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

Thu Sep 8 16:17:23 CDT 2016

I sure hope someone in Carbondale and Quincy areas step up to attend. It
would be pretty powerful if school librarians showed up at 100% of the
sessions!

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Yes, when I send the talking points, I also list who is attending each
> session. I can email you directly with who is listed to attend with you.
> Thanks,
>
> 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*
>
> From: <islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> on behalf of Email list
> for the Illinois School Library Media Association <
> islma at list.railslibraries.info>
> Reply-To: "islma at list.railslibraries.info" <islma at list.railslibraries.info
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> Date: Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 3:19 PM
> To: Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <
> islma at list.railslibraries.info>
>
> Subject: Re: [ISLMA-Share] ISBE Listening Tour...what to expect
>
> Is there a way we can find out who is going to each meeting so we can
> communicate ahead of time and then sit together to show unity and force?
>
> I want to sound professional and coherent with my fellow librarians, but I
> need to work on that ahead of time with them.
>
>
>
> Mariela Siegert
> School Librarian
> Westfield Middle School
> marris116 at gmail.com
> @marris116
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> For all who are planning on attending the ESSA listening talks —
>> The ISLMA ESSA task force has met and does have talking points to share
>> with each of you. These were based on things the ISBE is specifically
>> looking for in different sections of ESSA. It is important that you bring
>> your own stories/experiences to the table as well.
>> We are looking at possibly revamping the talking points, based on what
>> we’ve learned this week. I will send the talking points directly those who
>> have signed up before your actual meeting.
>> Thanks again to everyone!
>>
>> 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*
>>
>> From: <islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> on behalf of Email list
>> for the Illinois School Library Media Association <
>> islma at list.railslibraries.info>
>> Reply-To: "islma at list.railslibraries.info" <islma at list.railslibraries.inf
>> o>
>> Date: Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 1:42 PM
>>
>> To: "islma at list.railslibraries.info" <islma at list.railslibraries.info>
>> Subject: Re: [ISLMA-Share] ISBE Listening Tour...what to expect
>>
>> Just throwing my 2 cents in for the talking points.  Each of us who are
>> attending should point out different assets school librarians bring to the
>> table, don't just repeat the same things.
>> The more information we can get to ISBE the better.
>> In my experience, the "leaders" of education has NO IDEA what school
>> librarians do besides "checking books" out to children, which they think
>> could be an aide since their salaries are a lot lower.
>> Some principals and superintendents do not even realize what the school
>> librarian does, so lets tell them.  If we could make a list of what we say
>> and share so each time ISBE will hear a different IMPORTANT
>> reason why they should have certified school librarians in each building,
>> with aides to help run the library!!
>> If we are only given 3 to 5 minutes to talk lets make each minute count!!
>> Karen Smith-Cox
>> p.s. I am planning to point to EngageNY and their intensive curriculum
>> for the library program.  It is about 400 pages just for the library
>> program.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> It is so encouraging to see our group mobilize to advocate for school
>>> libraries and especially the underfunded students of Illinois.
>>>
>>> I am sorry I am not able to attend tonight's listening session in Moline
>>> due to a family issue, but Carolyn Mesick, our department chair, shared
>>> comments with the rest of our Library Media Specialists after school today.
>>> She will do a great job for us in the Quad Cities. Thanks Carolyn and all!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Angela Florence*
>>> Library Media Specialist
>>> Moline-Coal Valley Community Unit District 40
>>> aflorenc at molineschools.org
>>>
>>> Franklin (M,T) x 8272
>>> Butterworth  (W, Th, Friday AM) x 8216
>>> Willard  (Friday PM) x 1620
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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*
>>>>
>>>> From: <islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> on behalf of Email list
>>>> for the Illinois School Library Media Association <
>>>> islma at list.railslibraries.info>
>>>> Reply-To: "islma at list.railslibraries.info" <
>>>> islma at list.railslibraries.info>
>>>> Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 9:29 AM
>>>> To: "islma at list.railslibraries.info" <islma at list.railslibraries.info>
>>>> 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> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>> @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*
>>>>>
>>>>> From: <islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> on behalf of Email
>>>>> list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <
>>>>> islma at list.railslibraries.info>
>>>>> Reply-To: "islma at list.railslibraries.info" <
>>>>> islma at list.railslibraries.info>
>>>>> Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 7:56 AM
>>>>> To: "islma at list.railslibraries.info" <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
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> *From:*islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [
>>>>> islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info] on behalf of Email list for
>>>>> the Illinois School Library Media Association [
>>>>> islma at list.railslibraries.info]
>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 06, 2016 3:22 PM
>>>>> *To:* islma at list.railslibraries.info
>>>>> *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
>>>>>
>>>>> *Peace,*
>>>>>
>>>>> *Coni Stracner Teacher Librarian @SMS  *
>>>>> *  *
>>>>> *  I am reading:  All the Light We Cannot See  by Anthony Doerr  *
>>>>> *I just finished reading: *
>>>>> * Clan of the Cave Bear   by Jean M. Auel  *
>>>>> *I am listening to:   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> 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
>>>>>> @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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>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Carolyn Mesick
>>>> Library Media Specialist,
>>>> Moline Sr. High School
>>>> District Coordinator of Library Services,
>>>> Moline District 40
>>>> 309.743.8902
>>>>
>>>> *"If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside
>>>> over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each
>>>> child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would
>>>> last throughout life."    -Rachel Carson*
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Carolyn Mesick
Library Media Specialist,
Moline Sr. High School
District Coordinator of Library Services,
Moline District 40
309.743.8902

*"If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over
the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child
in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last
throughout life."    -Rachel Carson*
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