There will be over 150 educators (95 school library media specialists and 60 classroom teachers) joining you in Lewiston next week to celebrate their work in design strategies, data gathering, and documentation about student learning. As school districts in Maine implement Learning Results and develop their Local Assessment System, educators are looking for ways to document the impact of their programs on student learning at the local level. Dr. Ross Todd, internationally recognized for his work with evidenced-based practice, is looking forward to the second session of Making Them A Class Act. Evidence-based practice is a way to systematically document how learning-centered activities and collaborative teaching initiatives boost student-learning outcomes. Making Them A Class Act, workshops sponsored by the Maine Association of School Libraries (MASL), have focused on demonstrating the relationship between Maine Learning Results and school library programs. Dr. Todd is also interested in including some of our Maine projects as case studies in his book to be published by Linworth Press.
As you will note in the draft agenda below, you will be working for part of the day in small grade-level groups. Since many of the participants reflect more than one of these levels, it is essential that you REPLY to [ mailto:sylvia.k.norton@maine.gov ]sylvia.k.norton@maine.gov with your preferred level (elementary, middle, or high school).
Dr. Todd will be circulating between groups. To facilitate the discussion within your group, we are asking that you bring ten copies of a one (1) page summary of your project to share with each person in your small group and one additional copy to leave at the registration table. This one-page summary should include contact information (name, email), school name, grade level, and a description of your project.
AGENDA: Although the final agenda may change slightly, the day will be structured as outlined.
Making Them A Class Act: Evidence-Based Practice
8:30 to 9am Coffee and registration
9 - 9:45am Introduction and Review - Ross Todd
9:45 - 11:45 Breakout sessions by grade level (elementary, middle school, secondary).
Present, within small groups of 8-10 librarians and teachers, a 5-10 minute synopsis of the work in your school. Include a brief overview of the unit and the nature of the collaboration with a focus on Maine Learning Results (student outcomes in content area and information literacy) and the strategies and processes used to gather support for evidence-based practice (EBP). Within each group, discuss and construct a summary of EBP strategies, learning outcomes, enablers to EBP, barriers and potential solutions to barriers.
11:45 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 2:30 Celebration of achievement: Present small group summaries to enable the whole group to come away with a richer picture of real world strategies, a sense of what students learned, what EBP showed, and the collaboration experience.
2:30 - 3:00 Wrap-up by Ross Todd
DIRECTIONS:
Ramada Inn Conference Center
Lewiston, Maine
490 Pleasant Street
Lewiston, ME, 04240
207-784-2331
The Ramada Inn Conference Center is immediately off the Maine Turnpike Exit.
Take the exit, Exit 13, towards LEWISTON
from the SOUTH:
Stay straight to go onto ramp.
Turn LEFT onto ALFRED A PLOURDE PKWY.
Turn LEFT onto PLEASANT ST.
from the NORTH:
Keep RIGHT at the fork in the ramp.
Turn LEFT onto PLEASANT ST.
Merge onto ALFRED A PLOURDE PKWY.
Turn LEFT onto PLEASANT ST.
