[aisle] Does anyone have the most current data on the number of school librarians in Illinois?

Sun Sep 11 13:03:25 CDT 2022

Also at AISLE on Saturday will be a presentation on the revised school
library standards. I have worked on the committee with a dedicated amazing
group of librarians from around the state. One of our objectives was to
make it clear the instructional role librarians play in a school. I believe
these standards are very important and very timely, so come to the
presentation and look for more information on these revisions.

In my district, Evanston 65, we have been working on library curriculum
over the past two years. As part of our mission/vision we have broken down
what our role and allocation of time in the categories of  Instructional;
Resource Management; Collaboration; & Readers Advisory/Checkout.  With the
guidance of the new standard revisions we have written student learning
targets. It's some powerful stuff, plus I was just writing a sample SLO and
realized all of the info is in our Unit plans.

Overall we have a supportive administration. This being said, I was just
talking to a building admin and asked what their  priorities for the
library program were, they didn't know. So our next step is to make sure we
communicate with our admins  to make sure they are aware of the impact on
student learning that librarians have via curriculum design and state
standards. I think having a clear mission, vision, state learning standards
and defined curriculum is vital.

I hope everyone has a chance to find out more about the standards this
fall. Hats off to Sia Pagonis for chairing the committee!

On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 12:49 PM Tracy Hubbard <hubbardt at district65.net>
wrote:

> Chicago State has a program...
> https://www.csu.edu/cimst/infostudies/school_lib_endorsement.htm
>
> KC Boyd, SLJ librarian of the year graduated from there.
>
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 12:39 PM Barbara Ungar via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> To answer the question about were their other universities that had a
>> library certification program:
>> Up until 1980, Northeastern IL University offered a masters in
>> Instructional Media which was a state certified library program. National
>> Lewis also had a similar program during the 1970s. Since then I don’t
>> believe any other universities in Illinois offer a certification program
>> besides the two mentioned.
>>
>> Barbara Ungar
>> Instructional Strategy & Design Consultant
>> barbara.m.ungar at gmail.com
>> 847.910.6974
>>
>> On Sep 11, 2022, at 12:33 PM, Kathryn Green via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>> Oregon School District 220 has only one certified librarian. I do have a
>> Masters in Elementary Education and 38 graduate hours for the Librarian
>> certification. I am certified in library for pre-kindergarten through grade
>> 12.
>>
>> I am the district Librarian and take care of all the buildings. However,
>> I am also assigned 48 classes per week, each lasting 27 minutes.
>>
>> OCUSD220 did cut a full time library assistant in our Pre-K through grade
>> 6. Our middle and high school were merged into one building with “some book
>> shelves” to prevent students from entering the other side. Neither para has
>> any library experience, nor do they like to read or even care to read.
>>
>> Two people, myself and my assistant, run back and forth all day. Students
>> cannot come when we are not in the room.
>>
>> Thank you for reminding me to update L2.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kathryn Green
>>
>> On Sep 11, 2022, at 12:14 AM, Deb Kaczar via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>> Just an FYI, CUSD 300, eliminated 9 elementary school media positions at
>> the end of the ‘21-‘22 school year. Each teacher was at two schools. So,
>> eighteen less libraries have media teachers.
>>
>> Deb Kaczar
>>
>> On Sep 8, 2022, at 1:38 PM, Michelle Harris via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Contact Don Hamerly at Dominican.  He's working on a project that might
>> have current Illinois numbers for you.
>>
>> Michelle Harris
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 10:42 AM Donovan, Marie via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning, all—I hope you won’t mind helping me: I’m in the process
>>> of finalizing a column I write for the Illinois Reading Council journal
>>> with a librarian friend and colleague on the connections between
>>> teachers/reading specialists and school librarians. For our upcoming
>>> column, we’re focused (yet again) on the loss of school librarians and
>>> libraries in our state. In researching the number of funded librarian/media
>>> specialist positions for this school year, I’ve hit a wall in finding this
>>> out. I realize learning this for private schools probably isn’t possible
>>> but I thought I could for public schools—yet I’m stymied in locating a
>>> database or other entity that could give me a sense of where we stand.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is this something AISLE would have or somewhere/someone else?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Again, I hope you don’t mind my asking. Thank you all in advance for
>>> whatever guidance or insights you can share.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sincerely, m
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Marie Ann Donovan, Ed.D.
>>>
>>> She/her/hers <https://www.mypronouns.org/>
>>>
>>> Associate Professor of Education
>>>
>>> Director, Program in Early Childhood Education
>>>
>>> Representative, IL Board of Higher Education Faculty Advisory Council
>>>
>>> Member at large, Faculty Council, College of Education
>>>
>>> 2247 N Halsted Street, #303
>>>
>>> Chicago, IL 60614
>>>
>>> (773) 325-7591 [office; I’m in the office daily]
>>>
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*Tracy Hubbard*

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Library Media Specialist
Rhodes Library Website
<https://sites.google.com/district65.net/rhodeslibrary/home>
847-859-8450 x5310
FAX 847-674-3926
Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies
3701 W. Davis
Skokie, IL 60076
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