"...a library is more than a collection of dusty old books. It is a place to learn, explore, and grow!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library



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